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Thursday 16 July 2015

Staff development



Attracting and retaining the best possible employees is critical to the success of any company and Worthington Sharpe is no different. Here are some photographs of our two newest recruits busy at work.

This is Fergus, listening carefully to instructions on his first
day at work.

Dougal, on the left is in charge of quality control. Anything
that does not meet the strict requirements is knocked to the floor.
Meanwhile Fergus is busy organising the tools and equipment in
a manner befitting an operating theatre. "Tidy desk, tidy mind"
as you'll often hear him muttering to himself.

We offer flexible working but do expect our staff to work
overtime if required. To make the long hours easier to endure
we provide comfortable (if somewhat cramped) sleeping quarters.
The slightly terrified expressions that you see here have nothing
at all to do with the working conditions at Worthington Sharpe.

Wednesday 15 July 2015

Minimal Input for Maximum Output

Sometimes people are initially surprised that with today's touch screens, gesture recognition and virtual reality, we have developed something that is, well, a bit like a mouse. However, despite it's rather humble nature, the computer mouse is extremely well suited to fast, accurate input and all-day use.

It reminds me of an quote from the game developer John Romero that I read in a gamesindustry.biz article some time ago and that I think goes far beyond just gaming:

Really the best optimal design for games is minimal input for maximum output - that's the way that games work best. When you watch people playing with a mouse and keyboard, you see them barely moving their fingers and hands but on screen you see crazy movement and all kinds of stuff.

Perhaps his predictions about virtual reality might not turn out to be totally accurate, but I certainly follow his way of thinking with the "minimal input for maximum output".

Wednesday 1 July 2015

The Wing with CAD software


We've finally managed to get the Wing working with 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) programs.

It has been tested in PTC Creo 2 , Creo 3, and Autodesk Inventor, and it should work with most 3D design software applications.

When I've got few spare minutes I'll get some demo videos uploaded.