Some coincidences…. First, the Chartered Institute of Building magazine, Construction Manager, recently published an article by me looking at some of the latest examples of construction-specific social media tools (see It’s Social, but it’s still media). Next, on Wednesday evening, I travelled to Chelmsford to talk to the Essex branch of the CIOB about social …
Tag Archive: RIBApedia
Apr 23 2009
A welcome wiki
I have been a long-time enthusiast for Wiki technology. I started editing Wikipedia in 2003 and have completed literally thousands of edits over the years since then. I have also started internal wiki projects and contributed to shared wikis run by various professional groups (eg: the RIBA’s own Ribapedia). I was therefore delighted to read …
Mar 02 2009
Ten things to manage in a recession: 1 – memberships
My previous post about managing IT expenditure in a recession was focused on helping an architecture, engineering or construction (AEC) business reduce its day-to-day operational expenses. Deploying Software-as-a-Service solutions helps save money (that could then be invested in marketing or PR), and can give some competitive advantages and reputation benefits. But that might not matter …
