From Wired The new Lego Architecture Studio set doesn’t come with instructions for any one building. Architecture Studio, a new set from Lego, comes with 1,210 white and translucent bricks. More notable is what it lacks: namely, instructions for any single thing you’re supposed to build with it. Instead, the kit is accompanied by a thick, 277-page guidebook filled with architectural concepts and building techniques alongside real world insights from prominent architecture studios from around the globe. In other words, this box o’ bricks is a little different. Where past Lego products might have had the happy ancillary effect of nurturing youngsters’ interest in architecture, here, that’s the entire point.…

Can’t wait. Autodesk Annual Shareholder meeting live 3PST http://investors.autodesk.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=117861&p=irol-EventDetails&EventId=4954985 #autodesk

http://www.infrastructure-excellence.com/ … the 2nd annual competition showcasing Excellence in Infrastructure. The winners will be given over $10,000 in prizes by our generous competition sponsors. The competition is open to everyone planning, designing, building and managing infrastructure projects, 21 years and older, to highlight the best projects done in 2012/2013.We are looking for the best usage of Autodesk technology to plan, design, build or manage Civil Infrastructure projects. Project types may include Transportation (roads and highways, rail, airports, bridges…), Land development (commercial sites, subdivisions, public parks and recreation…), Water (distribution, water resources, dams and levees, wastewater), Energy (electric and gas distribution, electric transmission and substation design) and Urban planning

I’ve been reading the corporate sustainability report for fiscal 2013 and this company continues to impress. Autodesk® customers are using Autodesk software to lead the charge towards a more sustainable future.  The report is actually good reading for those interested in the environment, our future and even those following the ADSK stock price.  Read the report here. Most impressive for me is the fact that Autodesk eats it’s own cheese.  They practice what they preach and do so in a big way. Autodesk increased revenue 4 percent in fiscal year 2013 compared with fiscal year 2012, while reducing absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 8 percent during that period. Our…

On her blog, Sarah Hill has written a fabulous piece relating her first 5 days with Glass.  Sarah is one of those people who wants to be followed and she is so open it makes one want to follow her.  Some Glass Explorers had the fun of being in a hangout with her as she was fitted for her Glass. I highly recommend her blog and the videos she has posted.  http://sarahhillstories.blogspot.com/2013/06/glass-cast-broadcasters-view-of-google.html Here’s a teaser… “As I walked up the stairs to pickup my Glass at Chelsea Market in New York, I kept looking at my mobile phone like a girlfriend looks at her boyfriend right before she breaks up…

Over the course of 6 days and 24 hours, non-stop, there was much to take in at this year’s iMoot.  As usual, the networking via chat and forums was the single greatest reward for attendance.  Here I’d just like to discuss my prime takeaways. Learning – I’ve felt this way for some time but it was nice to hear Moodleman not only agree but force feed the notion that there is no such thing as eLearning.  Learning is learning and remote learning, online learning, whatever you call it, is simply learning.  This website will no longer differentiate between online or classroom as all is now blended. Gamification of learning –…

Well sort of since I did attend iMoot 2013 off and on throughout the long holiday weekend.