Anthony W. Davis

A passion for simplicity through excellent design.

I love technology and finding ways to make it easier to use. I know that when a system is easy for a customer to use, the engineering underneath is usually hugely complex. It required careful planning and execution. And it needed everyone who made it to be truly passionate about each detail.

I remember when I was a student, a NASA guest speaker told us that if each of the thousands of systems in a rocket was 99% reliable, the rocket as a whole would never make it to space. I think about this every day as I write software, or put a prototype board together, or design an image processing algorithm. Achieving 99% is not nearly good enough, and even when I think I’ve done a good job, part of me knows I ought to double-check it. It could be better. It has to be better!

I’ve written about a few of the most interesting projects I’ve worked on. I’m extremely proud of my contribution to each of these, and I hope you find them interesting.