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Folks, When I started this blog, my intent was that it be "friendly." However, being a person who is concerned with math literacy, I feel obliged to point out what I believe are math

Over the past few months I have received many inquiries from engineers who are just beginning to consider metal alloys as thermal interface

Video, video, video!!! We're hearing this word several times per day

Indium just participated (taught, learned, exhibited, networked, etc.) at SMTAi. The industry seems to be overrun with exhibitions, and the exhibitors all seem to be cutting back on expenses in an

Folks, Mark Zetter, asked me to write an article about Occam for Venture Outsource. The article Mark tells me has been one of their most popular recently. BTW, the image above, from PC Magazine

Folks, I wrote a paper with Mike Bixenman, of Kyzen and Tom Gervascio of Sypris Electronics on using Six Sigma techniques to optimize cleaning in Class III Electronics that will be presented at

Folks, In a world drowning in electronic waste, where less than 10% of electronics are recycled, RoHS is more about recycling, than protecting the environment from the six RoHS banned materials. The

Amanda and I recently spoke at the last IMAPS workshop in San Jose last week. The event was a great success. I did however take away one thing especially from a young man that presented at the IMAPS

IwishIwasthere! This event sounds awesome. MarketingProfs (a group that has helped me learn a lot) just held what looks like a very meaningful and helpful conference on B2B Social

While at NEPCON South China in Shenzhen, PRC I was interviewed by Steve Gold of REAL TIME WITH… This organization is inventing modern media in the B2B environment and it is a true pleasure to

Folks, One of the stories I was remiss in sharing this summer was that of Janeth Rivera y ("y" is Spanish for "and") Violetta Becerra. I met them when I spoke at CONCIBE. Violetta

just ran across what appears to be a very interesting, and potentially valuable, blog – if you dig B2B Marcom that is. Marcom Broadband NewsWireappears to have been started inMay of

Imagine my satisfaction upon receiving this email from an internal customer (a Product Manager that relies upon my department for B2B Marcom guidance, advice, support, and execution): Rick, I did a

Folks, I attended Verdant's Occam Webinar yesterday. Verdant's Joe Fjelstad was the speaker. As the webinar began, I was reminded what a nice guy Joe is and it was clear he is very passionate

Last night I participated in an online conversation withRoxanne Darling,CEOofBarefeet Studios. The conversation was moderated byToby BloombergofBloomberg Marketingand held on herDiva Marketing Talks.

Folks, In continuing to ask friendly questions about the Occam Process, see the fictitious vignette that follows. Please feel free to share your thoughts or learnings from the web, we (including me)

Folks, I will be teaching a workshop on statistical process control at SMTAI on Sunday October 7. The syllabus is below. Please join me! Cheers, Dr. Ron T9 Establishing a Statistical Process Control

Lisme writes, Hi Dr. Lasky, As tin is the major material used in lead free soldering, and it's source is decreasing each year, is there any prediction of other metal/substance that can replace

Folks, I was asked to write a 25th anniversary article for EMT Worldwide. I talk about electronics techology over the past 25 years, how it has changed and hasn’t as much as we think and

Folks, On August 1 the Occam process was announced. A White Paper on the topic can be downloaded. I was asked to write a analysis of Occam. Comments on my analysis or critique waxed poetic in

Emmy-award winning TV journalist, formerly ofCNN, and author of the book,10 Simple Secrets of the World's Greatest Business Communicators,Carmine Gallo, has a lot to offer B2B Marcom