Frog Up or Down

I passed this the other day, a block of flat, I remember being built, but now being pulled down. Interesting to see the method. In another shot I took from a train, the skyline was full of tower cranes, and as some once said to me its a sign of the economy doing well. Put the two together and we get a lot of work about for Architectural firms, and a great time to study for a degree in Architectural Technology.

It's not long to my Final year students BSc Hons AT Degree Day Show at Birmingham City University, if you're in the area and would like to see the final project work, drop by, its free and you can chat to the students re their last three years training, and their hopes for the future. If your thinking of what to do when you leave school, then it's a great way to see the discipline of Architectural Technology at its best. We will also have past students who are now in practice, plus most of the lecturers, including my good self. Confused as to the difference between an Architect and Technologist, come along and chat, there will be free soft drinks and nibbles.

I sat down this Boxing Day morning to tidy up my desk, and files a few bits away. I normally do this small, in brackets, job at this time of the year, its seems right to start the year of to a clean plate. But as always I get side tracked, and its hard to stay focused on the job at hand. So after a full morning, dodging tasks handed to me by my good lady, and incoming text messages from my sister who also seems to think I have nothing better to do, I have got my filing more of less done, a book shelf sorted and my computer cleaned, and I mean that in the literal sense, as the screen looked like it was in need of a dam good clean, so the glass cleaner cloth was used to a big effect. Next is my year of CPD, as a lecturer, I can not be accused of not full filling my 35 hours, I read constantly and often, a lot of my notes and photos get logged into Evernote , I tried Microsofts OneNote , and dabbled with or is that continue to dabble with Googles Keep, I just want it to succeed, b...

Its the tradition at Birmingham City University, that all new professors give an inaugrial  speech to the University, so this week, I managed to book one of the large lecture theatres, and I gave a lecture on Data, Below are my lecture notes, there is a video taken by one of my student, and as always, I might have made notes, but a strayed a little. I intend to add to these notes and make it into a more formal article, perhaps even a paper I also attach at the very bottom of this article my slides, which I use a an aid memoir  The lecture lasts just over an hour so for you all, Enjoy: Professorial Speech Notes 18/11/2016 ========================== Slide Opening Slide “where will the Data Take us” Slide change to where will the data take us - Time they are a changing Opening with quote : Slide  Mies va de Rohe God is in the detail ( Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ) Or should that be data For me as a technologist th...