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ddmckinnon.com featured as EEWeb’s engineering site of the day

Posted on June 10, 2015 by dmckinno@gmail.com

The editors of EEWeb, a fairly exhaustive resource for electrical engineering, recently featured my blog as the engineering site of the day. I do my best to share some of the lessons I’ve learned throughout my education as an engineer and it’s very rewarding to see that work recognized.

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