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Archive for July, 2007
The Most Important Lesson
Posted in College Advice on July 29, 2007 | No Comments »
Energy and Shifting Paradigms
Posted in Technology on July 26, 2007 | No Comments »
With gasoline prices going up and concern about global warming climate change, there has been much talk of alternate energy sources. One source that is continually brought up is corn ethanol. This doesn’t work for several reasons:
We’re combining the energy market with the food market.
Ethanol may take more energy to produce than it delivers in [...]
It Must Get Done
Posted in Problem Solving, Project Management on July 23, 2007 | No Comments »
We’ve been watching a lot of the Food Network recently, not necessarily for the recipes, but for the entertainment. One program that is quite interesting is Dinner: Impossible. The premise of the show is that the star, Robert Irvine, gets put in impossible situations, and has to cook a gourmet meal in a limited amount [...]
Posted in Linkedin, networking on July 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
A couple of big names in the computer world are talking about Facebook and how they are using it to network and other things. While I can see the benefits of Facebook for what they are doing, I have one big issue with the website. My problem is that many of my friends on Facebook [...]
A Fragile Existence
Posted in Technology on July 21, 2007 | No Comments »
This news story caught my eye tonight. I’ve been following the story of the Brazilian jet crash, and the story keeps getting bigger. Now Brazil’s air traffic control radar has failed for a few hours, causing delays in their air travel.
To back up, the A320 that crashed seemed to be the victim of several unfortunate [...]
The Promise of the iPhone
Posted in Technology on July 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The iPhone from Apple appears to be living up to most of the hype, delivering a new, unique interface, as well as new applications that haven’t previously been combined in a cell phone before. I see the iPhone as a step in the right direction, but not the end-all of cell phones.
We are coming to [...]
Project Management and the Tablet PC
Posted in Project Management, classes, tablet pc on July 17, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been developing several good ideas for my project management class, several of which I need to fully develop. One thing I haven’t developed yet is how I will use the tablet PCs in the classroom. So let me lay out several options:
Use them for immediate responses to in-class case studies. Students could spend some [...]
Preparing for a Major in Engineering
Posted in College Advice, classes on July 11, 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve been doing incoming student advising, and there are a few things that are harder for me than the students who are not prepared for college in general, and engineering and the sciences in particular.
If you are planning on a 4 year degree in Engineering, be prepared in Mathematics. Many universities are requiring math placement [...]
The Boeing 787
Posted in Project Management, Risk on July 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Rather than watching sports or some other mindless TV last night, I watched the introduction to the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Yes, I am that big of a geek. I am fascinated by the new technology, the aerospace industry, and feats of engineering, and all of that is wrapped up in this broadcast. The one [...]
Thinking Outside the Box and the Issue of Constraints
Posted in Problem Solving, Project Management, classes on July 9, 2007 | No Comments »
The phrase “Think outside the box” has been a buzzphrase for more than a decade, it would seem. People who don’t remember the original problem posed that lead to the coining of this phrase toss the phrase around as if it applied in every case. The original problem was to connect a set of nine [...]
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