Author: W1SEG

We believe that if you are not failing, you are not learning and improving the design.—Kate Tice, SpaceX

Kelly Johnson and his team at Skunk Works designed and built the A-12 (SR-71 Blackbird precursor) in about 28 months with a crew of 25 engineers and fewer than 50 technicians, no computers, no analysis, just sliderules and nicotine. And they had to invent stealth tech, computerized celestial navigation, and titanium metallurgy at the same…

You have to have leadership. You have to be able to take risks. Being aware of quality is something they don’t teach you in business school.—Norm Rasmussen

The essence of engineering is the art of the compromise. There is no great design without constraints, and successfully juggling those constraints against the absolute project goals is the engineering primary job.—Bob Colwell

A fellow will remember a lot of things you wouldn’t think he’d remember. You take me. One day, back in 1896, I was crossing over to Jersey on the ferry, and as we pulled out, there was another ferry pulling in, and on it there was a girl waiting to get off. A white dress…

You’ll have to learn the ways of the Morse, if you’re to come with me to Dayton. The Morse is what gives a Ham his power. It’s an energy field created by turning a carrier on and off. It surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together. I have something here for you.…

The cheapest, fastest, and most reliable components of a computer system are those that aren’t there.—Gordon Bell

If, as a scientist, I’m not wrong? I’m not being bold enough as a scientist.—Jay Bhattacharya

The thing about physics? Doesn’t matter if you believe it! It works the same whether you believe it or not.—Steve Golson

I think the saddest phrase I ever hear in a computer installation is that horrible one: “But we’ve always done it that way.” That’s a forbidden phrase in my office. To emphasize the fact I keep a clock which operates entirely counterclockwise.—Grace Hopper