Jim Foster

Graduated from Hobart College undergrad and Babson grad. Founded a product design and development firm, set up manufacturing operations in Taiwan, ate frog and rat, sold into mass retailers, big box, specialty, e-tailers, exited company by licensing products to public and private companies. Started an architectural services company, InterioReview in 2003 capturing the built environment for a wide range of real estate professionals, did not have to eat rat or frog. Starting 3rd company, PointKnown, bringing productivity tools to all building professionals so they can capture the built environment directly into a BIM (Building Information Model) enabled work station.

Homepage: http://www.pointknown.com


Posts by Jim Foster

Capture Existing : Chicago Hilton -> Direct to Revit

thEtc/GMT+7p30Etc/GMT+709bEtc/GMT+7Wed, 17 Sep 2014 06:36:32 -0700 17, 2014 - 6:36 am09

Capture Existing : UMass Old Chapel

thEtc/GMT+7p30Etc/GMT+709bEtc/GMT+7Tue, 16 Sep 2014 07:09:38 -0700 16, 2014 - 7:09 am09

What Owners Need to Know When Documenting Existing Buildings ….Part II

thEtc/GMT+7p30Etc/GMT+709bEtc/GMT+7Thu, 04 Sep 2014 05:44:04 -0700 4, 2014 - 5:44 am09

Handheld Scanning for Architecture Gets Real….Google Enters The Picture

MaramTue, 04 Mar 2014 07:41:59 -07002014-03-04T07:41:59-07:0007 4, 2014 - 7:41 am03

Burns McDonnell Finishes Months Early Using PKNail Pro : Documents 1.5 Million Square Feet Directly In Revit

Jam1000000amThu, 30 Jan 2014 11:06:50 -070014 30, 2014 - 11:06 am01

Deep Analytics Coming to AEC : Data Wants To Be Free. #BIM #XML #AEC

MonEtc/GMT+72013-12-16T08:22:01-07:00Etc/GMT+712bEtc/GMT+7Mon, 16 Dec 2013 08:22:01 -0700 16, 2013 - 8:22 am12

1st Place New Car, 2nd Place Steak Knives, 3rd Place “You’re Fired” : Yahoo embraces employee ranking #fail

32013vEtc/GMT+711bEtc/GMT+7Wed, 13 Nov 2013 09:38:42 -0700 13, 2013 - 9:38 am11

Google X : Project Genie : Vannevar Technology -> Wants to Change AEC, Change the World

12013vEtc/GMT+711bEtc/GMT+7Mon, 04 Nov 2013 11:02:28 -0700 4, 2013 - 11:02 am11

3 Myths About Laser Scanning and Point Clouds for Architecture and the Built Environment

thEtc/GMT+7p30Etc/GMT+709bEtc/GMT+7Mon, 16 Sep 2013 12:10:20 -0700 16, 2013 - 12:10 p09

Android Everywhere: Toasters, Robots, and Lasers…The World

J000000Thursday13 25, 2013 - 9:26 am07