BIM Content With Too Much Detail — It’s All Your Fault
Are you frustrated with all the over detailed BIM content out there? Or all the under detailed content? It's all your fault. Luke explains why.
Putting the “I” into your BIM Documentation
Nathan Hildebrandt follows up his previous post with more on how and why you need to focus more on Information when working with ArchiCAD and BIM.
Strippers, High School Friends, & a Hundred Dollar Bill
This post has been sitting unpublished for a long time. It's about resource management and some young foolishness. I don't really need to make the obvious connections to Architecture, BIM, and running a firm, but they are there.
Another Architecture website with images of architects sketching
What does an architect look like when working? Architecture websites with images of architects sketching paint a pretty clear (and misleading) picture.
Profile Manager in ArchiCAD 17
Graphisoft product designer James Badcock is back with a new blog post about the changes to the Profile Manager in ArchiCAD 17.
How the Conscious Home Can Make You a Better Parent
In this follow up to my article from mid-January, Eliot from SmartThings shares how the Conscious Home can really make you a better parent today.
The House my Master’s Degree Built: my path to becoming a licensed architect
Another great guest post by Alicia Liebel Berg. Great and a little depressing
Auditing your ArchiCAD Model using Building Materials and Surfaces
I love this post. Guest Blogger Nathan Hildebrandt starts with Building Materials, then leads you down a path towards reinventing how you think about BIM and use ArchiCAD. It's a great example of how focusing on improving how you use
The Conscious Home could make me a better Parent
This week I read about the SmartThings Hub and also about Google buying Nest. It made me think about how these technologies could make me a better parent and architect.
An architect can architect architecture?
Guest blogger Alicia Liebel Berg shares her thoughts on Kayne West's visit to Harvard.
500th post, are you freaking kidding me?
Feel free not to read this post. It's really just to remind myself how amazing and awesome I am. You know, because I have written a lot over the past 3 1/2 years.
Happy Holidays, Guest Bloggers, Seattle and an eventful 2014
It's the end of the year. Are you ready for 2014? I'm not, because I need some guest bloggers for late January and early February 2014. Here's why
Guest Blogger James Badcock: Modify Reference Line and Plane in ArchiCAD 17
Curious about all the changes big and small in ArchiCAD 17? Read what developer James Badcock has to say about Modify Reference Line and Plane in AC17.
Guest Blogger Alicia Liebel Berg: What Emerging Architects are about to inherit
Has anyone noticed that obtaining the title of ‘Architect' is not evaluated on the merit's of one's design, but how mathematically they grade within a set of standardized parameters?
Blacksmith, Telephone Operator, Architect
I want to see a chart tracking Blacksmiths per Capita over the last 150 years. And for telephone operators. And then one for Architects extending to 2050.
Sometimes I wonder if I’m the Bad Guy
Now that I look back on it, if that guy wanted to, he could have seriously injured me with one swing of his giant fist. That would have be hard to explain to my wife.
Guest Blogger Willard Williams: Why I’m going to the AEC Hackathon
Regular guest blogger Willard Williams shares his thoughts on why he's going to the AEC Hackathon this weekend in San Fransisco. And he's also going to convince you that you should go to one of these events as well.
Bigger Pond, Bigger Fish: how high school taught me to fight
No one gives a shit about you. Not until you give them a reason to. The pond is so big. The fish are so plentiful. The Internet connects all the fish, and all the ponds. And many of the fish
Origin Stories: Shoegnome
Curious about the connection between a tornado that hit Windsor, Connecticut in 1979 and the origins of Shoegnome?
The Structure Sensor for iPad and a game I want to play with my kids (or older brothers)
It seems like new Augmented Reality devices are coming ever faster these days. Will 2014 be the year of Augmented Reality? If the Structure Sensor for the iPad is any clue, then probably.
One Jacket for winter, spring, summer and fall
I have a great idea for an all season jacket. I just don't have the laboratory to make it a reality. But I guarantee that someone does.
My Computer Never Forgets My Birthday
Generation Y, the evolution of TVs from CRT to flat screen, kitchens that cook dinner for you, cars that drive themselves
Generation Y isn’t Unhappy, we’re just really Stressed
I'm failing to prioritize today. Instead of doing what I planned to do, I am trying to better explain the maelstrom that is Generation Y. Hopefully this will bring some clarity and insight. And yes, I realize the irony of
Guest Blogger Kristian Bursell: Nasty ArchiCAD Models
Guest Blogger Kristian Bursell shares his thoughts on free ArchiCAD content from manufacturers.
Guest Blogger Jeremiah Gammond: What’s in a Name?
Nurse, doctor, mechanic, carpenter, lawyer, prostitute