I've seen it over and over again. Often little thought goes into the creation of a post. "Help me", "Something isn't right", and "MicroStation Question..." are common titles. No tags are used, and the description is too short, leaving more questions then answers. The Goal My last blog post was part informative and part experiment. I want to see if what I put in my post mattered, and if I could get it to come up...

An avatar is more than just your profile picture. In addition to your username, it is what people identify you with in an online community. Which would you be more likely to remember: a face (avatar) and a name (username), or just a name? Now try to imagine remembering names when everyone has the same face (default avatar). Very hard. It's a fact that most people are wired to remember faces. This face perception is the basis for social interaction...

Today, Bentley passes another milestone as the Be Communities website is officially launched! Since going live for Be Conference in May 2008, the Be Communities site has been continually enhanced and updated. During this time, there have been dramatic upgrades in site infrastructure, speed and reliability. Officially, however, the site has remained in "beta" ... until today! What is Be Communities? Be Communities is a networking site for...

If you haven't figured it out already, Bentley new software portfolio, codename Athens, is being released November 6th in Philadelphia. This monumental release will be the industry's most comprehensive software portfolio ever assembled for infrastructure professionals! If you can not make it to the live launch event in Philadelphia we will be broadcasting it live a 1:30pm EST (6:30 GMT). See the keynotes from Greg Bentley, CEO - Bhupinder Singh, SVP...

What is a Blog? A Blog is an online journal. Members can publish short comments and ideas for others to read. A Blog is automatically created for Be Communities members when they register. You may also be invited to participate in more than one Blog (e.g. Community Blogs). What are the Blog Page Commands? When looking at a Blog page, there will be a set of available commands on the right hand of the page which will contain information about the page...

If you haven't already figured it out Be Communities has RSS feeds for just about everything. RSS feeds (indicated by this icon: ) are available for every forum, topic, blog, and wiki update. Subscribing to them will allow you to get up to the minute updates and easily track what you have seen on Be Communities. To subscribe to an RSS feed you simply click on the icon and copy the URL into your news reader. Some popular news readers are Outlook 2007...

The Web 2.0 Expo was held from September 16th through the 19th at the Javits Convention Center in New York City. The goal of the Expo is to bring together internet professionals to exchange and learn new ideas, and showcase new technology. After arriving in NYC and getting situated I realized just how big this Expo is. The Javits Convention Center, with its unique glass cube ceiling , emphasized the magnitude of the Expo. I got word that there was...

Bentley has setup a new Twitter account to get the word out about exciting new things related to Bentley. Twitter is micro-blogging social networking site. With it you can receive little updates about people, companies, and other random things. Twitter also has a cell phone interface so those updates can go right to your phone. In fact, these 'tweets' are all less than 140 characters for this reason. Check out Bentley's Twitter profile here, and ...

I first saw a special on the Discovery Channel a couple years ago about building the Beijing National Aquatics Center for the Beijing 2008 Olympics & Olympic stadium (the birds nest). Little did I know at the time that Bentley software was a big part of creating the "Water Cube". The design Arup and PTW Architects came up with was inspired by the natural formation of soap bubbles. The bubbles are made of an iridescent plastic called...

One thing I've always enjoyed is architecture. Before coming to Bentley I really hadn't explored how things were being built. I've leaned that Bentley software is used in a lot of things we see or hear about every day. This is the first part of a series where I will outline extraordinary projects that you may have heard about due to their scale, exquisite design, or even record breaking status. The Dubai Mall The first project that caught my eye is...

These images were displayed at the SmartGeometry 2008 Workshops in Munic. They are all really neat: http://picasaweb.google.com/GenerativeComponents/SmartGeometry2008WorkshopHighlights

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