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Rod Drury on Mac vs PC, OSX vs XP vs Vista

Not really something I think much about, as work in a Windows world, but it’s an interesting comparison – especially the XP vs Vista comments. Rod Drury > Mac Versus PC If I was in charge of strategy at Apple… At Microsoft I’d do the following… Read more →

The Blog Poll Poll

The first, maybe the last, it’s up to you! (closes in a week) Web Polls by Vizu Read more →

Meeting readers...

It was cool, although slightly un-nerving, to be introduced to someone at the conference in Seoul who said: “Robin? New Zealand? I read your Blog!” Thanks for visiting wherever you are! Read more →

My cars map...

Inspired by Jack Yan's much more exciting list, decided to make my own list of Cars I've Owned, Driven, Rented. Regular readers probably won’t be surprised to learn this was created as a MindManager Map (seen in extended post) as there is no better way to share information in a visual format… Explore by expanding/collapsing the branches, clicking the link icons will show the wikipedia post for that model/series. The icon is cars I’ve owned. Note: The map embedded in this post requires the free IE Mindjet MindManager Viewer Control from http://www.mindjet.com/viewer_blog/ Read more →

Autodesk University 2006 Class Spreadsheet

With almost 500 courses and 37 sessions running at the same time sometimes the toughest part about going to AU is deciding what to miss, you can’t be everywhere! In previous years my approach was to copy/paste the course schedule into a spreadsheet and use it’s filtering tools to narrow down my selection. To save you the trouble Joseph has done that already and made it available on the AU Blog, cool! Autodesk University 2006 » Blog Archive » Class Selection Help! Attached find all of this years courses in an Excel spreadsheet Read more →

What takes...

70,000 litres of paint 358 single bottle bombs 33 sextuple air cluster bombs 22 Triple hung cluster bombs 268 mortars 33 Triple Mortars 22 Double mortars 358 meters of weld 330 meters of steel pipe 57 km of copper wire 1 High-rise Apartment Block 1 Website 1 Blog 1 RSS Feed Sony BRAVIA - Not “The Balls” Advert Update 09–08–2006: Thanks to Jeff for sending this link Interview With David Patton, Sony Europe On 'Paint' – IF! caught up with Sony Europe's Senior VP Marketing Communications, David Patton, to explain the strategy behind the campaign. Read more →

Tablet PCs in the survey field

Interesting article on Tablet PCs enabling information rich field work. Mapping the Future of Field Geology - ScienceMatters @ Berkeley In 1818, William "Strata" Smith ushered in the modern practice of field geology with his publication of the first hand-painted, color geological map of England and Wales. Two centuries later, the tools haven't changed much. Recently though, UC Berkeley geologist George Brimhall and his colleagues have developed mapping software that they hope will bring field geology kicking and screaming into the digital age. "You can load satellite images, detailed topographic maps, and field data onto the tablet PC so you... Read more →

Autodesk University 2006 Blog

Autodesk University 2006 has a blog! I’ve attended AU 2004 (Las Vegas) and AU 2005 (Orlando) but won’t be able to get to AU 2006 as the AU Kiwi has been grounded this year It’s a long, expensive, way even if only 11,000 km to Vegas… If you have a chance to attend, it’s worth it. For the rest of us, at least there's a blog! Autodesk University 2006 Blog My name is Joseph Wurcher and I work at Autodesk in the World Wide Events Department. I will use this blog to keep you update on the “behind the scene”... Read more →

Who's on Revit?

Steve Stafford has created the answer to a common question, who’s using Revit? Revit Inside - http://www.revitinside.com/ List of firms using Autodesk Revit products and interested in collaborating with other firms doing the same. Read more →

Fiat 500 Design Competition

Fiat are running a number of design competitions to create a buzz around the launch of the new 500 (based on the Trepiuno Concept). This is a new car, due in 2007, inspired by the sexiest car in the world… See for details – www.fiat500.com Read more →