A splash of cold water – considering AI, terms of service, training data, and copyright

AI content generators - like Midjourney, DALL-E, and Stability AI - are a capturing the imagination of professional designers, artists, and architects. This article explores some important pragmatic considerations and risks for professionals adopting today's AI generator tools in their professional work.

2021 Presentations – Business Intelligence, Digital Twins, Data Centralization

In 2021, the Proving Ground has featured fewer blog entries - but with good reason: This year, I put an emphasis on delivering live webinar presentations on a number of important topics that are the center of Proving Ground's current business: Business Intelligence, Digital Twins, and Data Centralization. These topics are greatly informing our own … Continue reading 2021 Presentations – Business Intelligence, Digital Twins, Data Centralization

Introducing Tracer – A Revit Data Visualization Toolkit for Power BI

Being able to understand and visualize your building data is essential to any data-driven workflow. With the increased adoption of business intelligence platforms - such as Power BI - our team has observed the need for simple and easy tools tailored to harvesting and visualizing building information. To support this, I am excited to announce the availability of Proving … Continue reading Introducing Tracer – A Revit Data Visualization Toolkit for Power BI

Computers are Hard

Computers are hard - I am quickly reminded of this whenever I have to help one of my parents troubleshoot a computer problem. “Gosh, mom, learn how to use a computer!” I usually think to myself. Yet, even for me, I’m sometimes left scratching my head at finding a solution for getting a printer back … Continue reading Computers are Hard