No Mobile App? Good.

I remember when every software service needed a mobile app.Syncing between your computer and your phone was one of the most important things to get right, because that was the promise: everything you needed, always in the palm of your hand. Always online. Always available. Always productive.Now I don’t even check if there is one.A mobile app can be a nice companion, but that’s all it is. For me, no deep, meaningful work happens on a smartphone. Ever. It’s a fantastic device for capturing quick thoughts, sending a message, staying updated with the news, or checking something when you need to. But that’s where it ends.You don’t really work there. At least I don’t. I can’t write anything thoughtful there either. There are too many little things competing for my attention, and I’m too weak to resist them.Smartphones went from the brightest idea of our generation to the blackest holes in our pockets, literally sucking our time into them.So if your software doesn’t have a mobile app, that’s…