Evan on Engineering Software

Ever heard the term "meme?" The American Heritage Dictionary defines it as "A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another."

The most recent blog meme is a game of tag. Rachael Dalton Taggart has tagged me, so I get to tell you Five Things You Didn’t Know About Me:

1. I’ve played guitar for most of my life. I don’t play well enough to be in a band, but I found that playing music has a way of touching parts of my mind that other things don’t. You’d be surprised at how many people in the CAD industry play guitar.
2. I come from a family of artists—the kind for whom art has been a calling. It’s deeply colored my perception of the world. For me, science, engineering, art, and philosophy are all intertwined.
3. I’ve always taken things apart to figure them out. My mother tells me that when I was about 4, I took her sewing machine apart, and then put it back together. It apparently worked. From there, I went to bicycles, motorcycles, cars, stereos, TVs, and eventually computers.
4. My most recent areas of study and interest are sociology, and economics. It can be unexpectedly enlightening to learn the dynamics that drive people and organizations.
5. The first time I ever saw AutoCAD was at Comdex (the computer dealer exposition) in 1982.  I had to wait a few months to get my hands on it.  Compared to some of my friends (guys like Patrick Hanratty, Mike Riddle, or Joel Orr), I feel like a neophyte in this industry.