Fiat and Alfa at CES?
Fiat take their little 500 and it’s Blue Me, Microsoft based, software to Vegas for CES! Fiat and Alfa on display in the USA | Fiat New Zealand The new Fiat 500 and the Alfa Romeo Spider make th...
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RobiNZ @ Autodesk University 2007 - The Technology Mainstage
The Autodesk University Technology Mainstage was a chance for Autodesk and AU Partners Intel, HP and Microsoft to share their vision of how new technology, services and software will impact the des...
Satellite tracked Godwit expected in NZ today - 30,000 km to Alaska & back!
It’s a long-haul flight to nearly everywhere from New Zealand. Often you crawl off the plane with a sense of achievement for merely surviving the flight. Spare a thought for the little Godwit “E7” who...
A Tablet PC for CAD/BIM?
As it’s an evolution from “the drawing board” combining CAD/BIM software and Tablet PC seems natural. I wonder why it hasn’t been done by the major market players? In the early days hardware was a rea...
Want to share a screen capture? Try Jing!
If you want to grab a screen-capture and share it via Email, Blog or Instant Messaging try Jing! RobiNZ CAD Blog: Share a screen capture in a Jing The Jing Project is an experiment from TechSmit...
Share a screen capture in a Jing
The Jing Project is an experiment from TechSmith , the screen capture/recording people, who are best known for SnagIt Camtasia. It offers a little of each product in a slick, easy to use, form for bot...
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Easier Dim Notes for AutoCAD?
If your drawings require a lot of repetitive dimension notes check out DimNotes from Jimmy Bergmark – JTB World. He’s an AutoCAD/ACA wiz from Sweden who I’ve “known” via the web for several years and...
The best Office 2007 Fluent User Interface feature? It's not just Microsoft!
I’ve upgraded to Office 2007 Pro and have been adjusting to the “Office Fluent User Interface”, sometimes known as “the Ribbon”. For decades every application interface has had those comforting...
Ponoko, Ideas made real!
I first heard of Ponoko when their “Blog Editor” Stephen Kempton commented on one of my posts. We exchanged a few emails about Ponoko which makes design concepts real providing a new model for manufac...
Is this the ultimate CAD interface?
Combine this with Tablet PC interaction and I think you’re getting close! It’s Alive in the Lab: Touch Wall: Manipulating CAD data with just your hands
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Scoble at Adobe
Robert Scoble has posted a series of videos about Adobe products. They are informal chats demo’s by members of the respective product teams. I’ve watched a few and they are a good way to learn about t...
Visualising words for work and fun
I’ve posted about Visual Thesaurus before. It’s a web or stand-alone application that offers a remarkable visual tour of language. I have the on-line subscription so can use Visual Thesaurus...