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Cadalyst @ Autodesk World Press Day 2007

Kenneth Wong reports on the recent Autodesk World Press Day 2007 New Autodesk Maxim: Experience it Before it's Real - Cadalyst at World Press Day 2007 Company executives unveil new products and strategies -- including a sharp focus on digital prototyping -- at World Press Day 2007…. Read more →

Windows Live = Internet Explorer dead, well a bit sick anyway

It popped up for days before I hit update… “Upgrade your MSN Desktop Search to the new Live Search and Toolbar” for all sorts of wonderful reasons. Perhaps not that wonderful as I cant remember wha... Read more →

Learning about Microsoft 2007

Thanks to a post by Jithen I’ve signed up for a Microsoft 2007 Technical Briefing Session (Auckland). It’s not quite “ Tech-Ed ” but should be interesting to catch up with their take on Vista, applica... Read more →

AutoCAD 2008 - Custom Dashboards, It's your dashboard after all...

As I wrote the Dashboard Layer Control post I noticed all that blank space above the Layer State control. I use the layer off, freeze, lock controls on the former Layers II (before that Express tools)... Read more →

Category Management for new 2008 names

I’ve revised some of my blog categories (indexes) to reflect some recent name changes: Architectural Desktop changes to AutoCAD Architecture Revit changes to Revit Architecture Building Sy... Read more →

AutoCAD 2008 - Layers on the Dashboard

The dashboard now contains the functions previously seen on the Layer Properties toolbar and more. In addition to the layer settings flyout it allows access to Layer Filter groups which is handy. It a... Read more →

AutoCAD 2008 InfoCenter - "It’s help Jim, but not as we know it”

Apologies for the Trekkie rip off but InfoCenter does take “Help” from the Help menu and creates an information resource for the user. It combines serveral existing help/info features with a powerful... Read more →

Robert Scoble learns about Architecture & BIM at CleverHomes

Robert Scoble may be known to you as the PodTech, ex-Microsoft, Geek Blogger Videoblogger but this show ventures into the world of Architecture, Construction, Green materials and Building Information... Read more →

How to present statistical data and keep people interested?

Economics statistics, don’t have to be dull. The message is interesting but the graphics are cool. Can Excel do this and I don’t know it? Via www.presentationzen.com Read more →

Who pushed Frank Ghery to become an architect?

The answer may surprise you! Via www.presentationzen.com Read more →