Technology should make life easier. I make technology easier.

I used to think of myself as a technologist until one day I realized not all solutions in IT are technical, thus more of a solutionist. That's is a bit vague in an industry that likes to think that is based on 1's and 0's (which is like saying the construction industry is based on saws and hammers). While my work is supposed to be about being presented a problem and responding with a solution, once I get started on the problem there is almost always a collection of problems. And not a neat collection.

Imagine those nesting dolls, and then imagine them scattered all over with each trapped inside a puzzle box where the either the doll, the box, or both often need repair. Someone recently described that as being a "fixer", and I like it, because my job as an "architect" is rarely as neat as that title suggests.

I believe technology should make things easier for people, and people who can make technology easier to access (and use) should do so, and stop making it more difficult for the myriad reasons that they do.