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We have gotten a number of letters regarding some of our articles recently, which as editor I am excited to see.

Remember those nice little postcards we used to see in restaurants or hotels with that ever-so-soft message, “Your opinion matters to us.

Nest has a new smart thermostat. When was the last time you saw a piece of HVAC market equipment generate such interest? 

Your HVAC construction technicians and installation crews are out there every day — unsupervised. You hope they’re doing the things you want them to be doing, including wearing shoe covers.

Wouldn’t you like to have a little R&R sometimes? Some time to take a step back and enjoy the rewards for all the hard work you’ve done lately?

Former editor and publisher Ed Bas wrote his first column under that headline in July 1997, when BNP Media — then known as Business News Publishing Co. — took over production of the magazine from Nick Carter, whose father started Snips in 1932.

I chose to profile David Carpinetti and his company, Black Duck Industries, because I am always interested in unusual people and products related to the sheet metal and HVAC industry.

Even the local chapter of the Better Business Bureau told the writer that such a policy was good idea.

A recent Twitter campaign sought to end one  of the last great social taboos: discussing your salary.

Switching time zones so much has made it hard to sleep at times, but I am happy to say that I’m back in the SNIPS offices for a while.