So Sleepy...

And instead of going to sleep...just one more read of email, news, blog posts, waitwhatsthis?!

Ever wanted to control your PC or Mac from your iPhone?

Seems now you can. For free (non-commercial use).

Link from image above to TeamViewer app.

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Update (like 5 minutes later).

First I downloaded and installed this:

Which I then started to get this (codes not shown):

Then plugged the codes into the iPhone app and within a few seconds saw this:

That's my desktop. On my iPhone. Dang.

Looks like I'll be installing this on all the computers at home this weekend. The TeamViewer web app works across computers as well.

Another stupideasywonderful thing.

Enjoy.

And the Winner is....

A quick THANKS! to all of you who participated in our competition for your tips and tricks.
I have to tell you, we had several entries and I'm still weeding through them. I promise to get my act together soon, get that finished and get a winner posted. Until then.....

NYC BIM Event – March 2010

The next meeting for the New York City Revit User Group (NYC-RUG) is scheduled for March 18 beginning at 6:00 PM. We will be featuring a presentation titled “BIM and its Application to the Building Lifecycle.”  Our speakers will be Chuck Mies, LEED AP/Assoc. AIA, Richard Thomas, AIA/NCARB/LEED AP and John Aaron Phillips, LEED AP.  Chuck is BIM Solutions Executive with Autodesk who works on a national scale with university clients.  Richard and Aaron are with SHP Leading Design with headquarters in Ohio.  SHP was founded in 1901 and offers planning, architecture, interior design, engineering, construction administration and facilities management services.  They helped Indiana University develop their BIM Standards and Protocols and have also been featured in a recent Autodesk Customer Story.

Chuck, Richard and Aaron will discuss how owners are using BIM to face certain challenges within the building lifecycle and how the industry is poised to support these initiatives.  They will also talk about developing standards for BIM deliverables and use of contract documents such as AIA E202 (BIM Protocol Exhibit) and others.

For a complete presentation abstract and speaker bios, visit the NYC-RUG event calendar.

About the Event

This event is the first joint venture between the NYC-RUG and the NYC Metro BIM Group (a buildingSMARTalliance Interest Group).  Please visit either link to join one or both of the groups for event location and to RSVP if you plan on attending in person.  You can also register for the free webcast by clicking here.

AIA Continuing Education credits will be available for in-person attendees

Friday Reprieve #20.5

Because this site just cracks me up.......

Beyond the ring of scorched earth from last night’s landing, he could see that this new world was soft and green. He immediately prepared for lift-off.

Friday Reprieve #20

In the wake of Phil purchasing a new home and the raging house party James and I are planning there the minute he goes on vacation (you're all invited) we can't forget to come up from air from time to time from writing, spending, or whatever it is we do during the day. For many of us, it's architecture, which means the creation of space, form and functionality, and the love of design. Part of the beauty of all this (and the use of Revit) is the ability to visualize space that doesn't exist. It's one way of looking at the world through different glasses than the ones you're used to wearing.
Which is why I love this. It's an urban art installation which focuses on semi-permanent urban art at a truly micro scale. Imagine the world from a very smaller perspective. This one is entitled "They're not pets, Susan"

Whistle While You Work

If you look closely and squint, the above pattern kinda resembles the splatter resulting from the beating of a dead horse. Image above links to the software that makes it possible.

Why might this be interesting? For comparing dead horse splatter circa 2009 to splatter circa 2010. Perhaps journal files from the same project by two team members (one in CM and the other in DLM) would speed the analytic process significantly and make a really interesting visual comparison.

Even interesting enough to make a t-shirt.

Daylighting

As we continue to plug along in this process we call 'authoring a book' we promised some regular updates about content. I offer you this peak:

Hate Ecotect? yeah, me too. My daylighting class at AU this year was almost 100% full of people who wanted to find a new way to do daylighting. So, to help all of you (ok, all three of you) who didn't attend the daylighting class at AU, I've just finished adding it to the book. You can now perform Ecotect free daylighting analysis in less than 1/2 a day. Which is a big deal. It's easy, it's fast, and more importantly, it's accurate.

Here's a couple of clips of what we show how to make.