Wayward Websites
There’s often a lag between the time something new comes along and the time it…
Investments in Growth
As we head into summer, the Board hopes you find time to recharge, reconnect, and enjoy the company of family and friends. We also hope you take a moment to recognize the investment you have made in yourself throughout your professional journey. The knowledge, skills, and relationships you have built…
Time for change?
When I became a specifier, in 1985, all of the projects I worked on used…
Senseless security
How often have you seen a standard confidentiality disclaimer at the end of an email?…
The making of a convention
A lot goes into a convention: location, scheduling, publicity, solicitation of exhibitors, invitations to potential…
President’s Notes September 2017
CONSTRUCT, CONGRATULATIONS, & COMMISSIONING! Hello everyone, happy September! Whew….what a month for CSINext! There is…
Where do bad specifications come from?
It’s approaching ten years since I wrote “The Making of a Curmudgeon.*” In it, I…
President’s Notes August 2017
Welcome to August everyone! Hope you are staying cool. As summer continues to heat up…
WELCOME TO CSINext 2017 / 2018!
Hello everyone…where ever you may be I hope each and every one of you are…
Tower of Babel
Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand…
Building envelope – or building enclosure?
In October, I published “Tegularity,” a discussion of the proper term for acoustic ceiling panels.…