Category: Blogs

Dec 20 2007

At first I was afraid, I was petrified …

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Blogs
20 December 2007

I have just read Mel Starr ‘s blog and followed the link to Rob Annable’s no2self blog to see the full lyrics for … THE ARCHITECT SONG (to the tune of I Will Survive) At first I was afraid, I was petrified thinking I could not design what you had specified But then I …

architect's song, I Will Survive, Mel Starr, Rob Annable

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Nov 07 2007

ICT, sustainability and contracts

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Blogs, Collaboration, Legal, Marketing, Sustainability
7 November 2007

I met Building sustainability blogger Phil Clark last week for a coffee, and he was good enough to talk about our conversation on Zerochampion. As well as talking about sustainability, the potential contribution of collaboration technologies and the environmental downsides of ICT, we also talked more generally about collaborative working and contracts. Being involved in …

BIM, BIW, blogger, Building magazine, contracts, Phil Clark, sustainability, ZeroChampion

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Nov 01 2007

New kids on the blog

By Paul Wilkinson in Blogs, Collaboration, People issues, SaaS, Vendors
1 November 2007

I see that Aconex joint MDs Rob Phillpot and Leigh Jasper have just started a blog, Built on Collaboration, in which they will “discuss some good industry practices and, along the way, share some … stories about running a business”. I look forward to reading future posts. Welcome to the blogosphere, lads!

Aconex, Australia, blog, Leigh Jasper, Rob Phillpot

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Oct 10 2007

Extranet Evolution: two years old

By Paul Wilkinson in Blogs, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Marketing
10 October 2007

The Extranet Evolution blog is now just over two years old. Just over a year ago, I noted that June 2006 had been my first year’s peak month with 2,069 page-loads by 1,049 unique visitors (totals marginally exceeded in September 2006: 2,122 and 1,282 respectively). Over the past year, traffic has risen further – every month …

blog, ExtranetEvolution, Statcounter.com, statistics

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Oct 04 2007

IT and sustainable construction – 2

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Blogs, Collaboration, Future, Internet, People issues, Sustainability
4 October 2007

While I was writing yesterday’s post, an email discussion about the Draft Strategy had begun among Constructing Excellence ‘s Collaborative Working Champions (of which I am one of the latest tranche). I volunteered to start work on a paper to form part of a collective response to the consultation document (we have until 30 November …

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Sep 06 2007

SaaS: the business solution

By Paul Wilkinson in Blogs, Collaboration, Functionality, Future, Internet, People issues, SaaS
6 September 2007

I have been reviewing quite a lot of material recently regarding Software-as-a-Service (SaaS): First, the pros and cons of SaaS as it applies in the construction collaboration market have been debated by NCCTP members for an article to be published in a supplement to UK trade magazine “Building” next week. Second, I received an email …

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Aug 22 2007

DWF v. PDF – an Autodesk interview

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Blogs, Collaboration, Functionality, Future, Internet
22 August 2007

In my book, I discussed Adobe and Autodesk’s development of different file formats to manage design data (it’s a topic I have since returned to – here for instance). I have just found an interesting interview on the Novedge blog with Autodesk’s Mary Hope McQuiston regarding the DWF format – a similar interview having previously been undertaken with Adobe’s …

Adobe, Autodesk, DWF, Novedge, PDF

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Jun 07 2007

Une étude intéressante…

By Paul Wilkinson in Blogs, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Internet, Marketing, Vendors
7 June 2007

Une étude intéressante sur le marché anglais du travail collaboratif – No, I haven’t decided to blog in French, but I found a French blogger interested in what is happening in the UK construction collaboration market. My French is poor but (with a little help from the Babel Fish website translator) I think the writer, …

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May 29 2007

CJ blog renaissance

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Blogs, Marketing
29 May 2007

According to a comment on my 9 February post, First Blogs, then splogs, now flogs (and CJ), no fewer than six blogs are to be launched this week at UK trade journal Contract Journal. (If you want lots of video of construction equipment in action and other construction-related stuff, the blog of commenter, James Stafford, has loads of …

AEC, blog, Contract Journal, UK

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Apr 24 2007

Google spreadsheets (2)

By Paul Wilkinson in Blogs, Collaboration, Functionality, Future, Internet
24 April 2007

Last June, I blogged about Google’s new web-based spreadsheet application but bemoaned the lack of graphs, etc. The gap has been filled, at least partially. Docs and Spreadsheets now has a charting function – a bit rudimentary compared to Microsoft Excel, but a step forward nonetheless. Tags: Google spreadsheet charts