At the beginning of September I spent some time traveling in Europe in search of lucrative machine tools, good salsa…
This American Life on NPR routinely does amazing stories on radio. The program, hosted by Ira Glass, recently had this…
If 2012 and 2014 IMTS shows were about the arrival of 3D printing, 2016 was the year of the robot.…
The Chicago Cubs, my favorite team, and Casablanca, one of my all-time favorite movies, share so many common threads. One…
On Wednesday I went to IMTS. It was going to be a 16-hour marathon because we were taking folks out…
Beverly Sills, the wonderful soprano opera singer, was on one of her “if it’s Thursday it must be Seattle” concert…
The Chicago Cubs have two superb leaders, Anthony Rizzo, who is a contender for National League Most Valuable Player, and…
About two months ago I finally accepted that I was in a prolonged funk. I was not profoundly depressed. I…
I like baseball. I’m not one of those folks who keep box scores or who can tell you offhand a…
IMTS is coming in a couple of weeks, so it is a good time to assess where the industry is…