Noah Graff
One on One: Jim Chiodo of the Holland-Zeeland Patriot Tea Party
Jim, what’s your role in the Tea Party? JC: I prefer to consider myself an organizer, somebody that helps other people speak up. We have no roles or titles or [...]
One on One with Hubble Telescope Astronaut Mike Good
Interview by Noah Graff Today’s Machining World Archives October 2010 Volume 06 Issue 08 Astronaut Mike Good was a mission specialist on the fifth and final space shuttle servicing [...]
An Ignorant View of a Factory Worker
Seth Godin, one of my favorite bloggers, wrote a piece this month called “Back to (the Wrong) School,” in which he argued that the U.S. education system is designed to [...]
Interview with Photographer Greg Davis
In 2004, Greg Davis quit his desk job and sold his belongings to travel the world for 14 months. He used a $400 point-and-shoot Olympus camera to document his journey. [...]
One on One: Chip Ganassi Racing Team Manager Grant Weaver
Grant Weaver is one of the team managers for Chip Ganassi Racing in Indianapolis. He is in charge of production, purchasing and preparation of subassembly components for Ganassi’s ROLEX GRAND-AM [...]
Interview with Chicago Bulls Psychologist Dr. Steven Julius
Dr. Steven Julius, also known as Dr. J, has served as team psychologist for the Chicago Bulls since 1988. He is also the founder of the Human Resource Consulting Group, [...]
Only God Knows What This Machine Is Worth
Two and a half months ago I jumped from working full time at Today’s Machining World into the wild laissez-faire world that is the used machinery business. One thing that [...]
Milling Dollars Baby – Manufacturing Filmmaking Accessories
Ten minutes into my interview with Jens Bogehegn and Steve Weiss, the co-founders and owners of Zacuto USA, a filmmaking accessories manufacturer in downtown Chicago, they break off on a [...]
One on One: Fredkin Professor of Robotics, Dr. William L. “Red” Whittaker
Dr. William L. “Red” Whittaker is the Fredkin Professor of Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University. He has developed robots for tasks such as space exploration, volcano interior exploration, and assessment [...]
One on One: Fredkin Professor of Robotics, Dr. William L. “Red” Whittaker
Interviewed by Noah Graff Today’s Machining World Archives December 2006 Volume 2 Issue 12 Dr. William L. “Red” Whittaker is the Fredkin Professor of Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University. He [...]