What should you tell your boss? Start with the truth. That's what the folks at Computerworld found out when they talked to their IT leaders. Other things to tell the boss include your ideas, your successes, your wants, and, when appropriate, tell them ''no.''Read five things you should always tell your boss.

Greetings,  I am trying to retrofit an existing piece of industrial machinery to include a 2nd (remote) operator's console. The existing console features a rotary knob type operator interface for speed control (potentiometer wired to DC motor speed controller). This rotary type of input is preferred by the end user. Ideally, the operator ...

If you're looking for a job and tired of sorting through unrelated job listings, check out Machine Design's new Design Engineer Job Zone at designengineerjobzone.com. All posted resumes are anonymous, so you can post yours knowing your current boss won't find you. You can also create an e-mail alert to tell you when certain jobs are ...

I found this site called TryEngineering.org which is for kids and parents who want to find out about engineering careers. But I think the most interesting part of the site is the engineering games.There are about a dozen games including Questioneering (engineering trivia), Design a Parachute (create a parachute strong and light enough to safely ...

The April 24 Machine Design column Berke on Safety asks you to come up with problems one might encounter when using hair dryers in your house for an interactive example of a Preliminary Hazard Analysis. So go read his article if you haven't yet and then post your ideas and thoughts to his request here as a reply to this ...

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is requiring undergrad engineering students to spend a semester studying abroad starting in spring 2009. Read the article here. The idea is part of the Rensselaer Engineering Education Across Cultural Horizons (REACH) program, and partner schools so far include the Technical University of ...

The April 10, 2008 issue of Machine Design featured stories from readers who had made career mistakes and the lessons learned from those mistakes. Here are some examples that didn't make the article:   Rich Smith writes: ''In 1995, I was due for a raise and it ended up 1/10th of the promised amount.  I confronted the owner ...

We just got word that Misumi USA Inc. will conduct several configuration technical seminars entitled ''Designing a better machine faster with the configurable component.'' The seminars are designed to help engineers overcome the time and performance pressures typically associated with custom machine builds by using off-the-shelf ...

The fourth annual ''Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering,'' will follow the sun around the globe from Noon EDT Wednesday, March 26 to Noon EDT Thursday, March 27. The 2008 Global Marathon at http://www.eweek.org/ features six continuous four-hour blocks of virtual online programming, kicking off in North America ...

TruTV, the former Court TV, has just ordered six hour-long episodes of a new series called, ''Man vs. Cartoon.'' The series is supposed to look at whether the stuff seen in cartoons is actually possible in real life. Produced by Warner Horizon and Pilgrim Films & Television, the series will draw on Warner Bros. vast animation ...