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heaths1

4 karma · joined January 28, 2013

Space Coast engineer specializing in information systems and work control for rocket launch sites. Shuttle/Sea Launch/Delta II, IV/Atlas V/Artemis
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heaths1··on Launch HN: Aqua Voice (YC W24) – Voice-driven text editor
Awesome demo. A challenge where I work is an extreme acronym rich lingo. Is your model open to extension or learning in some fashion to accommodate picking up thousands of acronyms? We also can shift into rapid, specialized speaking patterns that I think are quite learnable but that are not really 'out of the box' for normal software products. I would think many industries could feature their own lingos like this.
heaths1··on Launch HN: Epsilon3 (YC S21) – Software for spacecraft and complex operations
Looks very interesting. I surfed around your site and watched the video. So how about nonconformance processing? Do you have workflows for that, or is that where something like JIRA comes in?

Also, have you utilized anything like the S1000D aerospace data schema with this tool, or are you rolling your own?

heaths1··on Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design
SLS, meet Akin's Law #39. Law #39, meet SLS.
heaths1··on PLATO (computer system)
Yes, I remember taking a Fortran class there in 86 and using those terminals. The touchscreen felt like a plastic membrane over the glass, and gave a little wherever you touched it. What I remember most were the terminal keyboards. The keys were sprung like automotive suspensions, so you had to really hit each key with force to get it to register. When I got home after that quarter my dad yelled at me for pounding the keyboard at home - my typing habits had become almost violent.

I also recall seeing the Plato system being shown off in a display at the Worlds Fair in Knoxville in 1982. I took a peek at the Wikipedia entry for the fair, and it notes that several new technologies were debuted at the fair, include touch screens. Follow the link to touch screens and there's a picture of our friend, the Plato V.