>As of midnight tonight, I’m officially off the market. Details to follow. Ill be at the Mix Lounge with Eddy and James around 10pm if you’d like to drop by, raise a glass and toast the future!
Once again, it’s wonderful to be part of a team that’s doing something so incredibly unique and amazing and I’m deeply honored.
Suffice to say this has extraordinary implications for the AEC space – and more.
To “Infinity”…and beyond. š
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>Bachelorhood is Overrated
In 2D | 3D | 4D | 5D | Infini-D ;) on November 30, 2010 at 7:46 pm>Getting Ready for AU 2010
In Events on November 24, 2010 at 3:39 am>
If youāre heading out to Las Vegas for Autodesk University next week, Iāve compiled some links to some great preparatory information.
Melanie Perry (aka Mistress of the Dorkness) has a funny, but totally true AU survival guide on her blog. Lynn Allen produced two ‘āprimerā videos on YouTube (Part 1 and Part 2 available below).
Being environmentally friendly, Autodesk does not provide printed handouts for classes ā except for hands-on labs ā so, hereās how Iāll be going paperless this yearā¦
First, the devices: iPhone 3G and iPad ā should cover most of my connectivity, tweeted photos and note taking capabilities. Not sure if my laptop will follow me around full-time.
Second, the apps. My favorite all-around app is Evernote. With a limited free account, I can create notes on either the iPhone, iPad, PC or web browser and they are all synchronized. Seriously thinking about upgrading to a Pro accountā¦ This is essential for capturing all my notes from the plethora of great class offerings. It offers text/audio/photo notes, tagging, search and a variety of other features. If youāve read Total Recall by Gordon Bell, you know that Evernote is frequently referenced as one of the main offsprings of the LifeLogging movement. If you havenāt read itā¦find it on iBooks now!
Donāt expect to receive a printed event guide this year either. Autodesk is offering a mobile app from EventKaddy. The app will be available for iPhone, Android and Blackberry and should be ready as of Friday November 26.
I have downloaded my class handouts into my Dropbox account which also has apps for iPhone and iPad. This gets the files onto my mobile devices, but I highly recommend GoodReader for the iPad. It fluidly reads a variety of document formats and has nice markup tools. It also can display documents externally with the VGA adapter. Open a file in the Dropbox app and click the link in the upper-right to open in another eligible app. Finally, Iāll be keeping track of the tweets via Tweetdeck on either the phone or pad. (www.twitter.com/jvandezande) Also be sure to follow @AutodeskU and the hashtag #AU2010.
I hope to see you there. Itās always been fun meeting readers of my blog, so donāt be shyā¦come say āHi!ā
>Leonid’s Knot
In Thanks Irwin | Thanks Leonid | Thanksgiving on November 22, 2010 at 4:30 pm>Same
Family
With
Different
Parameters
More info here:
AB427-3: Into the Void: The Zen of Creating Complex Sculptural Form with AutodeskĀ® RevitĀ®”.
See you in Vegas.
>Speaking of AU…
In Revit | BIM | AU2010 on November 18, 2010 at 4:31 pm>
This is a railing. Native Revit. No – I won’t tell you how to make this unless you come to the session at AO 2010:
AB427-3: Into the Void: The Zen of Creating Complex Sculptural Form with AutodeskĀ® RevitĀ®”.
If you can’t make it in person (cough…Guy…ack…Robinson…sputter) it’ll be recorded as a Virtual Session.
It’s a 2 hour class. The only one I’ll be teaching. It’ll take less than 10 minutes to show you how to create the above railing. I suppose you could leave immediately afterward. But there’s other cool stuff that you’d miss.
Embrace the Void. š
The rest of the time I’ve been contracted by our publisher Sybex to keep Eddy and James sober.
>Mastering Revit Team at AU 2010
In Uncategorized on November 17, 2010 at 11:22 am>If you are planning to attend Autodesk University this year, make sure you stop by the AU Theater on Thursday, December 2 at noon. Eddy, Phil and James will be giving a brief presentation about the book and will answer any questions from the audience. The theater is located near the pavilion in the Expo Hall.
We’d love to see you there! And maybe if we get enough people to attend, they might even let us use the air gun to launch T-shirts into the crowd!! š
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>Season 1 Episode 2
In TSA | WTF | LOL | FOS | FUD | EFF | OFF on November 13, 2010 at 9:46 pm>This stuff writes itself.
Van 0, Officers Fife and Pyle 1.
Shoulda kept that bullet buttoned in his pocket.
More info here.
>Friday Reprieve #27
In Space, the final frontier on November 12, 2010 at 10:15 am>
Ok, really. We all know that Revit has some oddities to it’s dialog boxes and error messages. Relinquish All Mine, as an example, is one that has always struck me as a bit odd. I think though, overall, it’s kinda like the iPad. As dorky as it sounded when apple first announced it, the more you say it, the more you get used to it.
>Krazy Kansas: Season 1 Episode 1
In Kansas City | Botched Murder for Hire | Getting What You Pay For on November 4, 2010 at 6:27 am>You know the other day how I mentioned that in contrast my public education, which led me to conclude the Civil War started in South Carolina, it actually started in the middle of the US? Something about the border strife between KC and MO? Seriously. Maybe Eddy can explain it all at AU. It would make a great Unconference.
In the meantime, read up on William Quantrill.
The Devil Knows How to Ride is another great start (via Amazon).
What’s the point? I keep coming across crazy stories about Kansas City. I should have begun collecting them years ago after meeting Eddy Krygiel (formerly of BNIM) and Dave Willard (formerly 360 Architects via CDFM2). But I just kept putting it off.
Not anymore. Not after today. This guy’s story was just too good to not pass along.
Basically it’s a botched murder for hire. And the hit has the presence of mind to give one of the best interviews ever, including criticizing his ex-wife’s decision to pay too little to get the job done.
The part that insulted me the most is that she was going to pay the hit man so little money.
In his words, “You get what you pay for.”
http://www.nbcactionnews.com/video/videoplayer.swf?dppversion=7799
Eddy? Dave? – no offense intended. If you feel driven to post “Crazy Charlotte” stories I suppose all’s fair in Love, War and Blogs.
So this is the beginning of an ongoing series. I’ll post them as I find them. Shouldn’t be too long.
And someone please tell Ron I said “Hi”.
>RRRRRRrrrrrrrr…….
In Colgate Sailing School | Git Outta Meh Ketchen on November 2, 2010 at 9:49 amAmid startup hunting, book writing and record producing (check these guys on iTunes and Facebook). Wear headphones as NSFW. Full Length CD “Freeborn” due out February 2011. Wait, where was I? Oh yeah -I managed to sneak away last week to help deliver a 43′ sailboat from Charleston, SC to Ft. Myers, FL.
Eddy and James were gracious enough not to panic. I’ve got 4 more chapters due in 4 more weeks. Don’t tell them I hope to finish by min-November. Then I plan to get started putting the wraps on AU 2010 during the week of the 15th. So I figured it was time for a break before this final push.
The other reason?
After being on the road for around 40+ weeks a year over the last ten years, I find myself home for nearly 8 weeks straight. So according to Justine (cue New Zealand / Hobbit accent):
“You don’t know when you’ll have the opportunity to do this again. And besides, you need to get the hell out of my kitchen.”
Hint taken! š
The trip was an all-around success. I flew down to Charleston (KJZI) with my instructor and took a taxi to Charleston City Marina. There I met with two more experienced sailors (including Andy Cross – who taught the family to sail this summer on a catamaran live aboard) and another newbie named Bob from Phoenix who is in the process of liquidating enough assets to provide for a 5 year, round the world sailing adventure. The four of us sailed 24/7 and covered about 750 miles in 7 days, taking the short cut under 7-Mile Bridge off Marathon Key.
We did three hour shifts in pairs, which allowed for plenty of rest from motion sickness. The first two days were spent pounding on 2-3 meter swells. I’m not the motion sickness type, but I somehow exhumed more than I consumed. Curse you Pizza flavored Hot Pockets, with sauce that tastes like the end of a nine volt battery. Facebook posts and photos here.
More information on the Colgate Offshore Sailing School here. Highly recommended. When you call, ask if Andy is available to teach your class. If you’re going to do a live aboard learn to sail, he’s incredibly patient with kids and never stops smiling. Even if you knock on his cabin door with one hand while holding a very pissed off 2′ sand shark in the other.
But that’s another story. š