By Michael D. White, author and freelance writer From the hammerings of the first Iron Age blacksmith to the sounds of today’s computerized and automated forming machinery, over the eons, the fabrication of metal—copper, tin, nickel, titanium, brass, iron, aluminum…
New Technologies and Ways of Thinking Drive Business Aviation’s Exciting Future
By Ed Bolen, President and CEO, National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Our nation’s COVID year has reaffirmed our national commitment to rise up against the challenges we face. That includes a renewed awareness of areas for improvement, accompanied by a…
Four Ports: Four Aces
By Michael D. White, author and freelance writer PORT OF HOUSTON AUTHORITY Port Houston has come a long way since 1956, when it became the first port in the nation’s history to receive a containerized cargo shipment—56 containers carried from…
Good Reports in Port Industry, Expansion Ahead
By Mark R. Smith, Contributing Writer The state of the port industry today, to hear industry insiders tell it, is solid. Despite operating under the fog of COVID-19 for much of the past 18 months, it’s not hard to find…
Digital Media Location Strategic/Site Selection
By Dennis J. Donovan, Principal, Wadley Donovan Gutshaw Consulting This article examines trends influencing the geographic deployment of digital media operations. Digital media is a relatively new industry. Embryonic stages of the industry are generally traced to the mid-1990s (the…
Some Things Never Change
By Michael D. White, author and freelance writer More than 2,000 years ago, the Romans constructed a network of spacious buildings just south of the capital city of Rome. Called horrea, the facilities—one of the largest covering more than 225,000…