Noah Graff
One on One with Shoe Repairman Elijah Malik
Interview with Noah Graff Today’s Machining World Archives April 2011 Volume 07 Issue 03 Elijah Malik, has been in the shoe repair business since 2003. Four years ago he opened [...]
The Man with the Golden Arm
I just interviewed Eric Golden, CEO of Equipois Inc. Equipois, whose slogan is “Defy Gravity,” just introduced the x-Ar, an exoskeletal arm that attaches to a human arm providing it [...]
The General Recycled
LG: Do you prefer to be called General Batiste? JB: John. I retired two years ago. LG: Was that an adjustment to be called John? JB: It was a little [...]
America’s Favorite Pickup Line
A recent article on thestreet.com discussed a study, done by TrueCar, of retail car buying behavior in the U.S. 50 states in 2010. The study shows some intriguing trends that [...]
A Nuclear Overreaction?
Wednesday, NPR interviewed Dr. Robert J. Baker, biology professor at Texas Tech University. In 1994, Dr. Baker began a research study on the effects of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster [...]
Power to the People
I went to the PMPA Management update in Orlando the last week of February, and one of the speakers was an expert demographer named Ken Gronbach. The lecture made me [...]
One on One with Chicago Bulls Psychologist Dr. Steven Julius
Today’s Machining World Archives March 2011 Volume 07 Issue 02 Interview by Noah Graff Dr. Steven Julius, also known as Dr. J, has served as team psychologist for the Chicago [...]
Does Winning Breed Good Team Chemistry?
For the March issue of Today’s Machining World I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Steven Julius, the official psychologist for the Chicago Bulls. I asked him the classic question, [...]
One on One: Rick Harrison of “Pawn Stars”
Interviewed by Noah Graff Today’s Machining World Archives January/February 2011 Volume 7 Issue 1 Rick Harrison started the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop on the outskirts of Las Vegas with [...]
One on One with Dan Ariely: Professor of Behavioral Economics at Duke University
Dan Ariely is professor of Behavioral Economics at Duke University. Behavioral economics examines market trends like traditional economics, but distinguishes itself by not assuming that humans always act rationally. The [...]