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A new Process Explorer

Thanks to Jimmy for alerting me that a new version of Process Explorer is out. It's a free Windows Task Manager replacement (formerly Sysinternals, now Microsoft) that gives a much better look at what... Read more →

AutoSketch has ten lives?

I haven't seen it running yet but from the release notes AutoSketch 10 sounds more like a " make-over 9 to get it running on Vista" release rather than anything revolutionary. It's been years since th... Read more →

Weather Prediction: Microsoft Cloud confusion clearing up soon?

I was struggling to make sense of the overlapping mish-mash of cloud-type services being created by Microsoft. Currently I'm experimenting with Live Mesh , SkyDrive and Office Live , or is it Live Off... Read more →

Take a look at Las Vegas, thanks to a unique city model

About this time of year I'm usually packing my bags, ready to head to Vegas for Autodesk University . I suspect there will be much said about " Digital City Models " at AU this year but you don't need... Read more →

Weak sales of AutoCAD Architecture?

Hardly surprising, considering AutoCAD Architecture; Is bundled with the Revit Suite (essentially given away for the price of plain AutoCAD) Is rarely promoted, if at all, as a stand-alone ap... Read more →

Bill's 3D Drafting philosophy

I thought he was joking when he said: "I'm going to blog about my philosophy of 3D AutoCAD" then this appeared: William Le Couteur's Autocad Blog: 3D Drafting:My philosophy With which he crea... Read more →

New, improved, easier comments for everyone!

Today TypePad announced some great new commenting features which I've enabled on this blog. The new comment service has a sleek new interface and great features like threading, easy pagination, option... Read more →

g-speak, a spatial operating environment?

U'mm, this, is, cool! Imagine design software running on this... g-speak - The Spatial Operating Environment g-speak overview 1828121108 from john underkoffler on Vimeo. Via A Shel of my former self Read more →

Xobni = inboX that works

Buzz introduced me to Xobni in this video . If you use Outlook, and don't use Xobni, get it . It's that simple. Read more →

Windows Live Mesh Beta

In late October, about Microsoft PDC time, Live Mesh went from "Preview" To "Beta". Apart from adding a word to the logo it's also meant a bunch of new improved features. I've put full details in the... Read more →