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
The new banner isn't from AU 2009 because I don't have a time machine. Way back in 2006 I was heading back to the hotel (AU2006 was at the Venetian but I stayed at The Flamingo) late on a cold night. It was the sort of
Geek in Disguise have a post on the new “overhead” view in Microsoft Photosynth. It’s amazing technology which aggregates 2D images into a pseudo 3D world (below). http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6951006&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_
If you can’t get to Vegas Autodesk University is coming to you. In addition to the all on-line AU Virtual there is Autodesk University Extension (AUe?). It combines AU Vegas Instructors and classes supported by local instructors at an Autodesk Training Centre near you (including New Zealand!). Even
Captured this thought, on SketchBook Mobile iPhone, during last nights Auckland Revit User Group meeting. Had been thinking about it for the past few days then, while watching Jason using Revit MEP 2010, the circuits between my "little grey cells" connected. Will have to get organised before departure
I haven’t used this product, other DotSoft stuff I’ve tried has been great, but it gets a mention due to the lovely ascii art diagram* that featured in the plain text email that announced it. Who needs Visio… DotSoft Excel2DWG 5.1 DotSoft has developed a revolutionary new
Details of the next Revit User Group - Auckland (RUGAKL) meeting: Final meeting for 2009 - Wednesday 18 November 2009 - from 5.30pm This weeks meeting proudly supported by Mercer Products Locati...
Business
Peter Cresswell cuts through the bullshit that surrounds leaky homes in New Zealand: * LEAKY HOMES, Part 1: The myth of deregulated building * LEAKY HOMES, Part 2: What’s going on inside your walls?
It’s a digital age but after Autodesk University, and other conferences, I invariably end up with a stack of business cards. I keep the originals but it’s not much fun copying contact details into Outlook (which is synced with my phone). When I saw Shape Services Business Card
Plagiarism has been in the news in New Zealand but I didn’t think it would be an issue on my blog. Ideas for posts arise from a variety of sources. Sometimes I get stuck at work and blog about the solution, often found with the help of other blogs.
Revit User Group NZ
Details of the next Revit User Group - Wellington (RUGWELL) meeting: RUGWELL, 25th November 2009 This upcoming RUGWELL is a special occasion. We are going to have a.... Best Of RUGWELL 200...
Autodesk University
Just in time for the Autodesk University TweetUp! Took a bit of experimenting to work out some of the icons, why doesn’t the iPhone have tooltips? Best features are #tags & @address picker, will save a lot of finger taps entering #au2009! TweetDeck for iPhone - now with added Awesome
Revit Architecture
Thanks to Steve for this tip! I have been mucking about with templates, with browser sorting using shared parameters, and had exactly the same problem. Revit OpEd: Dept. of Subtle - Can't Get Rid of Parameter Value - Project Browser Sorting ”When I was asked about it my answer was,
