Category: Web 2.0

Aug 26 2008

AEC-specific search

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Internet, Marketing, Vendors, Web 2.0
26 August 2008

One of the frustrations of using Google as one of my standard search tools is that it throws up thousands of potentially irrelevant results when what I am usually looking for is specific to the architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) and property markets. This is where vertical search engines – such as London-based start-up Memoori – …

AEC, architecture, built environment, Construction, Engineering, Google, London, Memoori, property, search tools, Wikia
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Aug 18 2008

RIBA wiki

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Blogs, Collaboration, Web 2.0
18 August 2008

The Royal Institute of British Architects has its own wiki: the RIBAPedia: a “collaborative, free source of information relating to architectural research”. The initiative has been led by the RIBA’s Research & Development Department, funded by the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning through Design. I was unaware of this until Mel Starrs brought …

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Aug 13 2008

New lick of paint

By Paul Wilkinson in Blogs, Books, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, SaaS, Web 2.0
13 August 2008

It’s nearly three years since I started this blog, so a new design was long overdue. I’ve stuck to the same pallette of colours, but tried to make the design a bit cleaner and easier to read (two columns instead of three, and then fewer items in the side column). I’ve also tidied up some …