In January of this year we at Gear Technology got hip to the fact-in un-hip, belated fashion - that we needed a Blog Site and someone to do the blogging. Lucky for us, we already had that someone right here - in plain sight. That someone was Charles D. Schultz, P.E.

[starbox] The sports world was abuzz recently over a girl pitching her Little League team into the World Championship Tournament. For some this ...

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After living in the Chicago area for 10 years I have made peace with the congestion, high prices, long commute tim...

[starbox] “What will this cost?” is often the most important question in whether a project can move forward. And it is a question every custom man...

[starbox] I blogged earlier about best-selling business books trumpeting rapid growth schemes rather than sustainable performance. Building a succ...

[starbox] In writing about unforeseen consequences there is a risk of inspiring such conservatism in design that the resulting product is no lon...

[starbox] For something that causes so much trouble for so many people, you would think there would be lots of consideration given to the unforese...

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[starbox] “Make no small plans” has been attributed to a variety of people over the years, but that doesn’t undermine its importance to fledglin...

[starbox] Recent posts about the management training “movement” of the late 20th century got me thinking about why those efforts — no matter how...