Spring 2011
The 3D Manufacturing Revolution
By Jim Pinto
The industrial revolution ofthe late 18th century brought the mass production of goods and created economies of scale which changed the economy and society in ways that nobody could have imagined at the time.
Now a new manufacturing technology is emerging which does the opposite. Three-dimensional printing makes it as cheap to create single items as it is to produce thousands and thus undermines economies of scale. It will have as profound an impact on the world as the factory did.
Most of today’s manufacturing is “subtractive” — it trims chunks of material to required shapes — cutting, grinding, shaving, trimming. Then the parts are assembled into final products.
It's Okay for Things to Be Easy
By Mike Robbins
A friend of mine called me out on something important last week. He said, “Mike, this ‘story’ you have about things being ‘hard’ for you isn’t really true. It seems to me that things come pretty easy, you just make them hard by saying they are. What if you started saying and owning that certain things come easy to you?”
As I heard him say this, I had a mixture of emotions and reactions. First of all, I felt grateful (I love having people in my life who are willing to call me out, even if my ego gets a little bent out of shape in the process). Second of all, I felt defensive and noticed that I wanted to justify myself against his challenge. Third of all, I felt a sense of fear and resistance to the idea of things coming “easy” to me.
Punch Lines
Printed with permission from www.Gigglepedia.com
- Light travels faster than sound, which is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
- I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol.
- Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.
- Don’t drive as if you own the road, drive as if you own the car.
- No matter how hard you try, you can’t baptize cats.
- Families are like fudge… mostly sweet, with a few nuts.
Rules of Flight
Printed with permission from www.Gigglepedia.com
- Every takeoff is optional. Every landing is mandatory.
- If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger. If you pull the stick back, they get smaller. That is, unless you keep pulling the stick all the way back, then they get bigger again.
- Flying isn’t dangerous. Crashing is what’s dangerous.
- It’s always better to be down here wishing you were up there than up there wishing you were down here.
- The ONLY time you have too much fuel is when you’re on fire.
