GaryMintchell

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Founder The Manufacturing Connection, Student of Life. Possibility Thinker. Teacher. Coach. Geek. Industrial technology. IIoT, data, analytics.
Three Tips from Moxa on Getting IIoT Networks Ready for the Future

If you’ve not been careful, you could be working with a mess of networks right now. These networking tips from are instructive Moxa.

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Apple Vision Pro-Useful for Industrial and Manufacturing Applications? - The Manufacturing Connection

Welcome to the era of spatial computing, where digital content blends seamlessly with your physical space. So you can do the things you love in ways never before possible. This blurb came from Apple PR’s write up of the new Vision Pro—the long-awaited AR/VR headset. Apple made no mention of the “M” word. Here is […]

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Why Do We Want That?

Seth Godin recently asked on his blog a question I used to pose to my daughter when she was in high school, “How much of what we want, really want, is due to the ideas that culture has given us, an…

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Beyond Forgiveness

I have been contemplating forgiveness and wrote a couple of posts over the past week. This come staring at an index card on my desk every morning with Dallas Willard’s paraphrase of the Lord’s Pray…

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Stop and Help

I visited the downtown of a local small town today. Walking toward a small business I noticed a string of paper napkins scattered along the front of the building extending into the street and curb …

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Manufacturing Trends Noticed at Hannover - The Manufacturing Connection

My Website traffic dropped significantly during the week of Hannover Messe in April. As an independent thinker/writer, I cannot afford such a trip unless I can find a sponsor. There were none this year. I do enjoy Hannover. It’s an intense few days walking about 10 miles a day. I did view it from afar […]

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Four Ways to Build a Culture of Honesty and Avoid ‘Productivity Paranoia’ - The Manufacturing Connection

Trust seems to be a commodity in short supply these days—if we are to believe all the media we might be consuming. My personality type tends to trust most people upon first meeting allowing them time to prove themselves either worthy of trust or someone to avoid. Many people default to distrust allowing another to […]

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ChatGPT Trained For Industrial Applications - The Manufacturing Connection

This news got buried in my queue. It is an early use of ChatGPT specifically for industrial applications. This came my way about six weeks ago. I don’t think I’ve seen it elsewhere, yet. It is interesting, although ChatGPT does come with drawbacks in that it doesn’t filter for truth or facts. The product from […]

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Interact Analysis Market Research Shows US Up, APAC Steady - The Manufacturing Connection

Many research firms send news releases. Most have suspect (to me) research methodology. I only had one grad school seminar and a couple of statistics classes, but I’ve also gathered considerable experience. So, my BS sensor is usually pretty good. After a couple of conversations with Interact Analysis CEO Adrian Lloyd, I have a comfort […]

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