Embrace the Mess
Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, was the last day before my supposed vacation started, which is today, as I write this. I felt like I was slogging through the mud, just trying to get through it. I felt like I wasn’t doing a good enough job. I felt like a mess,
Ep. 21 – John Saunders, Entrepreneur and Self-taught Machinist
Scroll down to listen to the podcast with John Saunders. In today’s podcast we interviewed John Saunders, founder of Saunders Machine Works and the creator
Football Breather
I needed a football weekend badly. It had been a week of business travel, end-of-the-month tension, end-of-the-year push, and what I really wanted was to
Ep. 20 – Scott Roy on Machines that will Think Like Humans
In today’s podcast we interviewed Scott Roy, a Senior Staff Engineer at Google who specializes in artificial intelligence. He also happens to be my brother-in-law
Riding Into 2019
We are at the 1/16 pole headed to the finish line of 2018. What does the news tell us about 2019 business? As usual it
My Gratitude List
I am like many people in this world, despite having so many things I should feel grateful for—living in a country with so many opportunities,
Ep. 19 – Rick Rickerson on Educating Engineers to Understand Machining
Scroll down to listen to the podcast with Rick Rickerson. Rick Rickerson is in charge of the machining lab at Purdue’s Northwest Indiana campus in