Do you know why managers yell and demand results? Besides the fact that they are huge a-holes? Most likely it’s because they don’t know how to do[…]

Fu₵# around and find out.  That’s what some people seem to think the Observational Method is.  Just go ahead and see how it works out and you[…]

When my kids were young, Beanie Babies were very popular.  They were basically glorified bean bags, decorated this way or that.  My son and I used to[…]

This is something of a book report, or maybe a book recommendation.  The book, by the same name as this article, is by Nate Silver.  I didn’t[…]

For a few minutes I’m going to be a grumpy Gus.  I promise it won’t be for too long. One of the Denver area school districts has[…]

I work in the service industry.  I am a service provider.  Just like the wait-staff in a restaurant.  Our industries have more in common that might first[…]

Is this a trick question?  No.  The answer is simple, but the reality isn’t.  I know there are all the good things like compensation, time off, insurance,[…]

This is part 2 of my assessment of “Design Paradigms:  Case Histories of Error and Judgment in Engineering”.  It was written by Henry Petroski who teaches at[…]