Sound of Heads Scratching

When the iPhone came out, I wonder if the mobile phone industry had a giant “I-could’ve-thought’ve that” moment.  Same with songwriters when they hear any Timbaland song.  Same with IBM when Outlook appeared.

If the task looks too simple or too complex, then it loses credibility or it gets shrugged off.  But simplicity seems to work pretty well for Timbaland, and the iPhone’s complexity is what makes it more versatile than the Razr because the iPhone’s extra features aren’t silly gimmicks.

The argument may be that Lotus Notes wasn’t supposed to be a simple email client, and that the Razr was only supposed to primarily be a mobile phone.  But how useful is an all-around collaborative package when the web has better free tools?  For someone who likes to carry all of their data in one device, how useful is the Razr’s gimmicky MP3 and internet functionality?

Yes, we could’ve thought of that, and we probably did at some point.  And I don’t know about you, but most of my thoughts go whizzing by into oblivion unless I make a record somehow.  And maybe that’s the solution to “I-could’ve-thought-of-that.”  A pen and paper (notecards, textfile, basecamp, etc.)

Stumble it!