Revit Architecture
The Revit Technology Conference is coming to Auckland on Monday (27/08). If any readers are attending say hello to the fellow in the Warehouse ( blue store development ) shirt! Revit Technology C...
Automobile
Car have a post on the Ford Verve (Fiesta?) Concept. Remember when the Grande Punto arrived it seemed pretty stylish for a supermini. Appears the next Fiesta will shed it’s current drab looks and tack...
Last week several hundred thousand subscribers, including me, got an email from the ISP Xtra which said: From: Xtra Sent: Wednesday, 15 August 2007 16:36 To: Xtra Customers Subject: Service Anno...
CAD and BIM General
Franco has a great interview with CAD Management guru Robert Green. If you are heading to AU 2007 be sure to check out Robert’s CAD Management sessions. I did them in 2005/6 and found them really valu...
AutoCAD
After AutoSketch, AutoCAD LT was the second CAD package I owned. Although it’s regarded as “ the little brother ” you can do some pretty cool work with it. It’s not supposed to do 3D but was fine f...
Xtra, my ISP, broke loads of it’s subscribers email this weekend while implementing a “ new enhanced servic e”. Stuff like that can happen with upgrades, especially when it’s a complex system with...
AutoCAD is turning 25! Crikey, I must getting old as remember most of it!
CAD and BIM General
Here’s a couple of BIM Revit resources I’ve found recently: Revit 3D.com Gregory’s “ Revit Encyclopedia” of information
MindManager
Lifehacker have a great, short, introduction to Mind Mapping as technique to for making meeting notes. It’s something I’ve found useful but seen few doing. Sometimes I use MindManager in the meeting b...
CAD and BIM General
Looking at the statistics for this blog there is one thing thats remarkable. Judging by visits to the post “ DWG to [Google] Earth, do you read me?” lots of people are interested in Google Earth an...
Science
John found a fascinating interview with one of my favourite scientists; Freeman Dyson. You must be from away: This I need - #4 Freeman Dyson, Professor Emeritus of Physics at the Institute for Ad...
Science
“Ideas” cover bad science and how to educate people about good science. Great to hear this sort of discussion on public radio. Radio New Zealand National : Programmes A-Z : Sunday Morning with C...