I really enjoy playing Frisbee. It is a sport that adapts well to age, ability, number of participants and desired activity level. It is social and can be either serenely calm or exhilaratingly fast-paced. Engineering involves a lot of up-close work, highly detailed and generally behind a desk or lab bench. It is great to get outdoors, go for long distance throws and catches, and spend time with coworkers outside the scope of project requirements. I have found my afternoons to be more productive and focused, albeit at the expense of a few sore muscles the next day, well worth it.
An arena is a massive facility and is the venue of choice for this example application of Sealevel technology. A control booth on one end of an arena must provide control and obtain status from various equipment on the far side of the arena. Due to the physical separation, the control booth and the equipment panel are on different power sources in the arena. Sealevel’s isolated RS-485 hardware and the SeaPAC R9-8.4 ARM9-based touchscreen computer may be used to provide an end-to-end control solution for this scenario.
One of the challenges in engineering is effective communication at each stage of the design process. From initial concept discussions to development of product documentation and technical manuals, expressing complex ideas with clarity, organization, and purposeful language is required.
For me, one of the draws of engineering at Sealevel is personal involvement in the full product design cycle. Throughout my engineering career I have enjoyed working with a team to bring concepts to reality, and in particular, having visibility and influence over the project as it matures. Engineering at Sealevel is structured, hands-on, and exciting.
With so much information stored in Outlook, it can sometimes be challenging to find just the email or attachment you need. This is where Xobni can help. Xobni (“inbox” spelled backwards – clever!) is a free Outlook plug-in to search people, email, and attachments instantly. People search not only includes your Outlook contacts, but also includes information found in email signatures, message bodies, and related contact information found from social media sites (including LinkedIn, Facebook, Hoovers, Skype, and Yahoo.) A Xobni search for a person displays not only contact information, but also the email and attachment history. I am especially fond of the historical attachment searching — something I was unable to achieve with the built-in Outlook search.
In the fast-paced world of engineering, there is always something to be done. Typically there are several things to be done, across one or more projects, each with a common goal of designing and delivering quality products. It can be a challenge to capture, prioritize and complete all the tasks at hand in a timely manner without allowing something to fall through the cracks. Then a good friend recommended I read “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity” by David Allen. This book changed the way I capture, prioritize, status, and execute tasks.
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