Christmas Bells – by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1864) As with any composition that touches the heart of the hearer, this poem flowed from the experience of Longfellow. When Longfellow penned the words to this poem, America was still embroiled in it’s Civil War and months away from Lee’s surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House […]
Another long day. Up early to make my class on “CAD Leadership“. I presented this class twice as requested by the AU staff. The AUGI booth was busy and many were signing up to join AUGI. For more pictures of the event, check out Shaan Hurley’s photo album on Flickr. My smiling face even shows […]
A long day for me at AU 2007. It started off with a “Writer’s Breakfast” that AUGI put on for the writers of Hot News, AUGI World and BLAUGI. A large group of writers were in attendance and we discussed the future of publication in differing languages. Next it was on to a Board of […]
The day started off with an overwhelming confluence of people. Nearly 10,000 people are in attendance at this years event. And I think they all ate breakfast at the same time. It is quite a hike to get to the food area. Then the long hike back… The kickoff event started with Carl Bass and […]
I arrived in Las Vegas on Sunday for some pre AU events. I spent the day on Monday with the AUGI Board of Directors developing plans for future AUGI programs, events, and offerings. Then it was on the AUGI Leadership Conference. We had over 125 people involved. This was a dedicated time for leaders to […]
My final installment on the BE Conference 2007 in Los Angeles The conference comes to a close and ti was quite a training event. Learning everywhere you turn. The Platform Team did the Wednesday keynotes and discussed the two platforms that the firm was focused on: Microstation and ProjectWise. ProjectWise includes Navigator, StartPoint and InterPlot. […]
Another packed day… First I heard from the Bentley BIM team on how BIM is changing the industry and how we can all tap into this movement or get left behind. Client demands and competition among architects to gain a leg up have impacted us. Then it was on to some training in Bentley Architecture. […]
Wow – what a day! Half of the day was taken up by Keynote addresses. A parade of Bentley folks speaking to the issues of the day and the plans for tomorrow. First up – Malcolm Walters – COO He mentioned that there were over 2000 in attendance and that the whole event was about […]