CADDManager on December 18th, 2008

The firm I work for – HMC Architects – produced a sustainability focused Holiday Card. No paper copies were created. It takes you to our company holiday greeting site that has a link to design a snowflake. The snowflake is made up of building components from our projects. Enjoy…

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CADDManager on December 17th, 2008

I am going through my annual year end desk/office clearing and cleaning process.  Each year I take some time, before the Christmas break, to clean off my desk, clear away the clutter and go through my collections of documents and more.  I take a hard look at what I am keeping and getting rid of.  […]

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CADDManager on October 20th, 2008

I have past a milestone.  This is my 501st post. Here are my top 10 personal favorites topics… in no particular order BAD CAD BAD CAD Management Habits – Series Does Good CAD Really Matter? Your Best User Your Worst User How differing levels of CAD expertise infect your files The Four “T”s of CAD […]

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CADDManager on September 1st, 2008

New technology tools constantly make me a newbie.  Even technology that is easy to figure out make me have questions that I cannot answer right away. According to Wikipedia… Newbie (also said as nooby or newby) is a slang term for a newcomer…  a somewhat clueless newcomer… It can have derogatory connotations, but is also […]

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CADDManager on July 28th, 2008

A new search engine has appeared on the landscape…  It is Cuil. Cuil was developed by a few Google “formers” who left the fold, got some investors and went it alone.  It is interesting on the surface but not real flashy. So – I typed in “CADD Manager” and came up as #1 on the […]

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CADDManager on March 30th, 2008

I admit that I do not return “cold call” phone messages. These are phone calls that I receive from vendors that I have not contacted. They are contacting me. They call and leave messages asking me to call them. They are cordial and offer information about products that I may not ever need. I feel […]

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CADDManager on October 17th, 2007

“Today we’re presented with images in movies, on TV, and in the press that are of such good quality we don’t even think to consider whether the picture is of something that exists in reality or if it was generated by computer software. Of course, the right tools combined with the skills of computer graphics […]

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CADDManager on September 17th, 2007

No! – no spam from me! But I just received a message kickback from someones Barracuda Spam Firewall for an email that was sent out in my name. It was sent to some Barristers & Attorneys in Bermuda (of all places). I wanted to let you all know that I do not send spam, unsolicited […]

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CADDManager on August 16th, 2007

Wow – are we all getting old – or what? Well maybe it is just me… AutoCAD is turning 25. And I remember it when it was just a toddler tool (sniffle, sniffle). It has grown up… And there is a web site to celebrate the milestone… Here is a blurb they sent me… “Autodesk […]

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