: reading…. please wait … reading … please wait … reading … Walter …
: Engineering candidates and Sponsors (spoiler alert: we’re the sponsors) Liminal of state Liminality refers to the experience of being …
: Mundane mind games Ship it Finally! Our long-awaited prototypes have arrived from the shop, and they look presentable. …
: Incipient engineering Today’s Guardian crossword puzzle brought up the word “incipient”, which is a …
: What we engineer It’s almost as if René Magritte was thinking of engineers when he created his famous painting …
: Change and being philosophical about it It's weirdly comforting, almost homely, being back here at Literally Engineering, on Typepad, …
: The engineer at play - part I By "play" I mean, of course, "work", but in a certain mode, which, because …
: Presenting... the Phishikawa diagram! Why I'm writing this Extracting something interesting to say out of what feels like a good - but …
: The Phisikawa or Phishbone diagram Introduced in this post from August 2023, the Phisikawa - or Phishbone - diagram is a …
: Presenting: the Phisikawa Diagram Why I’m writing this Extracting something interesting to say out of what feels like a good - …
: The engineer at play - part II: A Playground Continuing my observations on being a working, playful engineer: you can read the introduction in …
: The engineer at play - part II: A Playground Continuing my observations on being a working, playful engineer: you can read the introduction in …
: The engineer at play - part I By “play” I mean, of course, “work”, but in a certain mode, which, because …
: Literally not engineering I am, for reasons beyond my control, at present - yet hopefully “only” - between jobs: being out of …
: Literally Not Engineering I am, for reasons beyond my control, at present - yet hopefully “only” - between jobs: being out of …
: Engineers (not) at war My good friend Flavio - blogger, occasional Twitterer (@dionisoo) [edit: Flavio is no …
: Too much reading? Maybe. Too little writing? Yes. I went to the town library with the family today for the first time in ages, and it was lovely. The …
: Work - a cautionary tale My previous post was about what I term a "field perspective" of work, which started out as …
: Work - a cautionary tale My previous post was about what I term a “field perspective” of work, which started out …
: About work - a field perspective A post from one of my previous personae, Literally Engineering, from November 2020. I keep coming …
: About Beginnings Years ago, I mentioned to a French philosopher friend that I was thinking about setting …
: Why philosophy - I What a job I’m an engineer. Of that I’m fairly sure. I studied engineering, got the degree though …
: Dramatis Personae EXTENDED BODY:
: Reading and Resources Joseph Dunne: Back to the Rough Ground This book has become foundational to me. Joseph Dunne was led …
: Terminology Epistemology Knowledgeology Ontology What-reallyology Phenomenology Affectology
: When the Big Beasts wade in, the little mammals scurry A retweet by Peter-Paul Verbeek (@ppverbeek) about a new book on Asian perspectives on technology by …
: How should *I* know? Or: thinking about knowing What do engineers know? It turns out to be a suprisingly teasing, …
: About work - a field perspective A field perspective of work and politics Why think about work? I was going to write about applying …
: Examining the engineering life Reading Daniel C. Dennett’s book From bacteria to Bach and back, I encountered the following quotes, …
: Simondon Central Backburning philosophy Research, processing, writing. That’s how I would say writing basically …
: Here be... stuff Stuff. Is that the best word I could come up with to start my philosophically tinged blog on the …
: Here Be... Stuff Stuff. Is that the best word I could come up with to start my philosophically tinged blog on the …
: What are they talking about?! Learning a new language On the face of it, there shouldn’t be a significant difference in how we …
: What are they talking about?! Learning a new language On the face of it, there shouldn’t be a significant difference in how we …
: Welcome to engiphy! What has philosophy got to do with engineering? Philosophy and engineering: oil and water. They can …
: Welcome to Engiphy! with this post from 2019, four years after my previous and final post as Literally Engineering, I …
: WPForms Preview This is the WPForms preview page. All your form previews will be handled on this page. The page is …
: WPForms Preview This is the WPForms preview page. All your form previews will be handled on this page. The page is …
: Futurelight The planet cast a long, dark shadow into the stream of light from the system’s star: it was in this …
: Futurelight another attempt at a (knowingly!) overblown “literary” telling of a small event from …
: Awakenings Disorientated. Where? Dim pre-dawn - or streetlamp - light crept lethargically, reluctantly, …
: Awakenings posted in 2015, this text was I think an attempt at capturing the solitude and darker thoughts of a …
: Today's two days of FMEAs I'm writing this between lectures and dinner on the first of a 2-day FMEA forum in Osnabrück and …
: Today's two days of FMEAs I’m writing this between lectures and dinner on the first of a 2-day FMEA forum in Osnabrück …
: Defining the perfect validation engineer (hint - it's not me) It is fair – and not in the slightest bit unusual – to say that we have been struggling to apply our …
: Defining the perfect validation engineer (hint - it's not me) It is fair – and not in the slightest bit unusual – to say that we have been struggling to apply our …
: Report: an investigation into the enduring and endearing constraints of Report Writing More than a few years ago, bordering on the “many”, I was invited to take part in a graduate …
: Report: an investigation into the enduring and endearing constraints of Report Writing More than a few years ago, bordering on the “many”, I was invited to take part in a graduate …
: Engineering Destiny Destiny's Traveller - from Bungie.net Whilst I'm no longer much of a gamer (I finished …
: Engineering Destiny Whilst I’m no longer much of a gamer (I finished Half-Life 2 and got several hours into …
: Engineer as celebrity in India? via www.bbc.com I loved the headline in the first newspaper clipping below the article: …
: Engineer as celebrity in India? Note from the future (2024): another attempt at linkblogging. There’s some humour here, but …
: The Zen of validation We had a customer review today on one of my favourite topics in the whole wide engineering world - …
: News from ISS - an experiment may be interesting... Cooler fires hint at energy efficiency • The Register Flamewars in SPAAACE: cooler fires hint at energy efficiency • The Register This looks like a really …
: News from ISS - an experiment may be interesting... Cooler fires hint at energy efficiency • The Register Note from the future (2024): I guess I was trying out linkblogging here, but it doesn’t look …
: Ivory Corridors and creased white shirts: a Book review of The Idea Factory Jon Gertner’s The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation is tech reverie, …
: Words and engineering - the twain meet (as always) An engineer who knows the difference between literally and figuratively? Very suspicious …
: Words and engineering - the twain meet (as always) Note from the future: this was me rebranding from On Engineering to Literally Engineering. It was …
: The Zen of validation We had a customer review today on one of my favourite topics in the whole wide engineering world - …
: Just a quick post to announce that I'm preparing for a switch of blog name, domain and look… …
: Fuel Cell cars - more development, more hurdles Hyundai ix35 fuel cell tank cutaway. Source and permission: greenmotor.co.uk The picture on the …
: Fuel Cell cars - more development, more hurdles Hyundai ix35 fuel cell tank cutaway. Source and permission: greenmotor.co.uk The picture above says …
: Ivory Corridors and creased white shirts: a Book review of The Idea Factory Why read this post? To find out why you should buy this fabulous "biography" of Bell Labs, …
: On undreaming and actually doing fuel cells Toyota helped to kick off the 2014 CES show by pronouncing themselves happy with the rate of …
: Recycling press releases - carbon composites and engineering churnalism For a variety of reasons unknown to me, I drifted away from that most permanently cutting-edge of …
: Recycling press releases - carbon composites and engineering churnalism For a variety of reasons unknown to me, I drifted away from that most permanently cutting-edge of …
: On undreaming and doing fuel cells Toyota helped to kick off the 2014 CES show by pronouncing themselves happy with the rate of …
: On the engineering genius of Daft Punk Lose Yourself to Engineering? It’s fairly safe to say that 2013 was Daft Punk’s year. They brought …
: On the engineering genius of Daft Punk Lose Yourself to Engineering? It’s fairly safe to say that 2013 was Daft Punk’s year. They brought …
: Engineering with patience and grace As opposed to engineering with hectic grumpiness Ah, finally - it's the Christmas holidays. At …
: On engineering with patience and grace (As opposed to engineering with hectic grumpiness) Ah, finally - it’s the Christmas holidays. …
: On our friends in Quality Why do we have quality departments? Even posing the question feels like a minor rebellion on my …
: On Staying Engineer Blogging about considering new jobs (and doing something about it) seems like a risky idea. Posts …
: On excess efficiency an attribute which this post could not be accused of posessing Cycling back home from the industrial …
: On excess efficiency …an attribute which this post could not be accused of possessing Cycling back home from the …
: In praise of Process Engineers, like lawyers - hold on, I didn't just write that, did I? Well, it's a valid …
: The power of the sketch I was impressed by Enrique Scalabroni from the first day I met him – at Williams, in 1985. …
: On cracking up Photo: Corrosion Doctors / Metallurical Technologies A little snippet of what I learned at …
: G'day (for) sport Emirates Team New Zealand take to the skies... or something From the relative safety of landlocked …
: G'day (for) sport From the relative safety of landlocked Heidelberg in Germany, I’ve been keeping tabs on this …
: On our friends in quality Why do we have quality departments? Even posing the question feels like a minor rebellion on my …
: On being grumpy Just before this (at the time long overdue) vacation, I was invited to attend a meeting with a …
: On being grumpy Just before this (at the time long overdue) vacation, I was invited to attend a meeting with a …
: Only just simply words This post was first published over at Engineers Looking For Stuff, to which I contribute every now …
: Only just simply words This post was first published over at Engineers Looking For Stuff, to which I contribute every now …
: Please read this procedure Who reads procedures? What, you don’t? Alright then, another question - who writes procedures? Ah, …
: Please read this procedure originally posted on one of my several now defunct blogs, called On Engineering, on 7th July 2013 …
: Trapped in the validation nation Validation testing is a significant part of my life as an engineer these days. Also, I have much …
: Fresh perspectives and fresh air in Detroit After letting lady Shanghai go first, gentlemanly North America, along with cousin Mexico, …
: Fresh perspectives and fresh air in Detroit originally posted on one of my several now defunct blogs, called On Engineering, under my persona …
: Bridging the tumult and the oasis Yesterday, Thursday, being a bank holiday (at least in my state of Baden-Württemberg), today was a …
: Bridging the tumult and the oasis originally posted on one of my several now defunct blogs, called On Engineering, under my persona …
: At the foot of a mountain of data We're on the cusp of starting the migration of our CAD data into a full-fat PLM system (in our …
: At the foot of a mountain of data originally posted on one of my several now defunct blogs, called On Engineering, under my persona …
: In praise of process originally posted on one of my several now defunct blogs, called On Engineering, under my persona …
: Sustainable Engineering - a circuitous book review originally posted on one of my several now defunct blogs, called On Engineering, under my persona …
: Trapped in the validation nation originally posted on one of my several now defunct blogs, called On Engineering, under my persona …
: Presenting in my pyjamas: to Shanghai, Bangkok and back Apart from the opportunity to see some films that I don't normally get the chance to see, …
: Engineering Things Done Phew, what a day! What a lot of days! Things are pretty mad at the moment and have me racing from …
: Engineering Things Done originally posted on one of my several now defunct blogs, called On Engineering, under my persona …
: On Staying Engineer originally posted on one of my several now defunct blogs, called On Engineering, on the 12th of …
: The power of the sketch originally posted on one of my several now defunct blogs, called On Engineering, on the 11th …
: Sustainable Engineering - a circuitous book review I never wanted to be a doctor, nor could I ever be a surgeon. It's one of those inexplicable …
: Presenting in my pyjamas: to Shanghai, Bangkok and back originally posted on one of my several now defunct blogs, called On Engineering, on 3rd February …
: 'Tis the season to be... audited originally posted on one of my several now defunct blogs, called On Engineering, on 13th December …
: 'Tis the season to be... audited December. Time of cheer and good will to all colleagues, rushing for presents, updating projects, …
: On cracking up originally posted on one of my several now defunct blogs, called On Engineering, on 25th September …
: On Me The glance that resulted in the (low energy) lightbulb switching on in my head that in turn resulted …
: Book Review: How Google Tests Software Have you not noticed a book recently? Forgotten that you were reading whilst you were reading? …
: Book Review: How Google Tests Software originally posted on one of my several now defunct blogs, called On Engineering, on 14th November …
: Ishikawa's stinking fish Quality issues cannot be counted amongst my favourite activities. They can normally be categorised …
: The value of an FMEA seminar lies not (only) in the presentations Engineers are, by all accounts, a fairly unsociable lot. That's of course not to say that …
: The numerical pitfalls of engineering in Germany originally posted on one of my several now defunct blogs, called On Engineering, on 25th September …
: The value of an FMEA seminar lies not (only) in the presentations originally posted on one of my several now defunct blogs, called On Engineering on 25th September …
: Engineers: are we but droplets in a cloud? When trawling the net and various books online for background to my post wondering whether …
: Engineers: are we but droplets in the cloud? originally posted on one of my several now defunct blogs, called On Engineering on 17th August 2012 …
: Is software engineering engineering? originally posted on one of my several now defunct blogs, called On Engineering on 7th August 2012 …
: Is Software Engineering Engineering? Software seems to be getting all the glory these days, with the notable exception of the Curiosity …
: Pass the resource please (and spread thinly) Terracotta Warriors photo from romainguy on Flickr As an Englishman living and working in …
: On Engineering The number of technical books within the field of engineering is far greater than I can count …
: Ishikawa's stinking fish originally posted on one of my several now defunct blogs, called On Engineering on 10th May 2012 …
: Pass the resource - and spread thinly originally posted on one of my several now defunct blogs, called On Engineering on 7th May 2012 …
: In, On and Around Detail Are you blind to detail? Source Wikipedia Ishihara diagram "It's just a minor detail" …
: The numerical pitfalls of engineering in Germany The relationship between engineers and numbers is often an uneasy one. Engineers are by and large …
: In, On and Around Detail originally posted on one of my several now defunct blogs, called On Engineering on 3rd April 2012 …
: Clearing the decks originally posted on one of my several now defunct blogs, called On Engineering on 2nd March 2012 I …
: Clearing the decks I had a couple of hours today at work in what I can only describe as -for the workspace, at least …
: On an OK dough K It's a while ago now, but over Christmas, I was (watch out, this is going to get exciting) doing …
: On an OK dough 'K' originally posted on one of my several now defunct blogs, called On Engineering on 29th Jan 2012 …
: On Finding Things At the very beginning of this blog, one of the questions I asked myself was - what do I do all day? …
: On finding things originally posted on one of my several now defunct blogs, called On Engineering on 24th Jan 2012 At …
: On PPAPs There's one thing that I need to get off my chest early on in this blog, as it has been weighing …
: On PPAPs originally posted on one of my several now defunct blogs, called On Engineering, on 15th Jan 2012 …
: On finding things originally posted on one of my several now defunct blogs, called On Engineering on 24th Jan 2012 At …
: This one's on me originally posted on one of my several now defunct blogs, called On Engineering on 12th Jan 2012 …
: On Engineering this was originally posted to my defunct blog On Engineering on 7th Jan 2012 The number of …