Over the past couple of months, more like the better part of this year, I have been trying to understand why there are moments when I am super productive, and others when I am extremely unproductive. This ebb and flow really doesn't work for me. One thing I noticed is my productivity tends to be … Continue reading We Need a Plan
Idea to Market: Discontinuation of the Series
Sometimes, it is good to know when to let go of something. This is one of those things. I started writing this series way back in February, and I only managed to put out 3 of what was to be a 7 part series. And every time I thought of writing the 4th part, I'd … Continue reading Idea to Market: Discontinuation of the Series
Idea to Market: Day 3 – CAFCR+ and Scrum/Agile Development
After the introduction to the main concepts of the workshop that was Monday, Tuesday 13th of February was to be a full day of activity. Monday's session was a quick introduction in the CAFCR+ model and team building dynamics, Tuesday was for delving deeper into the concepts. I had talked about the CAFCR+ model briefly … Continue reading Idea to Market: Day 3 – CAFCR+ and Scrum/Agile Development
Idea to Market: Day 2 – Introductions at Makerspace
When I started this series, I was full of ambition. The initial goal was to write a post a day recounting the entire Idea to Market training, but doubt and laziness crept in. However, I'm giving this one more shot and this series should be over by the end of this week (that's the 31st … Continue reading Idea to Market: Day 2 – Introductions at Makerspace
Idea to Market: Day 1 – Visiting KNH
Between 9th and 16th of February 2018, I attended a workshop whose theme was "Idea to Market". My initial plan was to blog about the workshop every single day after the sessions, but the sessions were intense and I was drained at the end of the day. So now that it's all over and I … Continue reading Idea to Market: Day 1 – Visiting KNH
You Should Absolutely Document Your Projects
Documentation. The bane of many a project. From lab reports, to field trip reports, to hackathon reports, to work reports - documentation in any shape or form is a nightmare for most. Unless we aren't the ones coming up with the documentation 😉. While documenting a project may not cause one to leap up in … Continue reading You Should Absolutely Document Your Projects
Learning to Learn
For the past couple of weeks I have been doing a lot of self learning. I describe self learning as learning outside of a formal school environment. It's a rather vague description, but let's just go with that for now.So I've been taking a course on Machine Learning, taking some OCW classes and also just … Continue reading Learning to Learn
How to Get Your HS420361K-32 4 Digit 7 Segment Display Working with an Arduino
Typically when I get new electronic components to play with, I just google the part number and lookup tutorials on how to get it working. This has been a pretty successful strategy more often than not. However, this wasn't the case when I needed to get the HS420361K-32 4 digit 7 segment display to work. … Continue reading How to Get Your HS420361K-32 4 Digit 7 Segment Display Working with an Arduino
So You Bought Yourself a Raspberry Pi 3, Now What!
My second post when I started this blog was about my choice of a prototyping board to explore, and I started out with an Arduino. Back then, one of my arguments for choosing the Arduino over the Raspberry Pi was cost. While the cost factor hasn't changed all that much, I managed to get myself … Continue reading So You Bought Yourself a Raspberry Pi 3, Now What!
Coming up with Engineering Solutions that Matter
I had a conversation with my brother a while back where I was trying to pick his brain on how someone could figure out a problem(s) to solve using engineering techniques. My brother was a pretty solid candidate to pick since he's an engineer, (yes this is a family of engineering kids, parents sought their … Continue reading Coming up with Engineering Solutions that Matter