"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
How to Craft Names That Keep Humans Sane Whenever I draft a new standard for a company that's transitioning to BIM, I start from the naming convention of files and objects, because if you can't name things, you can't find them, and most certainly you can't...
1. The Taste of Water In Dune, Frank Herbert imagined a desert planet called Arrakis, a world so arid that water itself becomes sacred. On its burning sands, the nomadic Fremen survive by recovering every possible drop of moisture from their bodies, air, and even the...
"The ISO 8000 series provides frameworks for improving data quality for specific kinds of data. The series defines which characteristics of data are relevant to data quality, specifies requirements applicable to those characteristics, and provides guidelines for improving data quality." An overview of the series and...
1. Introduction — The Paradox of Standards The dream of a digital commons is as old as the internet itself: a space where information flows freely across boundaries, where collaboration scales beyond organisations, and where knowledge becomes a shared infrastructure rather than a private asset. In...
I think it's plain to see that there are very few things being actually developed within Autodesk, right now. Revit needs a total rewrite (and it's not happening), Navisworks is a zombie crawling from version to version and it hasn't been updated in decades, and...
1. Introduction 1.1. Why the Word “Common” deserves Scrutiny Let’s get something out of the way: in the world of digital construction, “common” is a loaded word. It evokes a sense of unity, standardisation, and shared purpose. It conjures images of centralised vaults of truth — the...
In an age where our tools can draw, write, compose, and even “think” faster than we can, it’s worth asking: what makes design graceful? What gives a design action — whether a sketch, or a line of code — that quality of elegance that seems...
1. Leadership Beyond Titles 1.1 Why leadership in BIM coordination is more about behaviour than authority In the world of digital construction, the title BIM Coordinator suggests responsibility, but not necessarily authority. Unlike traditional hierarchical roles, coordination is rarely about giving orders and more often about influencing...
In the age of every Bill and Richard launching a digital crusade, we’ve come to believe that the tools of the past must bow to the technologies of the future. Like the sword giving way to the raygun, or the book to the neural implant,...
