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My Favorite Moments from Episode 238 "Half Your Day Isn't Design"

My Favorite Moments from Episode 238 "Half Your Day Isn't Design"

Forty-one moments worth paying attention to from episode one of The Next AEC Tech Stack. Eleven voices on the technology tax, the fear of the algorithm, and what a new tool costs a firm.

Polishing the Prison Bars From the Other Side

Polishing the Prison Bars From the Other Side

📰 Gavin Nicholls calls it "polishing the prison bars from the other side." Eleven BIM 2.0 builders and users on what switching platforms actually costs a firm, in time, culture, and money.

239: You're Not Going Home Early

239: You're Not Going Home Early

A conversation with Gavin Nicholls, Carl Christensen, and nine other people building and using BIM 2.0 tools about the real cost of switching platforms, sunk-cost bias, and why adoption stalls even when the tool is better.

The Technology Tax Nobody Can Agree On

The Technology Tax Nobody Can Agree On

📰 I asked nine AEC tech companies if their software actually frees architects to design, or just moves the tax to a different line item. The answers surprised me.

238: Half Your Day Isn't Design

238: Half Your Day Isn't Design

A conversation with industry leaders about how BIM 2.0 tools consume half of architects’ day, the hidden “technology tax,” and strategies to reclaim design time and control software costs.