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"The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless." - Rousseau
These words are quite an observation on life. For design
engineers, they're also quite an observation on work. Your "world of reality" allows you to bring your imaginations, insights, educations, and life experiences to work and channel them into applications that result in new technologies and new devices that can -- and do -- change the world. I know this because I saw it, or rather experienced it, a few weeks ago at NDES in Chicago. Surrounded by the fruits of your labors, the results of your ideas, your insights, I was amazed (and I'll put that in caps: AMAZED) at the work you do. At the risk of sounding redundant, I also was amazed at the caliber of the individuals I met, too, on a very human, very real level. And I met hundreds of people. Readers. Advertisers. Others industry professionals. People who by no means had to, but nonetheless did, take the time to teach me things -- even drawing motion control diagrams on napkins during dinner or sharing stories about their own histories with Designfax before I was involved with the magazine. The synergistic effect was astounding. So many of you provided me with information that can help me better do my job, help me see things more clearly. You know who you are and I thank you for that. And I especially thank both the mechanical engineer from California who took me by the shoulders at the Chicago House of Blues proclaiming, "You have no idea how important your magazine is to us," and his boss, an engineering manager, also a reader, who reiterated Doug's words. Something clicked inside of me. A new awareness perhaps? I'm still not sure, but soon everything made sense. I'm lucky. I know why I'm here. I know what I'm doing. And I understand how important it is that I get the best product with the most valuable information into your hands so you can use it to truly make a difference in our world. My questions to you are: Do you feel the same? Do you realize the value of your work, your jobs? Are you aware of how harnessing your collective imaginations, insights, experiences and ideas directly and completely impact the "world of reality" about which Rousseau speaks? Please tell me. I really would like to know. Kimberly Chapple Designfax will present a 3-part "Trilogy of Design Engineering" series later this year. (See page 139.) Many industry experts and magazine readers will be interviewed for this piece. Please call or email if you're interested in participating. Copyright © 1999 Adams Business Media, Inc. Would You Like A Reprint of
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Simply Amazing
Kimberly Chapple