This week, I had the pleasure of travelling down to London to meet up with my colleague and fellow editor Andy Lee, who had booked a rather salubrious conference room at Centaur Headquarters in which to hold our editorial discussion. Read the rest of this entry »
The local paper came through the letterbox on Sunday and a large advertisement inside really caught my attention
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The local paper came through the letterbox on Sunday and a large advertisement inside really caught my attention. One particular organisation, it seemed, was looking for a highly talented group of individuals to join its ranks. And to attract the necessary candidates, it had paid out quite a few bob on a glorious colour spread. Read the rest of this entry »
Lyndon White, Managing Editor, writes: Read the rest of this entry »
It’s tempting to think that, in this Internet driven day and age, all the information that you need can be found simply by surfing the web. Read the rest of this entry »
The reputation of any company can be made or broken depending on the service that it provides to its customers
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The reputation of any company can be made or broken depending on the service that it provides to its customers. Read the rest of this entry »
I didn’t go to National Instruments annual NI Week convention in Austin
Posted by Dave Wilson.
I didn’t go to National Instruments annual NI Week convention in Austin, TX this year. And that was a Read the rest of this entry »
Some reluctant souls might be a little wary of making bold statements that the recession here in the UK is almost over
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Some reluctant souls might be a little wary of making bold statements that the recession here in the UK is almost over, but I’m not one of them. Read the rest of this entry »
The Little Trade Organisation (LTO) needed to show its members that it had their interests at heart
Posted by Dave Wilson.
The Little Trade Organisation (LTO) needed to show its members that it had their interests at heart. So when many of them started to complain of skills shortages and high recruitment costs, it came up with an initiative that, it proposed, could solve all of their problems in one fell swoop. Read the rest of this entry »
It seemed like the economic miracle that was transforming the economies of India and China was having a backlash effect in the UK
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It seemed like the economic miracle that was transforming the economies of India and China was having a backlash effect in the UK. Read the rest of this entry »
In his film The Day After Tomorrow, director Roland Emmerich paints a picture of a world where a radical change in the temperature of the world’s oceans cause deadly storms and set a new ice age in motion. Read the rest of this entry »
About the Author
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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