November 9th, 2026
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” — Steve Jobs, Co-founder of Apple Computer Engineers frequently solve difficult problems, develop innovative solutions, and contribute significantly to their…

November 2nd, 2026
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” — Will Durant, American philosopher and historian As I write this, I am sitting in the dealership where I have brought my SUV in for its 60,000-mile…

October 26th, 2026
“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry — French Writer and Aviator Technical presentations often run overtime because engineers…

October 19th, 2026
“The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.” — Mark Twain, American Author and Humorist You have attended technical presentations where the speaker talks too slowly or too fast. …

October 12th, 2026
“The audience is not the enemy. They are the reason we are there.” — Nancy Duarte, presentation expert and author of Resonate: Present Visual Stories That Transform Audiences (2010) Imagine spending weeks preparing a technical…

October 5th, 2026
“Cost, Schedule, and Risk are the three items foremost in a decision-maker’s mind.” — Eric C. Stasiunas, How to Educate Decision Makers on the Value and Necessity of Modal Testing and Model Correlation: Tips for Young Engineers, NASA…

September 28th, 2026
“As an evolving program is continually changed, its complexity… increases unless work is done to maintain or reduce it.” — Meir M. Lehman, computer scientist and pioneer of the Laws of Software Evolution Engineers can spend…

September 21st, 2026
“The extra effort that it takes to add new features is the interest paid on the debt.” — Martin Fowler, British software developer, author of Technical Debt, 2019, and international public speaker on software development…