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
ActiveWords
It may appear that this “CAD Blog” has been taken over by an ActiveWords meme. The articles started as one short post. Over time the draft grew to be too large for a single post so I decided to break it up. I was going to release them over a
ActiveWords
Continued from ActiveWords Part 4 So far ActiveWords has saved me about 3.7 hours work in 78 days. How do I know? ActiveWords keeps a log of it’s use and gives a productivity report. Maybe 3.7 hours doesn’t sound a huge amount but this is while
ActiveWords
Continued from ActiveWords Part 3 ActiveWords watches your actions and prompts you to create an active word for repetitive tasks. It means your productivity increases as your wordbase grows. Using ActiveWords soon becomes so effortless that you really miss not having it available. It’s a good thing that the
Auckland
Driving to work last week I rounded a corner to find a Police checkpoint. Not certain but looked like a regular WOF/Rego check. It’s great they get dangerous cars off the road with these but this one was in a really stupid location. The checkpoint was on West
Skeptic
David Saul, University of Auckland, comments on the re-branding of Creationism as “Intelligent Design”. Now, creationism, and brainwashing? | Public Address | Speaker “…along came ID (Intelligent design) and IC (irreducible complexity). These brazen pieces of rhetoric are alas, creationism dressed in a lab-coat and safety glasses to make it
Automobile
Citroen continue to impress with the C-Sportlounge concept car. Takes the “stretched headlight” look to an extreme but it works! CITROEN C-Sportlounge
ActiveWords
Continued from ActiveWords – Part Two I didn’t take up Buzz’s offer of a personal tour mainly because I’ve been too slack to get set up for Skype. It’s on the urgent to-do list right after procrastination. Anyway it gave me the chance to experience same
ActiveWords
Continued from ActiveWords - Part 1 Well, I downloaded and installed the trial version of ActiveWords and started to use it. It runs for 60 days in trial mode to give you a good chance to see if it works for you. So what does it do? Imagine tapping a short
ActiveWords
Hobie (the Gnomedex 5 star from MindManager) blogged about some software called ActiveWords. He said it’s the best thing since MindManager as it can run applications, navigate the web, search and more just by typing keywords. I think MindManager is the best thing since… well it’s just the
Autodesk University
Last year after my first Autodesk University I said; “If at all possible, I will be there”. They moved it even further away but the other day I e-mailed the travel agent… “I’m thinking about maybe going to Orlando for a conference” The reply; “Book today and it’
AutoCAD Architecture
Beau attempts to explain ADT Project Navigator in a page… And succeeds! Will render for food...: ADT Project Navigator - Defined
Automobile
Lucky Ian Dixon of the Grand Prix Show Podcast visited the McLaren Technology Centre. Ian Dixon: The McLaren Technology Centre On Saturday I had the privilege on visiting the McLaren Technology Centre at Working….