Occam's Razor: When "Simple is Better"
Albert Einstein stated a principle in 1933 which is often paraphrased as "Theories should be as simple as possible, but no simpler." Occam's Razor is a similar principle of logic that can be summed up as "All other things being equal, the simplest solution is the best." Then there's the principle more people are probably familiar with: the KISS principle ("Keep It Simple, Stupid").
A better philosophy is, "If it's simple and works well, don't complicate it."
The key here is that it has to "work well."
I've been kept pretty busy the past few months (since October of last year!) with a continuous series of court presentations in and around Southern California, some civil matters, some criminal cases and yet another in Federal Court and haven't given this blog the proper attention it needs.
The overriding message you'll be hearing me preach about for the next several months is how we accomplished success after success by keeping the message simple and to the point no matter how overwhelming the exhibit load.
In the next few "blogs" I'll be playing "catch up" and relating my first hand experiences with the technology and techniques that we've used in each of these presentations as well as insight as to what worked well and how we "uncomplicated the complicated".
Our performance in court is always a continuing "work in progress" since every case presents its own set of challenges; we've had a 90 day run that tested our mettle in many situations and I've lived to tell about it - stay tuned; I'll try to not disappoint!
