Publications
- Curriculum for Faculty of Architecture & Urbanism, Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 10 lecture courses in Environmental Science, Proportion & Composition, Project Management, Construction, Material Science, Computers in Architecture (in English & translated into Khmer)
- Training material for Environmental Science for Nicer Training & Greenworks.
- Web Blog: Vast , currently over 400 posts ( as of 17 November 2021 )
- Posted Videos on YouTube for training/demonstrating certain topics-see below- over 210 videos currently
- Udemy course: Revit Productivity Automating the Tedious Stuff
- AUTOMATING REVIT: Create Simple Scripts for Beginners to Speed up your REVIT Productivity mybook.to/AUTOMATING_REVIT_1
Computer Skills
General
- MS Office including: Excel (& VBA Macro’s), Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, Access.
- Google Docs & Google Sheets (with GAS programming)
- MS Project, MS SQL, OneNote.
Graphics
- AutoCAD (25 years’ experience) – DraftSight, nanoCad & BricksCAD Shape
- Revit (10 years)
- GIMP
- Adobe Premier Pro & videoing tools for posting to YouTube
- QGIS (Mapping)
Programming
SQL, Python, JavaScript, NodeJS, ReactJS, HTML, AHK, C#, VB, CSS, Pascal, Lisp
Using Github, AWS & Google Clouds Services
General Web
Setting up web pages on hosted servers & Virtual Private Servers. WordPress website and raw HTML websites. Websites include:
- Web Blog: Vast
- Revit Producvtivity Tools (Software for productivity)site : Revit Productivity
- FM/AM Demonstration site: Visual Asset Strategic Tools
- Property Information demonstration site : Property Information
- Photographic Portfolio website: Imagery
Video Recording
OBS-Open Broadcaster Software & Adobe Premier Pro
Video training/explaining playlists on YouTube – Channel Max Drake
Currently about 190 videos & 79,000 views to date (17 November 2021 )
- GlideApps -Playlist 1 & 2– Currently 58 videos
- Free Productivity Tools-Playlist– Currently 42 videos
- Visualise Facility & Assert Management- Playlist– Currently 38 videos
- AutoHotKey –Playlist– Currently 18 videos
- Revit Tips & Tricks-Playlist– Currently 9 videos
- BIM Revit Existing Blg Model Setup for Data Extraction-Playlist– Currently 10 videos
- Beginner coding-Playlist– Currently 6 videos
- Honeycode-Playlist– Currently 9 videos
- PWA’s –Playlist– Currently 6 videos
Mobile (Android) & WebApps
- GlideApps (for creating WebApps)
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- General App
- App of Apps a collection of App links from one app
- Construction/Property FM/AM
- Defects list for Contractor Example for site inspection and repair
- Defects list for Designers – to report faults to be repaired
- Building Survey Info App Demo for Karori Library
- CheckOurtCheckIn Demo app for equipment, libraries etc
- Freezer Inventory App Demo (a generic Inventory App)
- Rental Home Compliance Demo App
- City Housing property Finder and PDF plan download demo
- Tour/Gallery/Translation
- HopOnHopOff– Translated for English, German, Chinese. Example of Tour App
- Museum Exhibition Demo app for translation for overseas guests. English, Chinese, Japanese, German & Arabic
- City Gallery Art Exhibition demo translation for overseas guests. English, Chinese, Japanese, German
- Wellington Museum Exhibit Translation App Demo. English, Chinese,Spanish, Arabic
- NZ Roadside Stories Demo audio stories via app
- Business Apps
- Small Business Booking App for Clients(for Barber shop) – Template for sale, sold 82 copies to date
- Small Business Booking App for Staff (for Barber shop) – Template for sale, sold 12 copies to date
- Motel Info App Demo
- Honey produce App for stallholder
- Fishing Business Tackle Shop Demo App
- Restaurant Reservations App demo
- eBusinessCard demo
- RealEstate App Demo
- Sales inventory Demo App
- Community type apps
- Conference App Demo
- Attendance App Demo
- Consensus App for anonymous feedback on questions for Office, business etc Demo
- Covid Cases Demo App (old)
- Personal Apps
- Personal spending tracker Demo
- Timesheet Demo App
- Location Tracker for Exercise Demo with Map
- Time & Expense Demo App
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- AppInventor (for Android Apps)
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- App Inventor GPS lat/long capture from phone demo– aia file download
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- Honeycode(Amazon Low code App for creating WebApps)
Windows Apps
These created using AutoHotKeys scripting language to create Windows apps for specific tasks.
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- Handheld Barcode Scanner & Data Entry with AHK’s Part 3– Text to Speech for confirmation of input for plant growth monitoring
- FileSave&Launch– keeping track of Recent Files for Windows See article and video
- TimeCapture– Simple time management app for Windows See video
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Analytics
- Python
- FME (Safe software)
- Knime
- Orange
- Weka
- Tableau Community
Asset Management Programs
- SPM (Property)
- OpenMaint(Property)
RPA (Robotic Process Automation)
- AutoHotKeys
- UiPath
- OpenRPA