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BIMThoughts, a podcast about BIM

I love podcasts and just found this one about Building Information Modelling technology and techniques. Bill Debevc, Aubrey Frederick and Carla Edwards have already posted six episodes covering software, collaboration and interviews with BIM’Stars like Jim Balding, Marcello Sgambelluri and Phil Read. You can listen on the site or search for BIMThoughts in your favourite podcast player and subscribe. BIMThoughts - bimthoughts.com BIMThoughts is podcast about BIM technology and techniques. Read more →

Autodesk Building Design Suite 2016 has arrived!

Look what I found in my Subscription portal tonight Read more →

Phew, mobilised

According to the news today quite a few NZ sites have not yet met Google’s mobile-Friendly Test. Glad of the new responsive themes in TypePad! Read more →

Autodesk Application Manager — One update to rule them all

I’ve been doing a few software installs recently; updates to Autodesk Building Design Suite 2015 at the previous workplace and a fresh install at the new one. As a result I’ve come to really appreciate Autodesk Application Manager; one of the best support applications Autodesk have ever made. Remember the pain? Install an app — or more like a dozen for the Design Suites — then spend hours finding which have been updated, downloading patches and installing (or updating deployments) on the machine. That is history as Autodesk Application Manager makes it a one click process, well nearly. You still... Read more →

Farewell to The Warehouse, Hello Auckland International Airport

It isn’t unusual to look forward to a long weekend but Easter 2015 will be particularly memorable for me. Last Thursday was my last day working for The Warehouse Limited (TWL) after seventeen, would have been eighteen in July, years. Tomorrow, the first day of a new adventure. Leaving The Warehouse, more than a job TWL was well established when I joined in 1997 but had, still has, a ‘big small company’ feel. They’d not long been in the new Store Support Office. It was extended twice over the years I worked there, most recently the 4 story addition seen... Read more →

MS-DOS Mobile, the future is past

I’ve really enjoyed testing Microsoft’s latest mobile operating system: MS-DOS Mobile. It runs incredibly quickly on my Lumia 1520, once the boot sequence is finished. Typing commands is quick, v1.0 even supports a swipe keyboard which is something Apple didn’t get until iOS 8. The camera app — C:\Camera of course — offers ASCII, B&W or VGA CGA Colour! I tested the ASCII mode with a shot of The Warehouse Sylvia Park store front. Amazing resolution for a mobile device! Sadly Autodesk’s app support for MS-DOS Mobile (none) almost matches their Windows Phone app portfolio! Today (31-3-2015) Microsoft launch MS-DOS... Read more →