So, what’s all this then?

There’s an old Chinese curse that goes something like this:

“May you live in interesting times.”

Doesn’t sound too bad, does it? The curse part creeps in when you start wondering what their definition of “interesting” is.

A friend of mine once applied this directly to software engineering and technology. He said that he always became worried whenever someone used one of three phrases:

• You know, I just had a neat idea….
• Sounds like a fun project…
• Now here’s an interesting problem…

Now, I’m a believer in the “Occam’s Razor” of software and technology: “A simple, elegant solution will do a better job than a more complex solution.” That’s what this blog is about: finding those Elegant Solutions that we all need so badly.