Emerson Exchange Wrap Up

I have a new podcast wrap up.

Flickr picture set here.

Go here to see what the Automation World team wrote daily about Exchange.

Every user I talked to was charged up about the event. They all said they learned a lot. And that's the name of the game. Supervisors--take notice.

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Photos from Emerson Exchange

Here are some of the photos I took at Emerson Exchange.

More Social Media at Emerson Exchange

Jim Cahill keeps trying new things. Here he's doing some live streaming and other video.

Video Essay Emerson Exchange Recap

Go here for a video essay on Emerson Exchange 2010. Everyone I talked with this week had a good time and learned a lot. Plus, I scored an autographed copy of Greg McMillan's "Essentials of Modern Measurements and Final Elements in the Process Industry." Now, if I can catch up with Terry Blevins and Mark Nixon today, I'll get my copy of "Control Loop Foundation--Batch and Continuous Processes" autographed. ISA member discount, but still not cheap. But worth it.

Emerson Exchange Two Days In

This is another good conference. Very well attended. Sessions are full and networking is in full speed. You can find our show daily coverage here.

Social media continues to increase at the Exchange. Here is the "Twitter Station" where new users sign up to Twitter and learn how to use it--especially to search on #EMRex.

As always, there is a large trade show / technology expo. Picture below. A hit feature of the Expo this year is the "Usability Experience." This is an expansion upon the Human Centered Design idea introduced last year. In the Experience, users can give ideas (see I Have an Idea picture) about how products work, how they should, what they'd like to see in how software screens work and are presented. Then people can come through and vote for their favorites. A large monitor reflects the voting by size of dot. There's even a game-like simulation to show the differences between maintenance trying to cover a plant and keep production up with few monitored pumps and every pump being monitored. Hint: it's better to monitor them all.