Installation Blues

 Mobile software stacks. Not like pancakes, not as tasty, but necessary! I often look at what holds us all back from real end-to-end mobility, and it dawned on me when I was in India a couple of weeks ago. There’s nothing simple and complete about mobile software — it can be fiddly to install, tricky to configure, and unfortunately too many of us give up before we finish! Look, I don’t have all that much patience for poor user interfaces or rocket science installs. Yes, I’ve seen my fair share of wizard junkies who don’t know what’s going on under the bonnet. Yes, I’ve struggled through some pretty tough installations as well. I’m a firm believer that the user experience is what makes software useful though. It can be better, and should be, especially if we’re going to realise the potential of the mobile revolution.