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It’s Only Common Sense: Are You Really So Busy?

06/01/2026 | Dan Beaulieu -- Column: It's Only Common Sense
I got a message the other day that simply said: “K.” That was it. One letter. No punctuation. No warmth or humanity. Just a lonely consonant hanging in digital space like it was abandoned by the rest of the alphabet. Maybe I’m old-fashioned and still believe in vowels, but when did we decide that two letters were just too much of a time commitment? Was the “O” really slowing you down that much?

Meet Emerging Engineers Ahmon Brooks-Starks and Nicolas ‘Cole’ Gregory, Summit Interconnect

05/29/2026 | Michelle Te, I-Connect007
While attending the Newcomers Reception at APEX EXPO 2026, I visited with Ahmon Brooks-Starks and Nicolas “Cole” Gregory, two new members of the Global Electronics Association’s Emerging Engineer Program. You might be a bit surprised at their backgrounds, but (hint) having a foundation in science has translated well into their jobs at Summit Interconnect.

Don't Buy AI, Learn It: A Fabricator's Guide to Getting Started, Part 1

05/27/2026 | Sean Patterson, CrossGen AI
The first hard truth about AI in PCB fabrication is that you can buy software, but you cannot buy capability. You can sign a contract, schedule demos, put a few logos on a slide, and tell your team you now have an AI strategy. Plenty of companies are doing some version of that right now. But if the people in your plant do not know how to use AI in real work, then your purchase was more akin to buying a gym membership and never going. (Don’t take that as criticism; it’s just how it works.)

It’s Only Common Sense: Be the Vendor They Compare Everyone Else To

05/25/2026 | Dan Beaulieu -- Column: It's Only Common Sense
Most companies are simply vendors. They take orders and ship product. They answer emails when they feel the heat. They hit the date they promised and expect applause. Standards are different. These are the companies customers use as the measuring stick. Every new supplier gets compared to them, every quote gets weighed against them, and every service failure from someone else becomes a moment when the customer says, “This would not have happened with you.”

I-Connect007 Editor’s Choice: Five Must-Reads for the Week

05/15/2026 | Nolan Johnson, I-Connect007
When you work in the news business, even in trade media, you can never really get that far away from it. We never want to miss something important. Chances are, even the books we take on our “vacations” end up having to do with the business. For example, my colleague Michelle Te recommended “Creativity, Inc., by Ed Catmull, a business skills study wrapped up in stories about Pixar, which I brought with me on a trip through the stunning U.S. Mountain West. Now, I’m back, and here are my recommendations for the week.
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