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Autodesk Dorm Design Contest

August 20, 2010

Getting ready to go off to college (or know someone who is)? Autodesk is taking its free Autodesk Homestyler product that’s simple enough to use, even students from [insert name of college that (in your certainly unbiased opinion) have the dumbest students] can figure it out to the dorms. Just yesterday the Autodesk Dorm Design [...]

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A First Look at Mindjet MindManager 9

August 18, 2010

Several years ago I stumbled upon this concept of “mind mapping”. Frankly I really didn’t see the point of mind mapping when I first discovered it. After all it reminded me of those brainstorming maps my English teacher made me create in the 3rd grade. Not exactly the type of thing you expect someone in [...]

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Join me this week at the AutoCAD Exchange

August 10, 2010

Launched in March of 2009, the AutoCAD Exchange has proven itself as an excellent destination for all things AutoCAD. In case you haven’t checked it out, the site is free to check out and join. Once there you’ll have access to a long list of FREE resources such as tutorial videos, access to classes from Autodesk University, [...]

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Signing off to get Married!

June 19, 2010

Well it seems the time has just about come for me to quite literally “unplug” from my electronic world of blogging, tweeting, facebooking, even the all-too-obsessive BlackBerry so I can marry my beautiful fiancé tomorrow (well technically today at this point). Helen (my fiancé) and I shared a wonderful evening with our families and wedding [...]

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The CAD Geek is Seeking Employment (One Year Later)

May 26, 2010

Rather than my typical post latent with tips, tricks, and other technical insights, I thought I’d revisit a post that marked the start of a new chapter in my professional career. Tomorrow marks one year since I, like many others before and after me, was laid off from the firm I was with for nearly [...]

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Five tools for Easy Screencasting

March 15, 2010

You’ve seen great how-to-videos here on The CAD Geek and many other blogs on the net, but how do we create and produce professional quality videos? Like most things in the tech world, you’ve got lots of options; each ranging in price from free to a few hundred dollars. Which tool is best for you [...]

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