What’s your Horrible BIM blog name?
Rebranding and Evolution
I’ve been spending a lot of time working on what’s next with my career, my company and my writing. This year has been one of upheaval, risk, and experimentation. Remember the last two weeks? I think next week I’ll share some more news about this fall. And then later about what’s coming in 2013. Once I figure that out. Lots of exciting stuff. This week and last I published 5 blog posts each week, which is WAY more than I typically do. And probably more than I should do, for my own sanity. But looking at my backlog of posts, I’ve got 100+ written or half written, plus plenty more ideas in the ‘to write about’ list. Not to mention the ‘to make a video of’ list. So for better or worse, I’m letting many of those posts see the light of day, or deleting them forever. Both options are liberating.
Additionally, over the last two weeks I did some house keeping around the blog. I’m much happier with the sidebar now. I love the tag cloud. Much prettier. One of my next tasks is to develop a new tagline for the website. I still believe in the mission of ‘support and training for forward thinking people‘. But that reflects an idea that’s 2 1/2 years old. And it doesn’t accurately cover where I’m going, just where I’ve been. I’ll hopefully debut a new tagline with accompanying thoughts later this month (it IS October, right?). And after that? Maybe a long overdue new logo.
In the meantime, let’s have some fun.
There’s an attraction to adding BIM into the name of blogs dedicated to Building Information Management. Sometimes this is very successful: Who’s afraid of the Big Bad BIM? That is definitely a great question for many, many practitioners in our AEC world. The name of Erik’s blog makes me think of a post I recently wrote… (link intentionally not provided). Conversely, there are some awful names too. I doubt these exist, but there are many blogs called something like:
BIM for Breakfast
A BIMlanced BIMfast
BIM facts
BIMboozled
A BIM a day keeps the Doctor Away.
BIMiny Cricket
BIMy McBIMster and the BIMest of the BIMmers…
Who else has one? What’s the most ridiculous imaginary BIM blog name you can think of?
BIMzilla vs Mecha-BIMzilla
Erik
Thanks for the mention. Site looks great. Love the tag cloud.
While the 5 posts a week may have been tough, the content was solid. Keep it coming.
Oh and;
Harry BIMster and the BIMmy Hallows
Vistasp
BIMming Around?
Jared Banks
Awesome names. Of course after publishing, I’m in the car with my wife telling her about the post and she gives me some more killer names. The best ones below are her ideas. And the last one is from Jack Barnes on Twitter:
BIMtastic
BIMknapped
BIMgasm
BIMathon
World of BIMcraft
BIMdiana Jones and the Temple of BIM
The BIMpire Strikes Back
Jay Zallan
Does Shoegnome count??? 😉
Fear and Loathing In a CAD vs. BIM World
A BIM Junkies Guide to Getting Over an Addiction to Lines…”Toward a Zen of BIM”
Jared Banks
Jay,
If you’re going to promote your own blog at least make it a link!!! Fixed that for you. 🙂
And yes, I’m sure Shoegnome counts. One or two of those half written posts share some thoughts about the origin of the name and some reactions I’ve gotten to it over the years.
Matt
BIM me up Scotty
Baby got BIM
BIM BAM BOOM
To BIM or not to BIM
Chuck it in the BIM
So you think you can BIM?
Duncan Reed
Another great post. One alternative title sprang to mind then I’ve gone blank –
BIMed there BIMed that.
Vistasp
Thanks Djordje.
Oops! It was supposed to be a horrible name… 😉
Okay two really, genuinely, nauseatingly horrible names coming up (and to make it worse, they can both be sung!).
1. House of BIMboo!
2. BIMbo (waccha going to do-e-o)
Djordje
BIMMMMMMMMMMM ….*
*meditating
Djordje
Vistasp,
That’s actually a good name 😀
Jared,
Management, correct – not Modeling 🙂
Jared Banks
Thanks everyone!
Stefan Brorsen
Fun Friday post going into Saturday.
zim zala BIM
BIM bam busse (would work in Danish)
Totalt BIMs (also Danish)
BIMdings (if you have a cold)
Erik
My Pseudonym at Revit Forum is Mr. BIMbastic. Could easily be worked into a Blog name. 🙂
Jared Banks
nice!
s2art
Follow the Yellow BIM Road
BIM for Dummies (or has that already been done?)
50 shades of BIM
BIMscape
Bada BIM, Bada Boom
Jared Banks
50 Shades of BIM… awesome.
Matt
To BIM or not to BIM, that isn’t a question
I BIM therefore I am
s2art
BIMnam style
(and what’s with the avatars? Mine looks nothing like me! )
Jared Banks
S2art… the avatars. I got bored of the generic blank option, so I found a way to have the blog select a randomly assigned monster image. Not as monster-y as I’d choose if I were the one drawing them, but better than nothing. And yeah, sometimes it assigns plus-sign shaped floating bunny monsters to people.