August 29, 2007

Paul Martin

Archives, Systems Engineering, SE Handbook

The end of the line ... for time.

August 29, 2007

Paul Martin

Archives, Systems Engineering, SE Handbook

The story of how the AT&T automatic time-teller system was decommissioned after many many years of service. A bitter sweet “good bye” should have been planned when the system was first deployed.

August 17, 2007

Paul Martin

Archives, SE Tools

Funny Flow Charts

August 17, 2007

Paul Martin

Archives, SE Tools

Did someone get told?! YES! OH Snap!

Flow charts - a key instrument in the SE Toolbox. Let’s look at a few, shall we.

August 16, 2007

Paul Martin

Archives, Systems Engineering, SE Tools

The founder of Calculus??

August 16, 2007

Paul Martin

Archives, Systems Engineering, SE Tools

Calculus is the fundamental math of Engineering. But who really invented this stuff?

August 16, 2007

Paul Martin

Archives, SE Vision

Jet Packs - for real

August 16, 2007

Paul Martin

Archives, SE Vision

Back in the late '60s and early 70's, I was Lost in Space junkie. Love the idea of Space travel, ray guns, and when I saw John Robinson fly in that Jet Pack. Man, I wanted to get one of those. Can this extremely dangerous customer product become a reality?

April 3, 2007

Paul Martin

Archives, Systems Engineering

Are you a techno-translator?

April 3, 2007

Paul Martin

Archives, Systems Engineering

Communications is a major function of any Systems Engineer. But how do you convey technical concepts to a non-technical person? It’s a not a unique problem to our chosen profession. IT has struggled with it for years. Let’s look at how they handle the dilemma.