In my blog entry on June 27th, I talked about HART and the Wireless Working Group, and issued a challenge whose single, lonely acceptor has been Steve Sonnenberg of Rosemount. That being as it may, there was a lot more going on than merely wireless. More than 40 participants representing HCF Member companies were present to work on different facets of the technology including … [Read more...] about A final word on the HART Member Meeting…
Walt Boyes' Blog
Does Adobe care at all? Apparently not.
You wanna know what really cheeses me off? It is companies who don't give a rip about their customers, and are really proud and out front about it. I just spent almost $400 buying Adobe Audition 2.0 because it is the best audio editing software I've tested for podcasting and the Process Automation Radio Network. I used their free trial software for a month to test it. That … [Read more...] about Does Adobe care at all? Apparently not.
How cool is this! Remember the Honeywell Teachers in Space Camp?
I got this as a comment on my original post, but I've chosen to promote it here, instead of leaving it as a comment. This is, as you can see, way cool. Subject: Space Academy for Teachers I just want to let you know that I am one of the teachers that went to Honeywell's Space Academy for Educators and let me reiterate what a fantastic experience it was. The chance to meet with … [Read more...] about How cool is this! Remember the Honeywell Teachers in Space Camp?
On a lighter note— or maybe not…
Heidi Parsons, digital managing editor of our sister magazine Pharmaceutical Manufacturing sent me this, which of course, has been floating around the Internet for a while. The following short quiz consists of 4 questions and will tell you whether you are qualified to be a professional. Scroll down for each answer. The questions are NOT that difficult. But don't scroll down … [Read more...] about On a lighter note— or maybe not…
Invensys: Well, now what, dammit?
As Andrew Bond reported last week in his Industrial Automation Insider, Mike Caliel, the extremely well respected CEO of Invensys Process Systems, resigned unexpectedly to take a job as CEO of Houston-based Integrated Electrical Services (IES), a large-scale system integration firm. This, of course, poses a problem for Invensys' end users. Even though Ken Brown, general manager … [Read more...] about Invensys: Well, now what, dammit?