I wanted to close the week by thanking everyone who happens upon this blog, subscribes to this blog, links to this blog, or connects with me through the various communications channel. Your interactions have sustained and grown the blog over these past four years....
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An End and a New Beginning
This past February marked a four-year milestone for the Emerson Process Experts blog. At the time, there were not a whole lot of corporate bloggers out in the blogosphere. I've had the privilege of working with Deb Franke every step of the way as we successfully...
Economic Outlook for Automation, Control, and Instrumentation Business
Last fall, Control Engineering magazine partnered with Morgan Stanley to study the 2010 outlook for the automation, control, and instrumentation markets. The results were presented in a December article, 2010 Global Automation Industry Outlook. At this past February's...
Your Thoughts on Lifecycle Management Sought
An activity that benefits process manufacturers and process automation suppliers is the research conducted by the trade analysts and trade press. These groups have a broad base of people across many industries and geographies to which they can reach out to uncover...
Relax, Refresh and Recharge
As I announced at the blogging close of 2007 with the post, Feeding that Inner Geek, today's post is the final one for 2009. My sentiments expressed then, remain the same: As much as I enjoy finding stories to share about Emerson's experts in action, I also enjoy...
Get Out to the Surface
ISA's Intech magazine editorial staff asked me if I'd be interested in writing the Executive Corner column for this month's issue. The topic was to be about social media and what it means to companies. After a nanosecond of consideration, I eagerly agreed. The premise...
Sparking Process Automation Usability Conversations
You may have seen the Sound Off! blog post, Welcome to the Process Automation Usability Project-- #PAutoUP. It announced: We have been working on a Web 2.0 Social Media enabled way for the process automation community to discuss, teach and learn about usability issues...
Enjoy Your Holidays
Like many of this blog's readers, I'll be off and enjoying the holidays this week and next and not posting again until January. For those also on holiday, enjoy the time spent with family and friends. Let's get rested, get refreshed, and be ready to roll up our...
ISA, What’s in a Name?
As someone who has been in the throes a time or two with product naming, I've been an interested bystander in the latest thoughts on renaming the ISA organization, specifically on the acronym's meaning. You'll note that I didn't add a parenthetical on what it stands...
Celebrating the End of the Semester
This one was too good not to highlight. For those not familiar with the look of DeltaV controller and I/O subsystem, here's what it looks like when it's a chocolate cake: Emerson's DeltaV team is honored to be a part of Professor Atanas Serbezov and his Advanced...
Application for Social Media Technologies like Twitter for Automation Professionals?
My colleague Deb Franke and I have again submitted abstracts for the Emerson Global Users Exchange, which will be in Washington D.C. September 29 through October 3. Our topics are both on the use of social media technologies, with one being a hands-on session. Last...
The Funnier Side of Retirement
Let's end this week highlighting a new book by ModelingAndControl.com's Greg McMillan. The book, The Funnier Side of Retirement for Engineers and People of the Technical Persuasion, is a very funny look at those entering their golden, post-work years. When I saw this...
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