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This post marks the first in a few categories for me.  First, it is my first attempt to take the bull (web 2.0) by the horns and communicate visually, not just in words.  This will mark the first of many posts in which I intend to bombard you with more stimulating content--audio, video, images, etc.  Fox News...watch out. 

This is also the first time I am using Comic Life from Apple, the program which has allowed me to create "Adventures in Quality Control", which you see below.  I can't take credit for the idea for this masterpiece.  I got the idea from Guy Kawasaki's How to Change the World: A Practical Blog for Impractical People. 

These photos show only a small fraction of the kinds of quality assurance tests that are performed on various products.  Here you'll see a drop test, bake test, freeze test, pull test, and pass the manager test (this last one is not a formal test).  The client has laid out with the manufacturer how these products will be tested, what constitutes major defects and minor defects, the AQL (Acceptable Quality Level), and other details depending on the specific product. 

This particular factory, Guidelink, is a manufacturer of toys, models, and a few other lines, and is an outstanding operation in regard to all the facets one might go and inspect an overseas partner for.  Jackie, the head manager, has decades of experience and ran the show at this factory and several others.  He was kind enough to show us around and explain his operations.