Most of you reading this blog are fortunate enough to live in democracies, and can only look on with sympathy at those who are denied the right to choose who represents them. What must it be like to live under regimes where the people are denied basic rights such as a free choice over [...]
 23 June 2009, 2:28 pm |  6 comments | Tags: AUGI, AUGI Election, AUGI Forums, Democracy, Freedom of speech, Rant | Category: AUGI, Fail, Rant, Thoughts It’s time to examine how Autodesk has reacted to the widespread criticism of Revit 2010. Is Autodesk listening? To be more specific, is Autodesk’s Revit team listening? The Good It has been good to see extensive public participation by Autodesk people in various discussions in different places. The Revit team isn’t hiding. It is [...] 26 May 2009, 1:33 pm | 11 comments | Tags: 12-Month Release Cycle, AUGI Forums, Autodesk, Listening, Other Blogs, Other Products, Revit, Revit 2010, User Reaction | Category: AU2009, Autodesk, Autodesk University, Customer Service, Fail, Other Autodesk Products, Other Blogs, Rant, Thoughts Despite living in troubled times, AUGI is managing to keep its AUGI World publication going, at least in electronic form. The printed edition, which was previously available only in North America, is no longer with us due to printing costs and/or green intentions. It may or may not not return at some later date. [...] The long-awaited election of members of the 2009 AUGI Board of Directors has finally got under way. Nominations are now open and will be until 24 May 2009. To nominate yourself or others, see this page for details. Various announcements have been made about the timing and format of the election events, see the [...] I hesitate to cover this subject because my understanding of Revit is very close to nil. I’m going to cover it anyway, because it relates to the Does Autodesk Listen? theme that I’ve discussed here in the past. Revit 2010 has appeared with a Ribbon interface, and many users don’t like it. Some well-known [...] 11 May 2009, 4:26 pm | 6 comments | Tags: AUGI Forums, Autodesk, Listening, Other Blogs, Other Products, Revit, Revit 2010, User Interface, User Reaction | Category: Autodesk, Customer Service, Other Autodesk Products, Other Blogs As I’m typing this, the Autodesk discussion groups are down for maintenance again. Let’s hope that when they come back up, some of the problems are fixed. In the meantime, if you’re an AutoCAD user and have something to ask or say, where can you go? Here are a few suggestions. I like the [...] 25 September 2008, 10:28 am | 3 comments | Tags: AUGI Forums, Autodesk, Cadalyst, Customer Service, Dear Autodesk, Newsgroups, Take 5, The Swamp, User Reaction, Web Stuff | Category: Autodesk, Bug, Customer Service, Development, LISP, Tip, Web Stuff |
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AUGI Special Election – Candidates
There are four candidates for two positions on the AUGI Board of Directors. The voting page is now open, although it will not go active until voting commences on 29 June. The candidates are (in alphabetical order):
Mark Kiker – Current AUGI President, runs the CADDManager Blog, one of the candidates in the failed [...]