RUGNZ March Meeting - 19th March
The next Revit User Group of New Zealand meeting will be on 19th March at the Jasmax Auckland Office. Agenda: 5.30pm Drinks Nibbles 6.00pm Presentation by Steve Davis ( AU2007’...
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From the creator of “The Bible”: Ellen Finkelstein, Author of AutoCAD 2008 and AutoCAD LT 2008 Bible , has “burst into blog” with a tour of the AutoCAD 2009 complete with per feature “Conclusion...
The meaning of Cad?
It’s older than computer drafting. So what does Cad mean? Weird Words: Cad ~ World Wide Words Its history is as weird as one might like…
Vietnam Cycle Tour 2008 with Adventure South
Since 2003, about this time of year, I’ve headed south to join a cycle tour with Adventure South . This meant meeting up with a group of cyclists, most not Kiwis, for a leisurely ride between sumptuou...
Ok, so I'm back!
There's a good reason, but I can't say, why "Goodbye Vox" won't be the last post here.
Blog User Experience question, how do you expect a link to behave?
If you visit the site, rather than the feed, you many have noticed I’ve been tweaking the design a little. This is the first stage of a whole site make-over but it’s going take a while. I spent about...
Guy Kawasaki with Steve Ballmer? - Mix08
What is former Apple Evangelist, Venture Capitalist and “Democratizer of information” Guy Kawasaki doing at Mix? Armed with a MacBook Air, he’s talking to Steve Ballmer , Microsoft CEO, about Yahoo...
Fiat embrace the new media - Geneva 2008
Fiat have gone a bit web 2.0 crazy for the Geneva motorshow including a Blog, Flickr YouTube. Among the car shots, and motorshow eye candy, you can see the design model and cad drawings for their “Gia...
Design productivity secrets from "Google User Experience", and a flaw in their UX?
“UX is an acronym for "user experience." but many of the principles discussed apply to all design projects. ChangeOrder: Secrets of UX Design Productivity from Google Last Thursday, I attended a...
Disappointing, not worthy of the badge - 2009 Volkswagen Scirocco
Looking at the new VW Scirocco, it’s a disappointing to the point where I don’t think it deserves the Scirocco monicker. Giugiaro’s original took the boxy Golf into the realm of sporty, but crucially...
How to launch software in New Zealand? Drive to Bluff?
New Zealand's small population and geographic spread presents a problem for launching products, even software. This has resulted in some varied approaches. A couple of years ago Salesoft team toure...
Alfa Romeo Mito, no it's Mi.To, why not Alfasud?
It’s the Mito, supposedly from Milano + Torino, but I reckon this little Alfa should have revived the Alfasud name. It’s not from the South but it’s the name I associate with little Alfa hatches and s...