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  1. Whatever it is you think you care about in your IT system, you care about complexity more. about 8 hours ago via web
  2. @adgerrits (@TheDanWard) Thank you! Us simplicity lovers need to stick together. about 11 hours ago via web in reply to adgerrits
  3. #FF @TheDanWard: a great advocate for removing complexity from military purchasing, lessons applicable to all who love simplicity. about 12 hours ago via web
  4. @philippeback Thank you! You made my day. about 12 hours ago via web in reply to philippeback
  5. Complexity feels itself under attack when confronted by simplicity. With good reason. 5:34 AM May 31st via web
  6. IT Complexity Analytics: The Science of Diagnosing, Treating, and Preventing Complexity Related Pathologies in IT Systems. 12:33 PM May 29th via web
  7. The risk analysis of nuclear accidents has high risk. Okay. Does anybody else see the irony here? gao.gov/products/GAO-1… 11:12 AM May 29th via web
  8. Never confuse "simplicity" with "simple." 4:35 AM May 29th via web
  9. Success through simplicity. The enterprise architect’s mantra. 2:58 PM May 28th via web
  10. @OyvindIsene (@eaviles94) I believe the laws of complexity are universal. This is a good example. 6:26 AM May 26th via web in reply to OyvindIsene
  11. @eaviles94 (@OyvindIsene) The primary cause of poor reliability and lack of scalability is complexity. 3:52 PM May 25th via web in reply to eaviles94
  12. @philippeback Found it. Okay. $13.6M divided by 3000 users is $4,533 per user. Complexity wins again! 11:59 AM May 25th via web in reply to philippeback
  13. @philippeback Wonder how much that cost. 10:57 AM May 25th via web in reply to philippeback
  14. The primary architectural deliverable is not reliability, scalibility, agility, or any other ilitie. It is simplicity. 7:27 AM May 25th via web
  15. @sdlc3 I didn't want to say anything, but now that you mention it... 10:14 AM May 24th via web in reply to sdlc3
  16. Complexity: the cancer of IT. 9:17 AM May 24th via web
  17. @peteswabey No, I haven't seen it. Did you send it to roger, domain: objectwatch.com? 1:21 PM May 23rd via web in reply to peteswabey
  18. Anybody made simplicity THE driving force in their IT systems? Interested in a Skype Chat with grad students? Let me know. 12:04 PM May 23rd via web
  19. @iluckylefty Good point. But at least the destination is desirable. 11:34 AM May 23rd via web in reply to iluckylefty
  • Name Roger Sessions
  • Location Near Houston, Texas
  • Web http://www.object...
  • Bio Author: Simple Architectures for Complex Enterprises; Evangelist: Simple Iterative Partitions Methodology; Interests: All Things Simple
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