Tweet … Tweet … Tweet! No, I am not cat-calling or whistling at you. I am tweeting from the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry’s annual meeting in Austin, Texas. The program chairs have set up a Twitter account for the conference. You can follow @forumaustin or search the hashtag #forumaustin. If you want to
Some Favorite iPhone and iPad Apps for the Construction Industry
With the release of the new iPad this past weekend, there is no better time than to share some of my favorite applications for the construction industry. Of course, these would probably look better on a new iPad (… Hint, hint, wifey dear … Who am I kidding? She doesn’t read this junk …), but you can definitely find them on my iPod Touch.
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Government YouTube: 160,000 Hours of C-SPAN Video Available Online
As I was flipping through the Wall Street Journal this morning, I saw a full page advertisement featuring C-SPAN’s Video Library with over 160,000 hours of video and over 115,000 political people. I immediately hopped online and searched the word "construction" in the archives. Below is the Washington Journal feed for February 17, 2010, where the guests
Ctrl-Alt-Delete: What Do You Do When Your Presentation Goes Bad?
CSI “Construction Specifications Institute” “Powerpoint gone bad” “Powerpoint problems” “public speaking advice” “presentation tips”
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Networking Pro Learns Some New Tricks: You Can, Too!
The construction industry is one of the hardest hit in this down economy. From the top to the bottom, from executive to business development and sales to project management, you may find that you have to dust off your resume to look for new opportunities.
An article by Joann Lubin in the Wall Street Journal yesterday
How Do You Do It All: Work? Family? Blog? Answer: Google Reader
A week does not go by without a friend, colleague, or new acquaintance asking me, "How do you do it all?" The short answer: "It’s tough … very tough … but I have some help. For home and family issues, I have my lovely wife. For unloading the dishwasher, I have my son. For getting out
Sending Attachments in a Mobile World? Explain What You’re Sending
In this day of Blackberries and iPhones, one of the best communication tips I have ever heard was at the American Bar Association, Forum on the Construction Industry’s fall meeting in Philadelphia a few months ago. Since we live in world of mobile communication and technology, you have to assume that everyone else is on
Technology Update: Google Scholar Provides Access to Legal Research
Heads up Westlaw, LEXIS, FindLaw and all you other law-related databases. There is another giant in the field of legal research. Last night, Google launched a new feature on Google Scholar that makes 80+ years of US federal caselaw and 50+ years of US state caselaw searchable and readable. Here’s what you may find: 
- The entire opinions are indexed and
Scary and (Potentially) Viral: AGC Takes to YouTube
I received an email this morning with the following warning: "The following message is intended for construction audiences only. Do NOT watch this clip alone or in the dark. Please wait 30-minutes after eating before watching this clip. DO forward this video on to a friend or colleague."
https://youtube.com/watch?v=MFZI7N_AEBE%26hl%3Den%26fs%3D1%26color1%3D0x2b405b%26color2%3D0x6b8ab6
A couple of
The Problem with Words: They Can LEED to Miscommunication
I have my Google reader set to search various blogs, news sites, and Twitter feeds to help me keep current with the latest trends in the construction industry. There remains one major problem: the words we use have different meanings for everyone.
Take, for example, my search of Twitter feeds (above) for Building Information Modeling (BIM). If you were to do