Christopher Parsons

Founder and CEO of Knowledge Architecture, a software company who builds intranets for architects and engineers.

[Christopher Parsons @karchitecture]

@chrisalbon @chrisalbon You might enjoy this book: https://t.co/2CqisxCeWR

Talks about how to get a "deep smarts" / the hidden tacit critical knowledge of experts.

[e-verse @e_verseTech]

Knowledge is power in AEC! 💪

Meet Christopher Parsons, Founder of @karchitecture, as he explores how capturing and sharing knowledge can revolutionize your firm. Discover KA´s "Community AI" and the secrets to building a loyal team.

Tune in now!
https://t.co/DuocLvrJg5

[Paul Graham @paulg]

The Right Kind of Stubborn: https://t.co/k96mXisy7N

[Christopher Parsons @karchitecture]

Join us for this Deep Dive webinar to explore the connection between quality management and knowledge management at @dpsdesigns on May 30th!

https://t.co/635lhpE7zH

[Christopher Parsons @karchitecture]

Really looking forward to Kristen and Fanchon's intranet tour focused on leveraging Synthesis to build and reinforce the personal connections that define Parkhill’s unique culture during a period of rapid growth.

I hope you can join us!

https://t.co/SkJE7MsrC8

[Christopher Parsons @karchitecture]

@jj_redick @mindthegamepod This show is legit amazing @jj_redick. Thanks to you and @kingjames for making it happen!

[Christopher Parsons @karchitecture]

Thank you so much to Jess Purcell and the @ShepleyBulfinch team for giving us a behind the scenes tour of Finch, your Synthesis 6 Intranet!

https://t.co/VCIe4eZS5E

[Christopher Parsons @karchitecture]

The KA Connect 2024 conference will focus on sharing strategies and best practices for using knowledge management, internal communications, learning + development, and intranet programs to help AEC firms evolve and grow.

Learn more:

https://t.co/QiUmMHpX6t

[Christopher Parsons @karchitecture]

Watch this video to learn about our vision for Synthesis LMS, the scope for Synthesis LMS Version 1, release timing, and advice on what you can do now to prepare for Synthesis LMS.

https://t.co/VzzcsbI83W

[Christopher Parsons @karchitecture]

@saranormous I’d love to hear from the Harvey AI team or anyone else building vertical AI solutions.

[Christopher Parsons @karchitecture]

Really looking forward to this intranet tour with @ShepleyBulfinch. Jess, Jim, and the whole "Finch" team have done an amazing job transitioning their intranet to Synthesis 6 while keeping user needs front and center.

Register now:
https://t.co/kOSfljsPJs

[Christopher Parsons @karchitecture]

Knowledge Architecture has been working on two major AI projects for the last six months — Next Generation Search and Video Captioning.

Learn more about our AI roadmap and approach to building AEC-specific AI solutions:

https://t.co/MmnW6iMGi5

[Aaron Levie @levie]

One of the most fun things about building products is when you talk to a customer using a feature in an unexpected way that you instantly realize will become a major use-case for everyone. Software evolves because of adventurous customers.

[Andrej Karpathy @karpathy]

# on shortification of "learning"

There are a lot of videos on YouTube/TikTok etc. that give the appearance of education, but if you look closely they are really just entertainment. This is very convenient for everyone involved : the people watching enjoy thinking they are learning (but actually they are just having fun). The people creating this content also enjoy it because fun has a much larger audience, fame and revenue. But as far as learning goes, this is a trap. This content is an epsilon away from watching the Bachelorette. It's like snacking on those "Garden Veggie Straws", which feel like you're eating healthy vegetables until you look at the ingredients.

Learning is not supposed to be fun. It doesn't have to be actively not fun either, but the primary feeling should be that of effort. It should look a lot less like that "10 minute full body" workout from your local digital media creator and a lot more like a serious session at the gym. You want the mental equivalent of sweating. It's not that the quickie doesn't do anything, it's just that it is wildly suboptimal if you actually care to learn.

I find it helpful to explicitly declare your intent up front as a sharp, binary variable in your mind. If you are consuming content: are you trying to be entertained or are you trying to learn? And if you are creating content: are you trying to entertain or are you trying to teach? You'll go down a different path in each case. Attempts to seek the stuff in between actually clamp to zero.

So for those who actually want to learn. Unless you are trying to learn something narrow and specific, close those tabs with quick blog posts. Close those tabs of "Learn XYZ in 10 minutes". Consider the opportunity cost of snacking and seek the meal - the textbooks, docs, papers, manuals, longform. Allocate a 4 hour window. Don't just read, take notes, re-read, re-phrase, process, manipulate, learn.

And for those actually trying to educate, please consider writing/recording longform, designed for someone to get "sweaty", especially in today's era of quantity over quality. Give someone a real workout. This is what I aspire to in my own educational work too. My audience will decrease. The ones that remain might not even like it. But at least we'll learn something.

[The San Francisco Standard @sfstandard]

A grassroots neighborhood movement is fighting San Francisco’s bid to put boats in front of the Marina Green, and on Monday night they won a major victory. https://t.co/TwzUW5zj7C

[Christopher Parsons @karchitecture]

@LukeW Thank you! Super useful and timely video.

[Willem Spruijt @wspruijt]

Me: “So I told you about OpenAI right, guess what happened!?..”
Wife: “Please stop talking about this I’m not interested”

[Christopher Parsons @karchitecture]

Looking forward to this intranet tour with @DLRGroup! Colby, Stefanie, and the team have done an amazing job using the change as an opportunity to focus on capturing knowledge in each of their core disciplines, as well as emerging and specialty services.

https://t.co/wzMLJRehZm