Mark Pniewski

CEng, Tinkerer, Husband and Dad. Curious how design makes us masters of our fate, captains of our soul.

[Mark Pniewski @mark_pniewski]

@tommycollison Dr. Fischer of Geneva by Graham Green - short enough to finish in a weekend and still packs a punch!

[Mark Pniewski @mark_pniewski]

@fortelabs How to access: things once seen that I may want to see again; things I don't know I may need to know one day; things I once knew I may not know if they weren't here.

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Building Complexity and the Construction Community of Practice https://t.co/WgA5OUAmXL

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"It’s proof that legislators can come together across party lines to address a highly technical issue related to a fast-developing new industry," says @kwerb in @exponentialview https://t.co/Cjpnpnibuu

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@RabScott2 @MikeHudsonArchi @thedigitaltwin Useful and succinct. I remember having to explain to a superior that we couldn't call BIM digital twins if the thing wasn't built yet and even an "as built" model needed relevant data collection to be called a twin. Glad the clarifications are becoming mainstream

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Using patents as a proxy for innovation, “Engineering and Construction” is lagging most other sectors. An opportunity to stand out? Or a depressing reflection of market demand...?

[Tamay Besiroglu @tamaybes]

A recent paper about innovation over the long run reveals a very neat snapshot of the composition of inventions over time. Using data on US patents, it identifies the following key waves:
https://t.co/MqamjTxrly

[Mark Pniewski @mark_pniewski]

Two year olds are entropy incarnated

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Never before have I felt such an affinity with a fictional character in one of my son’s story books as Mr. Darling from #PeterPan “...whatever Mr. Darling did he had to do to excess, otherwise he soon gave up doing it.”

[Mark Pniewski @mark_pniewski]

Saving the economy #guinness #lookslikealatte #betterontap

[Mark Pniewski @mark_pniewski]

Completely unpromted, 4yr old chooses these as first words to program @microbit_edu in @scratch. #mannersmakeththeman (or robot...) #prouddad #HappyFathersDay

[Mark Pniewski @mark_pniewski]

@mufo Cheers @mufo! Transforming 1930's gally kitchen into modern family hub. And whacking an extra bedroom on top while at it. Tips on structuring a domestic tender pack most welcome!

[Mark Pniewski @mark_pniewski]

Decided to draft my house extension myself and am deep in a Unicode 2020 rabbit hole determined to name layers properly. God I love a taxonomy. #fridaynight

[Mark Pniewski @mark_pniewski]

Had a Kafka moment when I saw @sesamestreet now also resembles #zoom...

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So far so good 😄

[Mark Pniewski @mark_pniewski]

4yr old: I want to build a robot!
What I hear: Excuse to teach him @scratch and buy a @Raspberry_Pi

[Mark Pniewski @mark_pniewski]

We all need a bit more O-o-h Child by The Five Stairsteps during #lockdown.
https://t.co/VtdB6ADiJM

[Mark Pniewski @mark_pniewski]

@naval @naval UK has some great WWI posters that can be re-appropriated to this effect, just not sure the trenches were all they were sold to be either...

[Mark Pniewski @mark_pniewski]

@patio11 Masses have been cancelled in the UK for a while now. Stepped into the garden this evening and happened to hear an elderly voice singing from afar. It was the Exsultet of the Easter Vigil. I was moved. The church doors may be closed but the Church lives on. Have a Happy Easter!

[Mark Pniewski @mark_pniewski]

Thanks @TheEconomist for making me chuckle this morning. The Economist | Diary of a home worker https://t.co/Lqzm4YBGhZ

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This made me smile.

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

The fighting spirit of Italy during a deadly pandemic brings tears of joy, knowing we will continue to fight for better days ahead.

Sicilian twins Mirko and Velerio from Agrigento play Viva la Vida by @coldplay while in quarantine 🇮🇹🎻

(via @briansolis)