My email tag at GE says "It is not about the tools, it is what the carpenter does with them."
If only I had a better set of golf clubs I would be a better golfer. More times than not this seems to be our mentality in technology. The technologies we use are nothing more than tools. What we craft with these tools is up to us, our imagination, skill... and of course our collective ability to communicate and to work and play well with others.
Twenty years ago we had to limit our imagination and consider things like can I really afford 3k for that image in my webpage? We needed to do all sorts of contortions to build web content. Web applications were something we only dreamed about. We were cave dwellers trying to build a civilization with stone tools. Ancient civilizations can do some pretty amazing and resourceful things.
Today we are only limited by our imagination and ability. The tools we have to work with are powerful. The languages expressive. Inherent context management for our pages with a single directive. Powerful, scalable resources that are easy to implement and develop in. Answers to our current woes just a google away. It is a great time to be a software developer.
It seems we have moved past the "if only I had this tool I could..." phase. This is good because I have never been much for excuses.
Todays biggest challenge is to be able to store singular data on the backend and to interact this data with the front end user experience irrespective of the device: PC, Laptop, Netbook, Tablet, Smart Phone.
Well, what are we waiting for?
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