Time to lighten things up a bit, I think. While attending the AutoCAD 2010 product launch in San Francisco on 5 February 2009, I conducted a series of micro-interviews with a collection of AutoCAD bloggers and Autodesk employees. One geek asks 14 other geeks if they are geeks; nothing too serious here. I hope [...]
 27 February 2009, 12:38 pm |  6 comments | Tags: Autodesk, Blogging, David Cohn, Donnie Gladfelter, Dorks, Ellen Finklestein, Geeks, Guillermo Melantoni, Heidi Hewett, Interview, Jon Page, Lynn Allen, Mark Douglas, Matt Stein, Melanie Perry, Nerds, Other Blogs, Robin Capper, Shaan Hurley, Todd Shackelford, Video | Category: AutoCAD 2010, Autodesk, Fun, Interview, Other Blogs, Video Thanks to Shaan Hurley for revealing to the wider world the existence of Ribbon Man Matt Stein’s blog. I’m not sure it’s appropriate for a blogging n00b like myself to welcome somebody with a blog four years older than his own, but I’m going to do it anyway. Welcome, Matt (no pun intended). Some [...] 1 September 2008, 3:34 pm |  One comment | Tags: AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2009, Autodesk, CAD Blogs, Marketing, Matt Stein, Microsoft, Other Blogs, Ribbon, Vista | Category: Advertising, AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2009, Autodesk, Microsoft, Other Blogs, Thoughts The second and final part of my interview of Matt Stein has now been published on the Cadalyst site. There were some other questions I would have liked Matt to answer, but some unfortunate logistical problems prevented that from happening. Never mind, I guess it ended up plenty long enough anyway! 11 June 2008, 9:25 pm | 3 comments | Tags: AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2009, Cadalyst, Interview, Matt Stein, User Interface | Category: AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2009, Interview Over on the Cadalyst site you will find the first part of a two-part interview I did with Autodesk’s Matt Stein, the man responsible for making the Ribbon interface work in AutoCAD 2009. I hope you find it interesting. 5 June 2008, 9:23 pm | One comment | Tags: AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2009, Cadalyst, Interview, Matt Stein, User Interface | Category: AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2009, Interview |
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The Ribbon Man interview – fluff?
Looking at the comments, it seems not everyone is happy with the Matt Stein interview. If so, I’m sorry you feel that way about the piece. In my own defence, I would point out the following:
I like to think my work at Cadalyst represents a balanced viewpoint. I pride myself on being fair. [...]