Communication is so valuable and written communication is the artifact and record of a good process. Writing is becoming a lost art for the common person. Go back 150 years and read the articulate correspondence of common farmers who had become enlisted men in the American Civil War. They are eloquent and full of great […]
Communication is one area that can always be improved. Getting the message across to others is what every manager has to do. Communicating well and consistently is not easy. You may do a good job of communicating the message out, but you might not do it often enough or to the right people. Or you […]
New Users learn the best and worst from others. What are you passing on? People seem to pick up the bad habits and not the good habits. Some get the good habits and define the bad ones that they do not want to mimic. Which ones are you passing on to others – the good […]
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It use to be pretty tough to get special characters into your text in AutoCAD. You had to use %% or other tricks to get it done. Some may still use these “inline” tricks or you could use the menus. Ever use Unicode – I have not… but… When entering text, you can create […]
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News about an upcoming event… Registration for the 2010 Mid-Continent MicroStation Community Conference is now open! Be sure to register soon to qualify for our early registration discount. Register at: http://www.tmcmcmc.org/modules/confreg/ What: 2010 TMCMCMC Mid-Continent MicroStation Community Conference When: August 10th and 11th Where: Overland Park Convention Center Costs: Early Registration: $85/day/person (Early registration ends […]
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In the last post I discussed the Stand Up Meeting concept. Now I want to give you an example report. I mentioned that the four questions each person should answer were: What have you done since the last meeting? What will you do before the next meeting? Do you need anything from anyone before the […]
Working collaboratively means boosting communications. One way to do that is with quick – short meetings. I personally call it a “Stand Up Meeting”. I have heard it called “The Huddle” or other things. Here are some basic ground rules for the meeting. Meetings start on time. Meeting last 15-20 minutes or less (depending on […]
What will make it the last gasp for CAD? What will be the final nail in the coffin of 2D CAD? Will there be one final function that will move everyone to 3D? Here are some events, items of functions that could make CAD be gone forever… 1. We move away from hard copy deliverables. […]
Last Gasp for CAD… maybe not… Here are some reasons that CAD may not be closing in on end of life. 1. The developers of CAD software are still making strides in adding tools to the 2D world of CAD. Each new release brings improvements. They may seem small to most, but out there somewhere […]
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