Engineering Politics
One Engineer's view on life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness–and of course politics!

Archive for February 2010

Ottawa Urban Boundary Expansion

February 23, 2010

I have been a slow poster,  because of many things that have been keeping me preoccupied including work, but there is an issue that has come up that I really do want to discuss. I’m not sure if I am missing all the details , but Ottawa City Council is reopening a debate about the [...]

Craig Barrett on regional innovation

February 11, 2010

Was just reading an article on The Next Silicon Valley website that details some of the talks that Craig Barrett (formerly of Intel) was giving in Ireland.   He has some strong opinions on how a real technology sector can grow.  I think he has a lot of good things to say, with the biggest [...]

Outsourcing–the debate rages

February 10, 2010

I just read an interesting article on EE Times about outsourcing.  The comments section brings out some of the passion of the engineering community in North America. I actually think the comments from Nirav Desai, Graduate student have some merit.  Place manufacturing in the country of the consumer, and he uses the automotive industry as [...]

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