Archive for May, 2008

Siemens PLM Software - Making CAD Easier and Even More Fun to Use

Siemens PLM Software – Making CAD Easier and Even More Fun to Use

Siemens PLM Software has hosted a few events recently in the virtual world of Second Life that have been fun and interesting for anyone interested in CAD. And according to their calendar, this is just the beginning. During one of these events, held on May 20, the company hosted a live launch of its

05.30.2008 | Public Works, Public Works in Second Life, Public Works in the Metaverse | admin

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Tapping Creativity and Increasing Productivity

This blog entry is a follow up to the last one: Losing Your Creativity I am sure that Google could serve up a zillion ideas about how to nurture your creativity; I searched my self and found a pretty decent article about creativity in the workplace (you can read it by clicking here). But instead

05.29.2008 | Public Works, Public Works in Second Life, Public Works in the Metaverse | admin

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Losing Your Creativity

A couple weeks ago, I attended a meeting with our local business association to hear and participate in a discussion about tax increment financing districts (TIFs). Our TIF attorney made a comment at the meeting something to the effect that "infrastructure is not sexy." At the time, I interjected my

05.16.2008 | Public Works in Second Life | admin

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Science Conference Held in Sewer

Science Conference Held in Sewer

The second day of the World of Warcraft Science Conference was held in the sewers in the Undercity. Wow, for a civil engineer like me, it doesn’t get any better than that. How can you not love a conference held in a sewer? Unfortunately my husband and I had to show up late because we picked up our

05.10.2008 | Public Works in the Metaverse | admin

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