Thought Leadership

Video blog – creeping elegance in embedded software

August 15, 2016 • 2 MIN READ

My latest video blog is now available. I am talking about “creeping elegance” in embedded software development. This is the well known phenomenon of an engineer not being able to stand back from some work and declare it complete – there are always possible enhancements. I illustrate this using a story about a young embedded software developer many years ago …

You can see the video here or here:

Future video blogs will continue to look at topics of interest to embedded software developers. Suggestions for topics are always welcome via comment, email or social networking.

Colin Walls

I have over thirty years experience in the electronics industry, largely dedicated to embedded software. A frequent presenter at conferences and seminars and author of numerous technical articles and two books on embedded software, I am a member of the marketing team of the Mentor Graphics Embedded Systems Division, and am based in the UK. Away from work, I have a wide range of interests including photography and trying to point my two daughters in the right direction in life. Learn more about Colin, including his go-to karaoke song and the best parts of being British: http://go.mentor.com/3_acv

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