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  • IBM Think

    IBM has an interesting app for exploring how innovation happens…and thinking. http://www.ibm.com/ibm/think/ The mapping phase got me thinking about new ways to use mind mapping software. If you haven’t tried mind mapping (and have an iPad) iThoughtsHD is a great way to get started.

  • Do you want to manage engineering, or just the results of it? (Part Two)

    Engineering Content Review is Different In part one (https://algray.com/?p=169) we discussed how today’s engineering tools create information rich repositories that require a purpose-built content management system in order to manage information to the depth possible. Having such a system also allows for powerful review environments that can assemble 2D & 3D content (and ancillary data) in order to facilitate…

  • Approaching your work like an Olympic event

    Approaching your work like an Olympic event

    Today I visited BAM Nuttall in Camberley, UK and, while waiting for the meeting attendees to gather, happened to pickup a copy of their newsletter “Engineering Matters”. In it I found an introduction from Paul Emms Director, Engineering that spoke to me. Here’s an exerpt: “As spring moves into summer many of you are looking forward to…

  • Travel = Life?

    For some of us, travel is a significant part of our job. And it’s not uncommon for people around us to ask questions like, “How can you do that?”, How do you maintain relationships when you travel so much? Don’t you hate it?”. And many that spend their life on the road don’t have a great…

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