Well, Me. My name is Shawn Day and I am a PhD student in the History Department at McMaster University in Hamilton.
Academically, my research interests revolve about nineteenth century Canadian economic, business and social history. Most specifically the role of drink and those who served them in late 19thC Ontario. More broadly I explore the adaptation of technology and information visualisation to the pedagogical process.
Professionally, I earned my stripes in the dotcom boom as jack-of-all trades in co-founded development ventures. Prior to that I was a self-employed journeyman involved in diverse aspects of information architecture.
I have some history in technology and a joy in life is catalyzing the reaction between technology and the study of history.
There are a fascinating series of pictures detailing the flextronics XBOX assembly line in Hungary posted at xbox-linux. Flextronics seems to have product assembly to the ultimate art these days with factories around the world for a huge variety of clients.
January 11th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
Whoever took the time to post these pictures - thank you. I found them fascinating.