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
Today I’m heading to Seoul, South Korea, to hear how Skidmore, Owings & Merrill are applying BIM techniques to projects like The Freedom Tower and other significant buildings around the globe. It will be an interesting trip. If any readers are attending it would be great to meet up,
Ask me to name my favourite kiwi artists and Greg Johnson tops the list. I haven’t heard the full CD yet but the samples on his site indicate his latest, "Anyone Can Say Goodbye", is the usual high standard. It’s out today, so I’ll be
Graphics
Cliff Atkinson, author of Beyond Bullet Points, shares awesome PowerPoint advice in this on-line seminar. Watch the video then buy the book! beyond bullets: Seminar recording now online If you'd like to take a look at the online recording of my May 10 web seminar "Transform
Office
10 20 30!The best advice is often the simplest; * Remember three numbers * Apply what they represent * You’ll make better PowerPoint Presentations. Guy Kawasaki tells you how… The 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint - Guy Kawasaki (It’s just one of his Top 10 Posts) The 10/20/30
Comedy
This has nothing to do with CAD but it’s just so cool. Treehugger: Take the Park With You Treehugger: Take the Park With You Click thru for the full image. Click thru for the full image.
Automobile
David Bateson, Editor ItalianCar, takes the Fiat Grande Punto for a spin in Aussie. Fiat Punto – first drive - www.italiancar.com.au Fiat Punto – first drive - www.italiancar.com.au This week our first drive of the Fiat Punto in Sydney marks an historic occasion (well for Italian car lovers
MindManager
Hobie, at Mindjet, sent me a couple of links to a Computer World article on mind mapping which demonstrate it has value beyond the traditional uses; brainstorming and meetings. In fact, I’ve only occasionally used MindManager for that as have more use for it as a “knowledge manager”. If
CAD and BIM General
Computational Fluid Dynamics, more commonly used in Aerospace, marine and Formula One, is being used to design competition swimsuits for the Olympics! Swimsuit design needs super-computing “According to Textile & Apparel, one of them, Speedo, is even using a supercomputer to refine its designs. Its engineers run Fluent Computational
Comedy
John Cleese loves Lemurs, they’ve just found him some more! Endangered Animals : Another Chance To See: LEMURS - Three new lemur species discovered Endangered Animals : Another Chance To See: LEMURS - Three new lemur species discovered
I think the stamps are self adhesive, after all if we have renewable energy licked why the recent talk about a nuclear powered future? Treehugger: Kiwis Lick Renewable Energy Just this week New Zealand made all green philatelists salivate. They released a series of stamps celebrating the fact that over
Corel
I’ve long been a fan of CorelDRAW since I first played with version 2 & 3, the first I owned was CorelDRAW 4. I’ve given up telling people I use Corel PhotoPaint, rather than Adobe Photoshop, to avoid the looks of pity. To be honest I chose Corel,
CAD and BIM General
Every great building starts with an idea. So does every poor building and often it’s the transition from idea, to concept, to reality that makes the difference. The concept stage of the project can be the most dynamic, collaborative and, sometimes, demanding part, yet it’s still often done