Paul Golding: Simplexity Blog
Making Complex Things Simple Without Fearing the ComplexI’ve been blogging since the invention of the weblog (as it was originally called). I am working to port my entire archive to this site. But for now, only more recent posts are available. Apologies.
Insights? Why Definitions Matter.
Why definitions actually do matter.Summary: Definitions matter not because they fulfill some fetish about semantics, but because they determine what type of work is done in service of them. Neo-terms, such as "Data-driven" or "Data Science" are sometimes used in a...
What is a Technology Company
And why it matters. Technology Company? I have often been hired by companies who call themselves technology companies, but are not technology companies in any meaningfully useful definition of the word. It would be like Whole Foods calling themselves a computer...
Puzzled by Simple Things
Or, the power of asking Why.Problems often involve complex solutions, yet the history of science tells us that breakthrough ideas come from our ability to be puzzled by simple things. Perhaps the same is true of industry. I have built many highly-complex solutions for...
