Yesterday I discussed that I felt the decline of the PC was related strongly to the decline of Corporate IT. But what does it mean for your career, my fellow progeek? I figured I'd collect my random thoughts to see if it gave you ideas, or caused panic. Or something.
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The CorpTechPocalypse And The Post PC World?
Last week, I noted that some say Apple had their first post-PC quarter – and that this isn't suprising. In fact, ilke the "CorpTechPocalypse", the slow dying of IT departments, this is a completely predictable trend. In fact, I think they're the same thing.
Really, the dying of the average IT department is pretty much the same reason that companies are aiming for a post-PC market.
(Now I agree with our own Scott that it's not a post-PC world in that the world will forget PC's. I view what's coming as a world where the PC's role shrinks considerably. But I call it Post-PC as the other term I heard, "PC Plus," doesn't cut it for me)
So what are these similarities?
Mobile Phones, Computers, And Trends
So we look in wonder at Mobile Phones. They're gaming devices, they're cameras, they're electronic wallets. Oh, and occasionally they're phones as well, when you're not texting or Twittering or throwing birds into pigs.
The mobile market seems captivating and enchanting to us as we marvel at all the things phones can do.
Well, yes, I am impressed with mobile phones, but I'm not impressed with all this functionality anymore. Why?