The 80’s were great. Two of my favorite things that came out of the 1980’s were:
- ‘Fletch’ in 1985 with Chevy Chase
- ‘The Wizard’ in 1989 with Fred Savage
Actually, there are some other pretty great things that came out of the 80’s (like Billy Ray Cyrus and B.U.M. Equipment clothing) but we’ll save those for another post.
Recently I was showing our GIS-based asset management software to a company when I was reminded of a scene from the 1985 hit ‘The Wizard’ starring Fred Savage.
I hope you all remember that movie – if you didn’t see it in 1985 you should definitely check it out as soon as you get a chance. Here’s the scene I was reminded of:
My favorite is the last line of this clip: “I love the Power Glove, it’s so bad.” And it was. The Power Glove was indeed ‘so bad’ – it was terrible.
Does anyone remember that thing? …that insanely awkward and uncomfortable NES controller that never really worked right no matter how many times you calibrated it and no matter how many times you typed in that stupid game-matching code on the keypad (yes, I owned one, so I’m speaking from experience).
The Power Glove was introduced in 1989 as a revolutionary new NES controller.
So how could it be so bad? With all of those buttons and that awesome glove it was sure to be incredible, right? Wrong. Turns out this controller was way better:
The simple design of the original NES controller proved to be much more efficient and practical than the Power Glove.
The original NES controller was easier to understand, your hand didn’t get all sweaty, you didn’t have to calibrate it, left-handed people could use it too, you didn’t have to type in a bunch of codes for each game you played, and most of all – it worked. Every single time.
And that’s how we feel about GIS and asset management software. GIS and asset management should be simple. Our ‘Elements’ GIS-based asset and work management software is intentionally designed to be under-complicated – it’s simple, quick to learn, quick to implement, and it works.
Just like the original NES controller, our combination of GIS and asset management software provides the same data (and most of the same functionality) as some of the more complicated systems out there, but with a little less stress and confusion.
I guess if I could have tried out that stupid glove before I bought it I would have kept my $100 and put it toward a Wii 20 years later. So if you’d like to try out our ‘Elements’ GIS-based asset management software you can contact us here and we’ll be glad to set you up with a trial.