I bought myself an Apple wireless keyboard yesterday. I really bought it to use with an iPad. But I also found that I can use bluetooth to connect it to a phone. I’m using an iPhone and it has made typing on the phone really easy.
Today I was very sorry to hear that Steve Jobs has passed away. When I grew up Steve Jobs was always around, and he was always making great stuff. He has created some truly amazing inventions, and I think he has changed the way we think about music, about computers…
I usually use Vectorworks Architect, Landmark or designer when I’m working or writing my manuals. But for the past couple of weeks, I’ve been using the very basic Vectorworks Fundamentals ( the most basic version of Vectorworks you can get). I can’t get over how many of the good things…
If you find that you lose the ability to use multiple selection (shift+click), then look to see if Firefox running. Firefox disrupts the shift+click. If you quit Firefox, you should find that you get your multiple selection back.
I have just received an email from a Michael Erkkinen of Webnash Design-Build (www.webnash.com) showing how effective Vectorworks is for presentation. I like Mike’s work, he designs and builds traditional new england colonial buildings with high performance envelopes and mechanicals. While they look like traditional buildings, and they use some old building techniques,…
I have been reading a rumour about the discontinuation of MobileMe services, and one impact will be iWeb, the apple web design software. iWeb was great web design software for simple web sites, and I used it for some time for my blog and podcast website. I stopped using iWeb…
A friend of mine showed me this trick the other day. It lets you search an entire web page for a word or phrase that you want. An example of this would be looking through my home page. You don’t want to read the descriptions of 50 manuals to find…
Book Review – The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
While you are waiting for the next project to start, or if your business is having a quiet time, you should build up your skills and use this time to make your business stronger. I have been chatting with my friend Roger Williams about what users can do if they…
A couple of weeks before Christmas my son went up to his Granddad’s farm to help get the hay in. Of course, these days it’s all tractors and large bails of hay that you move around with ease. A couple of weeks later my son was helping to spread fertilizer…