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MindManager and ADT's Project Browser

I have been setting up the ADT Project Standards for our “Store Projects”. The requirement to control content standards for Group, Company and Project levels makes it a bit of a web. Basically Core Settings (Display, Layers, Materials etc) are sync’ed to all files. A few AEC Object files are the “Master Style Reference” for Projects and are kept updated with Library Content. Projects have their own Project Specific standards only if absolutely required. This is all done using Elements in Projects so the ADT Project Standards feature can update content files in addition to production projects. E.g Alter a... Read more →

Awesome Lance Armstrong Graphic

The Tour de France Blog 2005 has a link to a wonderful double-page newspaper spread about Lance Armstrong and the Tour de France. Awesome illustration and great information. Tour de France 2005: To the double-truck web press, Batman! Read more →

Vision 1 Architects ADT Blog

Craig Stack, of Vision 1 Architects in Queensland Au, has an ADT Blog: Vision 1 Architects Blog Welcome to the world of ADT/CAD Blogs! Read more →

Drawn! to Illustration, you will be when you see this blog

Drawn! is a multi-author blog devoted to illustration, art, cartooning and drawing with some inspiring content. Thanks to it I found Le Building which is a delightful short film animation directed by five directors: Marco Nguyen, Pierre Perifel, Xavier Ramonede, Olivier Staphylas and Remi Zaarour. A funny, slightly risque, black comedy that’s beautifully crafted. UPDATE 25/06/05: Theres is also a link to Le Making of Le Building showing how it was put together. Drawn! The Illustration Blog Le Building Le Making of Le Building. Read more →

Scott Hanselman's 2005 Ultimate Tool List

This is a selfish post. I use a few of these already and linked to it so I can go back and try some more. ComputerZen.com - Scott Hanselman's Weblog - Scott Hanselman's 2005 Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List The few I use already: Windows Desktop Search, SyncBack, BlogJet, SysInternals FileMon & Process Explorer, MindManager. Read more →

High Speed Podcast Listening!

You can speed read a Website, Ed Bott’s tip means you can “speed listen” a podcast using Windows Media Player. For voice podcasts 1.4x is tolerable but much more than that is hard to follow! Keyboard Shortcuts: Ctrl+Shift+G = Fast Ctrl+Shift+N = Normal Ctrl+Shift+S = Slow Ed Bott: Tip of the day: Listen to a podcast at warp speed Read more →

Over 100,000!

They come, sometimes I wonder why… but thanks for visiting! Total number of hits: 101492 Average per day: 232.78 Today: 559 In the last hour: 15 This week: 1839 Read more →

How did GM get into corporate blogging?

Ever wondered how GM got into corporate blogging? BlogWrite for CEOs: How GM's Fastlane blog was born "Bob Lutz, our 73-year-old vice chairman, was on a plane coming back from Europe when he started writing a response to some posts about GM he'd read on other blogs. He said, 'What do I do with this?'" Read more →

jk Mind maps a day

I use MindManager to “Run My Day”. Not to track hours but as a task/project reference and to allow instant access to the resources I use most often. JK mapped a day today and talked about in on his latest Tablet PC Show Podcast! jkOnTheRun: Mind mapping a typical day The Tablet PC Show #12 - get it while it's fresh Read more →

RSS is big!

Bloglines announced they are indexing half a billion RSS posts. They are adding more than two million RSS posts a day… Corporate Engagement: Bloglines indexing half a billion RSS posts Read more →