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11 July 2008

Lets get together!

Wow, a couple of days away from the net and look what happens:

Autodeskb+Bentley

The Autodesk + Bentley deal was a bit of a surprise and is big news for those collaborating with dwg/dgn, However, I haven’t seen a .dgn file in years so it won’t change my life.

FIAT+BMW

This one was not expected at all. It seems BMW & Fiat are looking to collaborate on powertrain, maybe medium small car technology (Alfa Mito/Punto/Mini sized) and, perhaps, dealer sharing to launch Alfa in the USA. Now that’s a surprise! Maybe it will stop my brilliant, BMW expert who tolerates Fiats, mechanic from asking: “When are you buying a BMW?”

Autodesk and Bentley to Advance AEC Software Interoperability - Autodesk Press Releases
At a joint press conference, Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) and Bentley Systems, Incorporated, two of the leading providers of design and infrastructure software, today announced an agreement to expand interoperability between their portfolios of architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) software. Autodesk and Bentley will exchange software libraries, including Autodesk RealDWG, to improve the ability to read and write the companies' respective DWG and DGN formats in mixed environments with greater fidelity. In addition, the two companies will facilitate work process interoperability between their AEC applications through supporting the reciprocal use of available Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)…

Fiat and BMW officially confirm agreement
It’s official: the agreement between Fiat Automobiles and BMW AG. The two sides have said “the possibilities of reaching a common use of components and systems on Alfa Romeo and Mini vehicles is being examined to create economies of scale and cost reduction”.

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15 April 2008

Doodling for thinking

Hugh MacLeod’s Microsoft Blue Monster is featured in a Businessweek article on “doodling” as a tool for business. There is more to business than Word and PowerPoint!

gapingvoid: "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards": "doodling for profits"

There's a great little article on the Businessweek website about the power of doodling in the corporate world.

23 October 2007

Warehouse tussle heads to court...

Let the games begin, again… 


Supermarket tussle starts in court - NZ Herald
Supermarket giants Foodstuffs and Woolworths will today go head to head with the Commerce Commission in the High Court at Wellington, appealing a decision barring either from taking over discount chain The Warehouse…


Warehouse's date with fate - Stuff.co.nz
The future of The Warehouse is likely to be decided by a court hearing that starts today…

20 August 2006

A logo on your PowerPoint slides is not branding

POWERPNTDocImagine you worked for a company that had re-branded, including redesigned corporate templates. Maybe this included a PowerPoint template that ignored every bit of advice you’ve read recently about better PowerPoint design. It might use overwhelming bright colours and a huge logo on every slide overpowering a tiny area for the most important bit – the content.

Of course you could just use it or you could create a presentation that massaged that template into something more modern. Maybe slightly tone down the colour so it doesn’t shout, perhaps ignore the “approved content area” (a letter-box slot between the “branding”) and fill the slides with image(s) and as few words as possible, reduce or even remove logos from most slides…

Ok, so it’s no longer “brand compliant” but the impact has been interesting. Those who have seen the presentation have commented on the content but nobody has mentioned the missing branding; so why is it there?

I don’t know anything about branding but reading this today made me grin…

Presentation Zen: Cleaning up our act
“Try this:  If you must use your logo, do so only on the first slide and the last slide.”
“Putting your logo on every slide is like shouting your name before every new thought you have.“
“Branding is important — but a logo on your PPT slides is not branding (not even close).”

So what is branding? Jack Yan knows, what’s more he’s prepared to share – Online branding: a definitive guide.

05 March 2006

Quicken 2006 Review

Money matters… 

RobiNZ Personal Blog: Quicken 2006 Review
Devon has produced a nice review of Quicken 2006 comparing it with his previous experience with Microsoft Money….


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