RobiNZ CAD Blog

I know what it means, to miss New Orleans, nearly...

It was ironic that I chose the Qantas/American Airlines option over Air New Zealand/United for the trip to New Orleans because the timing and connections in the USA worked out better and it was cheape... Read more →

A short holiday from blogging

I had a bit of un-connected, from everything, time this week so click thru to the “ What I got up to on my holiday post ” Read more →

New Zealand from the Space Station

Excuse the cross posting but I think this image of New Zealand, NASA’s picture of the day, justifies it! RobiNZ Personal Blog: Stunning Space Station view of New Zealand Has d etails and link to... Read more →

Trip Route Mapping with MindManager & Microsoft Virtual Earth

Mindjet Labs will soon (Monday 31/7/06 US Pacific) release an extension that allows you to easily find route information while planning travel thanks to a clever combination of MindManager & Microsoft Virtual Earth. The process uses MindManager topics and relationships to specify the route and it’s easy to do; Create two topic with addresses or place names in the topic text. Draw a relationship from one topic to the other, with the arrow specifying the direction of the route. Select the relationship, right-click and select Get Route from the context menu. In a few seconds, a callout topic will appear... Read more →

Korean Trip Photos Online

I've just posted my Photos from the Seoul Trip http://rcd.typepad.com/photos/travel_2006_seoul/index.html Can you help with some local knowledge? What is this (cool) building? Why would this map in the COEX Mall show New Zealand & Aussie at the top? Read more →

Autodesk + Skidmore, Owings & Merrill BIM Presentation

Today I’m heading to Seoul, South Korea, to hear how Skidmore, Owings & Merrill are applying BIM techniques to projects like The Freedom Tower and other significant buildings around the globe. It will be an interesting trip. If any readers are attending it would be great to meet up, contact me via the Blog Email Me link or COEX Intercontinental. Agenda Transforming Building Process: Ideas Realised Phil Bernstein, Vice President, Industry Strategy & Relations, Autodesk Inc. Realising the Freedom Tower: Pioneering Process Change If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a visualisation is worth a million Darren Rizza,... Read more →

Auckland to Seoul?

Will be interesting, especially given recent events… Auckland to Seoul 9595 km 324° true – unless dodging missiles Read more →

Visual Power Points: Learning from Down Under

Presentation Zen uses recent Aussie and Kiwi tourism promotion videos to introduce the impact of applying bold images and “The rule of Thirds”, a photographers favourite, to improve presentations.... Read more →

Back to Orlando?

It’s more than bizarre that only a couple of months after making the 28,000km return journey to Orlando for AU 2005 I’m about to do it again. Advanced Visual Technology are a U.K. based company and their first ever user conference is at Disney Resort – The Yacht Club. It’s on Crescent Lake, near Disney's BoardWalk, and just a few minutes walk from the AU 2005 Venue! It’s a small world after all. Read more →

What to do - 10 Hours between flights at L.A. International....

I’m soon off to another conference which happens to be at “The Yacht Club” – about 300 metres from the AU Venue in Orlando. Any ideas on how to fill a 10 Hour gap between flights at L.A. International? It will be 12 hours to get there followed by another 5 hours to Orlando… Read more →