AutoCAD Architecture
XML Schema Monkeys?
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...
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Office
Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Message Editor, it's Word but it's not...
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...
MindManager Pro 7 Ribbon vs Toolbars, which uses less screen real estate?
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...
The Holiday Scam Rang!
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...
AutoCAD
AutoCAD, or AutoCAT, Usability Testing
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...
Traffic Light Thoughts
Traffic Light Thought - Roadworkers go green?
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 Vs Vodaphone, it's funny but it isn't...
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...
The Warehouse Group Ltd
BREAKING NEWS: Supermarkets' Warehouse bids denied
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
The best Office 2007 Fluent User Interface feature? It's not just Microsoft!
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...
Sports
Congratulations to Emirates Team New Zealand!
Congratulations to Emirates Team New Zealand for winning the Louis Vuitton Cup ! 5-0 was a brilliant result but in some ways it would have been good if it was closer. Still, we can sympathise with...
MindManager
Crazy MindManager Export to web, generated 500mb + content & thousands of files, worked!
This is my last ever MindManager 6 Pro post . It’s sad to say goodbye to a great application but the day had to come. I couldn’t let it go without perhaps the ultimate export to destruction test… I...
TypePad
Tips for using TypePad & Feedburner
I’ve over the years I’ve people ask how I created a few features which are a combination of TypePad FeedBurner. Reading this post on the TypePad Blog made me do something about sharing it. The other r...