I’ve had to set up multiple new computers—personal and professional—in the last few years. The most recent being last week. Each time I do so, I marvel at how easy the process has become now because of the Cloud.
Less than ten years ago, it was a mighty pain. All my photos and documents were stored locally on my university laptop, and most of my software was installed via a CD and associated software key.
Compare that to today where almost everything is either in the Cloud or accessible via a browser. With access to my password manager, I’m up and running within 30 mins.
This change didn’t happen overnight, nor was it a straightforward transformation. It was painstaking set of deliberate optimisations by many organisations over many years to make this experience easy as possible.The slow prod of progress to make our lives a little more seamless. I’m grateful.