Get Ready to Improve the National BIM Standard — United States
Jared's Note: I learned about this today via an e-mail list I'm on and thought I should share. By the way, the fortune is from a cookie I got last summer in Boston. For the record the cookie is wrong.
A great interview and some thoughts about Autodesk
When I was writing yesterday's post, which asked the question "Do you love your BIM software too much?", I had in the back of my mind an article I recently read. But I couldn't find it. Which is for the
QR Codes and Micro-payments
Did you read my post on Augmented Reality and Micro-Payments? You should. It's pretty cool. The more I think about affiliate links and micro-payments, the more I get excited about the idea. Could we test this concept in 2013? You bet we
Ten Years Later, summer internships aren’t what they once were
I've seen into the Chasm. It's beautiful, ambitious, and not the architectural graduates of times past. Back in January I had coffee with two students from the University of Minnesota that I'm mentoring. I asked them a question, "do you have
Augmented Reality and Micro-payments
Sooner than you think. Much sooner than you believe possible. You've reached BIM IV-IV, the pinnacle of Social BIG BIM. You talk with prospective clients about the AECOU relationship. Your BIMs are integrated with the final buildings so that they are a
Who is in the BIM? AECO meet AECOU
I couldn't fit this graph in the previous post on social BIG BIM, so it gets its own post. Which is good because I also want to ruminate on the acronym AECOU. Once we reach Social BIG BIM, IV-IV (augmented reality),
Primary Benefits of BIM
This is the third part in a series about demystifying BIM. The first post Why you failed at BIM (you were impatient) looked at the struggles with BIM adoption. The second post There are Four BIM Flavors clarified the term
There are Four BIM Flavors
"In the short term, we are little bimmers. In the long term, we are Big Bimmers." -David "Joshua" Plager, AIA The comment above was posted on LinkedIN in response to my blog post "Why you failed at BIM". What a great sentiment.
Make the ARE Vignette Program HARDER
So I titled my post about the beta-testing of the ARE practice program "The Most Advanced 64-BIT Drafting Program". That was a bit of a snarky, jerk comment. I am so thrilled that it is finally going 64-bit. I have heard
You are a Dinosaur
If you are reading this you are a dinosaur. The digital natives will steal your job. But that's okay because you won't be qualified to do your job when they start taking responsibility from us. And I do mean us
The best designs lie ahead of us
If you're an optimist, then you'll have to agree that the best architecture awaits us in the future. I'm an optimist. I'm a romantic too, so I'll always dream of and love the great buildings of our forefathers. My three
Guess What? Your EVERYTHING has already changed
I'm going to start this post with a hypothetical encounter. Here's an imaginary e-mail exchange I often have: Dear Mr. Banks, ArchiCAD is driving me crazy. I want to keep working like we did when I first got out of school. But
Facebook, Twitter and Shoegnome
Late last night the Shoegnome Facebook page reached 500 Likes. That's awesome. The Shoegnome Twitter feed is a little smaller at 381 followers. Thank you everyone. There's plenty of information on both those sources that doesn't show up on the
Let’s Dream a little about Orthograph Architect
Orthograph Architect is billed as a great survey tool and, from what I can tell, it is. Furthermore, the creators of this iPad app keep adding new features like crazy; I've lost count of the number of upgrades and improvements
All their songs are about Death, Girls, or Family
A former coworker of mine at SALA Architects introduced me to The Avett Brothers' music a few years ago. I've since become a huge fan. They recently came out with a new album on September 11th and I bought it
Guest Blogger Willard Williams: BIM is a Distraction
This is an expansion of some comments that Willard Williams made on a LinkedIn thread. I really liked what he had to say and asked him to expand it into a guest post for Shoegnome. Enjoy! In the end it is