Posted by Dave Wilson.
Being a writer can be a frustrating job at times. Often, you can spend hours attempting to craft a piece that you hope will appeal to your readers, only to find yourself so disappointed with your efforts, you end up throwing your work into the wastebasket and starting anew. (more…)
Posted by Dave Wilson.
I didn’t have good weather during my summer holiday in the south of France this year. One night last week, a treacherous thunderstorm hit the small thirteenth century village where I was staying with astonishing intensity. (more…)
Posted by Dave Wilson.
I am happy to lend Engineeringtalk’s name to support the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s search for the Young Woman Engineer of the Year award for 2008 (see Industry News below). (more…)
Posted by Dave Wilson.
When I was a little lad in the late 1970s, I remember that my grandmother, alongside the biggest collection of James Last records in Western Europe, had a vacuum cleaner with a small sticker on it. It had a picture of a bulldog and the moniker ‘This one’s British!’ I don’t know why this has stuck in my mind but I remembered it this week when listening to some of the vexed commentary on the ‘foreign’ ownership of ‘British’ football clubs, after the United Abu Dhabi Group’s spectacular takeover of Manchester City. (more…)
Engineeringtalk and this Editor's Blog is now edited by Dave Wilson
Dave was the Editor of Digital Design, Electronic Systems Design and The OEM Integrator in the US between 1980 and 1990. More recently, he founded e4engineering (now The Engineer Online) at the start of 2000 and Technology Horizons in 2006, both for Centaur Media. His mood varies with the fortunes of the NASDAQ and Nikkei indices.
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