Merry Christmas
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Robin Capper
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
#AU2009 - I love the ribbon shirt, the Use2009UI=1 revenge
The Revit 2010 user interface changes provoked some pretty strong reaction and, in turn, reactions to the reaction. Although not alone in his opinion Phil Read, on his Arch | Tech blog, was one of the leaders in the anti-ribbon campaign. He even created a T Shirt featuring the “secret”
Bing on the iPhone, this is not America?
if you are not in the US, use the recently released iPhone Bing search application and type any search term, even bing, the results are always the same and far from overwhelming. If you try a voice search bing will crash before reaching the “We did not find…” dialog. The
Saab = Sadly Abused Admirable Brand
GM incompetence has killed Saab. I've never owned a Saab, not even driven one but know this little company has been responsible for so much innovation and unique design it didn’t deserve this end. GM didn’t know what to do with Saab’s technology, brand or
Religion
Another honest, lovely, Christmas song
A lovely, and honest, Christmas song (with a White Wine in the Sun southern hemisphere summer feel) from Tim Minchin. Now my second favourite Christmas song ever… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCNvZqpa-7Q&w=560&h=340] After Fairytales… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Traffic Light Thought - The Coke Bottle Tina
Followed a mint Ford Cortina Mk3 along the motorway. Although once a common sight good ones are quite rare now. The 70's coke bottle waistline shape has aged well.
Traffic Light Thoughts
Traffic Light Thought - The Coke Bottle Tina
Followed a mint Ford Cortina Mk3 along the motorway. Although once a common sight good ones are quite rare now. The 70's coke bottle waistline shape has aged well.
#AU2009 Day 3 – Thursday
* 08:00am - 09:30am Autodesk® Revit® for Film and Stage AB304-1 * 10:00am - 11:30am BIM Bids Only! How to Get Your Subcontractors to Bid an Autodesk® Revit® Project CR308-1 * 01:00pm - 02:30pm The Real Engineer's Workflow: MEP Massing for Pre-Design Analysis MP314-3
#AU2009 Day 2 – Industry Keynote Wednesday
* 08:00am - 09:30am Multi-Discipline Project Coordination With Autodesk® Revit® AB204-1 * 10:00am - 11:30am Industry Keynote: Architecture, Engineering, and Construction KN208-1 * 01:00pm - 02:30pm Industry Keynote: Manufacturing KN214-1 * 03:00pm - 04:30pm Autodesk® Revit® for Conceptual Floor Plans AB218-1 Multi-Discipline Project Coordination
Travel Agent promoting crap science
I got great service from the agent who handled my Autodesk University Trip, work appointed, but was disappointed when the travel documents arrived. There was all the usual stuff – ticket, itinerary etc – and even a prefilled departure card but lurking amongst that was… The Homeopathic Jet Lag Remedy leaflet! Here
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#AU2009 Day 1 – Tuesday
* 08:00am - 09:30am Advanced Design Integration for Radical Energy Efficiency AU104-6 * 10:00am - 11:30am AU Keynote and Welcome Address with Carl Bass * 01:00pm - 02:30pm Experience Design for Architects, and Product, Automotive, Package, Interior, and Interactive Designers DL114-2 * 03:00pm - 04:30pm BIM 4 Contractors:
#AU2009 Shaan’s Shutterbug Tour*
Shaan Hurley combined his love of photography with the Vegas scenery and arranged some unofficial AU related events for snap happy CAD Geeks. The Shutterbug tours took a mix of attendees to sights away from the unreal world of the strip, to experience some real Nevada and photograph it. I