KQED QUEST provide a nice short, 11 minute, introduction to the Green Building revolution They cite the new California Academy of Sciences , Golden Gate Park, as new building example and Adobe Systems...
This is a nice introduction to Nanotechnology; via chris.pirillo
It’s been one of those days, actually two days. Finish a deployment for AutoCAD Architecture, test it and find it works perfectly until you shut down. Then, after a short delay, “Bong”!* Running fi...
AutoCAD Architecture
It’s strange what you find on a CAD Discussion Group. It started with a question about the AutoCAD Architecture Tool Ccatalog system, a serious answer mentioned “XML Schema”, then a comment about it b...
In earlier versions of Outlook there was an option to “ Use Microsoft Word as your Message editor ”. This meant other applications, like MindManager SnagIt, which had Word integration also worked with...
Following on from my earlier post on the “Fluent UI” one of the comments I’ve seen about MindManager Pro 7, and Office 2007, is concern at the amount of screen used by the ribbon in comparison to tool...
Current Affairs
The phone goes last night, about 8pm, and a scratchy voice says: “I’m ringing from Australia” (sounded more like a bad VOIP call from Mumbai) “Your number has qualified for a free holiday, 9...
After reading Mark W. Kiker’s post on Autodesk Usability Feedback I found this old footage, while cleaning up some old media folders, which dates back to AutoCAD 2006 (released in 2005) . As it may...
While sitting at the lights this morning I watch three workmen – big guys complete with fluoro vests – unloading tools and a few bags of pre-mix concrete to repair a footpath… from a Toyota Prius !...
Comedy
Earl is coming back to live in New Zealand. That means organising all manner of things, including a mobile phone. His experience with Vodaphone is not encouraging… A Networked World: A Broken Sy...
Commerce Commission says no... Supermarkets' Warehouse bids denied - Stuff.co.nz BREAKING NEWS: Supermarket rivals Woolworths and Foodstuffs have been knocked back by the regulators in their pla...
Cool Software
I’ve upgraded to Office 2007 Pro and have been adjusting to the “Office Fluent User Interface”, sometimes known as “the Ribbon”. For decades every application interface has had those comforting...
