Talk to many architects, Issius? Major firms are turning their attention towards sketchup, new students are being well trained in it, even electricians are using it to show clients what should and should not be done.
I’m in an Architecture program with full licenses for AutoCAD and Revit, yet we’ve still spent 15 hours this […]
As the IT Director for a fairly large architecture firm, we start all of our projects within sketchup for quick modeling and mockup. It makes it really easy to show a client our vision and basic dimensions of the building, and using the terrain import feature of Google Earth pro, it makes for a decently […]
As someone who uses 3d modeling programs everyday…SketchUp, while severly limited when compared to industry standard programs, is great for anyone trying to learn the basics of 3d modeling. Really, once you learn one, the transition into any other program is quite quick (and it figures, every company I’ve ever worked for uses something different, […]
For those criticizing the cost; while I agree, lets look over some of the things the XO has in terms of actual hardware.
-Dual mode screen (meaning it works in direct sunlight as greyscale and colour when backlit) with a 1200×900 resolution.
-Oscilloscope and volt meter
-Camera/Mic
-Membrane keyboard (bug or feature depending on your hand size and preference)
-Converts […]
I’ve used one of the OLPC’s extensively for testing it out, so I hope some of my impressions can help those who are wondering about getting one:
First off, this is NOT a good ultraportable laptop. This is not an EEE pc where you can pretty easily do work with it. In fact, I […]
“They took a journey to the foot of the mountains and into a swamp. It took a week of searching, and they lost four ninjas to poisonous swamp bears.
They would have then named themselves ‘Clan Poisonous Swamp Bear,’ but the embroiderer told them that an poisonous swamp bear embroidered onto a uniform looks almost […]
This guy seemed a bit too focused on Web 2.0 design. Curves and gradients, curves and gradients, needs more curves and gradients. There’s more to a good visual design than rounded rectangles and blended colors. If anything, too many of these social sites share the same design aspects and don’t try to […]
Most of these look nice, but honestly they’re too thin. At some point you have to think about the durability and practicality of a laptop. Everyone is going towards this futuristic i-robot approach to computers - but then you look at the hardware and think how hard it would be to swap components in and […]
Font comes from an early French word which means “molding” or casting”.
What this basically means is that a font is the form with which a typeface is created.
“When you talk about how much you like a tune, you don’t say: “That’s a great MP3”. You say: “That’s a great song”. The MP3 is the delivery […]
Drag and drop software has become the death of good web design. In order to do good quality designs, it’s important to understand the backbone of the work you’re doing. What if something messes up, and you don’t know how to fix it since you didn’t learn any HTML? (I’m not implying you didn’t since […]