The question posed during last month’s Geek Challenge was to determine how much it costs me in extra gas to drive to my summer road trip destination at a higher speed, and to express this cost measured against the time I save by driving there faster....
Like any university, LabVIEW U wasn't just about courses. Part of the joy of attending NIWeek was experiencing Austin with my coworkers and hanging out with other engineers. We had the good luck of staying right by the Congress Aven...
About a year ago, I wrote a blog on DMC’s fourteenth anniversary, looking back on our first 14 years. Now, DMC has reached its fifteenth year, and at this time of our quinceañera, so to speak, I wanted to again reflect on where we've been. ...
When I talk with other graphical designers and hardware gurus here in Austin and mention that this is my first NIWeek, their eyes light up. “I still remember my first NIWeek! How do you like it?” they ask. Across the board our first impre...
The LAVA BBQ at Scholz Garten was last night here at NI week. I managed to score one of the last tickets and was offered the chance to catch a cab over to the venue. I declined on the cab because I had been sitting in sessions all da...
As Darren already posted in his blog post about attending NI week, the DMC trio of me, Ashley and Darren are all here learning about the new things happening with NI and there are some exciting new products being released. I am curren...
It's great to be back in Austin Texas for the annual National Instruments NIweek conference. Today is the first official day of the conference, where the largest ever audience (3300 people!) will be introduced to the latest products, trends, m...
Imagine you are a business that has leads coming in, but you don't have any processes defined to track these opportunities. Tasks may fall off the radar and become missed opportunities which means a loss of revenue and profit ...
I learned a new trick this morning that made my day. It not only managed to save me quite a bit of time, but it also opened up a brave new world full of possibilities for the future! Ok, so it's not really a trick. And chances are ma...
Last month, I was fortunate enough to snatch up a ticket to the very first CreativeMornings event in Chicago. CreativeMornings is a monthly morning gathering for creative types that consists of a 20-minute lecture, followed by a 20-minute group discu...