You know how that is when you start to immerse yourself into some new subject and all around you related stuff suddenly seems to sprout and blossom. Stuff you had never seen before and you doubt, existed before. This is happening to me right now. Until a couple of days ago, I was not much concerned with napkins. Pretty much they were below my concious radar. I used them when appropriate, but otherwise gave them not much thought. Except maybe for not liking napkins out of real fabric much. They are ......

Why did I choose the napkin to promote as a canvas for software architectural drawings? To be honest, except for my general belief in the virtues of simplicity it´s also somewhat a hommage to a book I recently read: The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures. Dan Roam impressed me with his creativity and his ability to depict the essence of all sorts of stuff in clear and simple pictures - all fitting on the back of a napkin. Before I´ve read his book I either did not ......