OK. I’ve been quiet enough.
(Well, I’ve been busy building a measurement website “mini-empire”, see any of the links to them. That has kept me a little busy- but we did it-I had help- for two reasons: to build searchable databases and to pay for the structure – ads, mostly from Google, do that.)
The goal is to organized the useful, informative & free resources on the Web into commented, searchable information on measuring. Oh, yes, and we want it available to all, free, no cost.
We’ve now got a structure. It needs work.
My reason for making websites was to provide communications from more than just me; communications about measurement devices and their selection, calibration and use in industry & science.
Our sites are evidently reaching a good number of students and some professionals, but that’s not enough!
Hey, I don’t know it all, but I know enough to help some people stay out of trouble in a few areas. Some of you do, too, in the same areas and others as well. The fact is, about 99% of visitors to our sites really seek help in understanding how to “measure”.
We can use your help. Just write or submit links, articles, anything but spam. (We delete all the spam we can find.)
So, there’s a big need, not just how to find a vendor, that’s way down the list of steps in measuring but to learn how to take all the steps and to select a vendor with the proper care.
There is also a need to help people, especially engineers and scientists, do a better job in measurements of all kinds. I’ll relate some of my experiences later in other posts.
Meanwhile, I encourage those who do know about measuring and measurement devices to use our sites to post your favorite links, tutorials and comments on helpful online resources. Comment here, if necessary.
You can do it anonymously or get credit. You can even help by submitting your own articles to share with the rest of mankind, who really needs the help.
If you write well and want to participate as a regular author or editor, let me know.
Our temperature sensor websites are pretty well in-depth and are good models of where we’d like to go with our other sites.
Measurement Devices sites are still in growth mode; it’s a huge scope with copious free, online resource info and tons of chaff to get sorted to find the wheat.
Results like ours won’t appear on Google, Yahoo or MSN any time soon because of their special problems with “chaff”. Same with Wikipedia, its content is too spotty, limited and often variable. And DMOZ is just too general , without commentary.
