Gary Mintchell's first industrial automation podcast - By N.L. Belardes
Gary Mintchell of Automation World has put together his first podcast. Welcome Gary to the world of podcasting. Oh yes, you can download his podcast and subscribe. That means you can play it on your computer or download to your iPOD for future listening while you're walking, or in your car, etc. (Get the MP3 here)
For such a lover of music I was disappointed only to hear one mention of the Rolling Stones and no music in the background and no big rockin' music intro with Gary sounding like a DJ at the MTV music awards. I did hear a lot of paper flipping. Gary, quit thumbing through your notes! Just kidding. Gary mentioned he would be talking to us once per week and launched into podcasting by talking briefly about software consolidation in companies like Schneider Electric who may be vying for a serious market share. He mentioned Rockwell and other consolidations and ended by discussing the power of RSS in OPC unified architecture platforms...
Will Microsoft incorporate RSS into its very operating system as OPC UA enters the foray to determine how information is gathered and browsed? I don't know.
I do know, the more automation companies open to developing technologies with RSS built in, the more integrated automation will become. Look at how RSS has changed the face of the Internet, media, etc. RSS has already sparked a wave of global change in a revolution in how information is spread throughout the Internet; in commercial use, that wave could integrate every gadget from modules to uploading into modules from a blackberry that can RSS feed programming to multiple networks, etc... wireless RSS data flow in factories, all upgrading simultaneously, and that data flows both ways...
In his blog, Feed Forward, Gary discusses some of the latest automation blogs and wonders if mine are official or not. Let me set the record straight. 'ProSoft Technology Talks Industrial Automation' is an official company blog. You can see the latest industrial wireless ad I developed in a recent ProSoft blog. 'Portable Protocol' is independent. I do admit I tilt towards ProSoft, though I am happy to talk about competition and promote any automation company pointed my way.
I hope Gary keeps up the good work. Next thing you know, he's going to be a guest on my Buck City Podcast giving his top five rock tunes of 2005...
For such a lover of music I was disappointed only to hear one mention of the Rolling Stones and no music in the background and no big rockin' music intro with Gary sounding like a DJ at the MTV music awards. I did hear a lot of paper flipping. Gary, quit thumbing through your notes! Just kidding. Gary mentioned he would be talking to us once per week and launched into podcasting by talking briefly about software consolidation in companies like Schneider Electric who may be vying for a serious market share. He mentioned Rockwell and other consolidations and ended by discussing the power of RSS in OPC unified architecture platforms...
Will Microsoft incorporate RSS into its very operating system as OPC UA enters the foray to determine how information is gathered and browsed? I don't know.
I do know, the more automation companies open to developing technologies with RSS built in, the more integrated automation will become. Look at how RSS has changed the face of the Internet, media, etc. RSS has already sparked a wave of global change in a revolution in how information is spread throughout the Internet; in commercial use, that wave could integrate every gadget from modules to uploading into modules from a blackberry that can RSS feed programming to multiple networks, etc... wireless RSS data flow in factories, all upgrading simultaneously, and that data flows both ways...
In his blog, Feed Forward, Gary discusses some of the latest automation blogs and wonders if mine are official or not. Let me set the record straight. 'ProSoft Technology Talks Industrial Automation' is an official company blog. You can see the latest industrial wireless ad I developed in a recent ProSoft blog. 'Portable Protocol' is independent. I do admit I tilt towards ProSoft, though I am happy to talk about competition and promote any automation company pointed my way.
I hope Gary keeps up the good work. Next thing you know, he's going to be a guest on my Buck City Podcast giving his top five rock tunes of 2005...
2 Comments:
Thanks for the review, Nick. Actually, I have a nylon stringed guitar and sing primarily folk. You don't want that! Well, maybe someday ;-)
We were trying out some technologies and worried about them working. But it was a snap. Now I'm trying to figure out how to get a digital recording from my Treo conversations.
A little Pink Floyd for the intro, you think?
Gary
Oh man, Gary. I'm all about the folk... Oh, make it the Korn version and I am all over it.
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