A Kiwi, but not a flightless bird or brown fuzzy skin green centred fruit. Humanist, Skeptic, Cyclist, Car Enthusiast, Westie Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa New Zealand | he/him
Check out the YouTube below or download the free app & data to your iOS device here. Design tech meets the new consumer generation. There is more to Inventor & Publisher Mobile than Industrial design & documentation. Check out Autodesk 3D Instructions for LEGO® Harry Potter™ Hogwarts™ Castle To celebrate
George Hrab (as seen at TAMOz, interviewed on Radio Live) performs Far, the theme for the 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast http://www.geologicrecords.net/ http://www.geologicpodcast.com [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF2HG1PVZok&w=480&h=385]
This holiday season, think about adding Kiva Cards to your holiday gift list. Give one to a Kiva fan or introduce friends and family to microlending by giving them credit to make a loan! http://www.kiva.org/ [vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/16991128 w=400&h=225] How
Today my TypePad filter showed 1599 spam blog comments automatically blocked. One got through and I found it, word for word, on more than forty other blogs (2 seconds with Bing & Google). It’s stuff like this that makes me have moderation even though it’s not my preference.
Australian Skeptics conference with James Randi, Simon Singh, Skeptics Guide To The Universe Podcast, George Hrab, Dick Smith, Dr Karl and more.
While users come to Autodesk University to learn it’s also a great opportunity for Autodesk to hear from their customers. There are exhibit hall conversations, user interviews and usability sessions. There are lots of AutoCAD users and I wonder how they all fit into the little AutoCAD User Research
It was great to meet the lovely Betsy Weber from Techsmith, think Snagit and Camtasia Studio, and I was delighted when she presented me with a legendary Techsmith Titanium Spork*. * Its a spoon and a fork so may be a Foon? No it’s a Spork! @betsyweber Betsy Weber Welcome
Inventor helped the Pi Cycle designers optimise the size of it’s dominant physical feature, the arching main frame, and featured in the Manufacturing Keynote. The Pi Cycle main tube is important as in addition to usual bicycle frame duties it houses the battery & controls which make the Pi
Lynn Allen opened the AU General Session and mentioning the new 60 minute AU session format. She also announced a repeat of last years challenge when the person who passes the most Certification Exams at AU2010 will get a free ticket to AU2011. Carl Bass, Autodesk CEO, focused on “Innovation”
I had hoped this post would read: Got on the aircraft in Sydney, got off in L.A., flew to Vegas, checked in to Luxor, Hello Autodesk University! Alas it never seems to be that simple. The fortunate timing of the The Amaz!ng Meeting Australia means I’m travelling
The second (official) day kicked off with a Tim Mendham moderated panel “The Media & the Message”. It was interesting to hear the News vs Science media approach to a topic. As a Kiwi I found the “ABC’ness” aspects rather irrelevant but maybe that was due to jealously. At
Imagine you had a magical device that could connect you directly to some of the best Revit brains on the planet. Imagine it revealed techniques, tips and outright tricks to help you make Revit fly. Then imagine it was affordable and readily accessible on your (physical or virtual) desktop. Mastering