TechProfound

I think I want everything to be platform agnostic.  But, I’m not sure about reasons why I might not want that.  I think I’d like everything I do, as it relates to computing and technology and communications, to be able to be done on any platform and to be seamless.

Am I missing anything?  Is there a batch of reasons why I (or anyone for that matter) might not want that?  The only thing that I can think of is that there may be some sort of profit motive for a certain platform.  Other than that, why would platform restricted be desirable?

I work with SharePoint, a lot.  I like it when it works everywhere.  I don’t like it when it doesn’t.  It’s painful when I try to do training and studying and the web sites I’m using are not available and do not render correctly – (or don’t let me check out and pay for the things I just shopped for… yes, that’s what spurred this post) – because they’re not supported on various platforms (iPhone, Mac, PC, Windows Mobile, TV, DVR, set top box, in car navigation, mall kiosk, seat back touch screens in airplanes and busses, touch screens in the kitchen or on whatever wall I’m near and need a display, etc.).

This isn’t about the technical challenges.  This is about actually desiring versus not desiring to have ubiquitous, platform agnostic living.  Maybe, if we start to think that way, we’ll start to design and build and live that way.  Maybe.  One thing is certain.  If we do not think that way, we will not get there.