By ‘Information’ I mean pretty much all the data/knowledge bound up within the processes that go into producing a real live piece of engineering. One of the ideas that has been floated in my direction centres on “Information push”. This is trying to provide people with the information they need before they realise that they do.

Related to all of this I’ve been lucky enough to be able to start a project to map the skills within a large engineering company. I’ve been told not to broadcast this, so I won’t mention names here. There is potential that this might lead into a sponsored PhD which might mean the direction following the wishes of the company but (besides the extra money) there would be huge advantages to having a ‘real’ aim for the project and someone with a vested interested in my work.

I came across a Dilbert cartoon strip the other day which struck a rather nice chord given some of the responses I get when I become a little too enthused about my chosen subject: