• The Extreme Blog: MicroStation on a Mac!

    jcallicott
    jcallicott

    Is anyone else like me?  A fan of the Apple Mac but stuck in a professional environment that is effectively Windows-only? 

    Still, I did not let that stop me from purchasing this not too long ago:

    Apple 15 inch MacBook Pro

    I've had it for a few months now, it…

    • Tue, Mar 24 2009
  • The Extreme Blog: Ranting and Raving...

    jcallicott
    jcallicott

    This post will be short, because it doesn't have anything substantive to say. 

    My previous post does, though, and I freely admit I want more folks to read it.  I want their take on it.  So I am being sneaky, underhanded, or perhaps just plain annnoying…

    • Mon, Mar 16 2009
  • The Extreme Blog: RIP, BE Conference

    jcallicott
    jcallicott

    For those who have not heard, BE Conference is, as of this year, changing to become "Be Connected".  You can read more about the changes here.  A short way to summarize it is that instead of holding the yearly BE conference, an online seminar…

    • Wed, Mar 11 2009
  • The Extreme Blog: DWG Is At It Again...

    jcallicott
    jcallicott

    Yep, it happened again. 

    In 1999, AutoCAD 2000 was released and brought with a new DWG format.  This format held for four years at least. 

    In 2003, AutoCAD 2004 was released, and brought with it a new DWG format. 

    In 2006, AutoCAD 2007…

    • Wed, Feb 18 2009
  • The Extreme Blog: The Death of Drafting - Model Based Design

    jcallicott
    jcallicott

    Way back in the day, back before the Internet, back before some folks on the Bentley boards were even born, the term CADD was making itself known, promising less paper, less time, less stress, and overall better design. 

    Sure, sure.

    Anyway…

    • Tue, Feb 17 2009
  • The Extreme Blog: Irony...

    jcallicott
    jcallicott

    Okay, now it's been another three months since my last post.  My, my, I'm prolific on this blog.  At this rate, I'll be lucky to hit ten posts in a year! 

    2008 has come and gone, V8i has been released, the economy has tanked, and in less than two…

    • Wed, Jan 7 2009
  • The Extreme Blog: It's Been Such A Long Time... Athens?

    jcallicott
    jcallicott

    ...and my apologies to Boston. 

    It's been, let's see... one, two, almost three months since I last posted.  Hmm.... gotta do better on that one, right?  Nobody's perfect.  I suppose I shouldn't keep all three of you waiting so long with baited breath…

    • Thu, Oct 2 2008
  • The Extreme Blog: An Incredible Autodesk/Bentley Agreement!

    jcallicott
    jcallicott

    If you haven't heard, Bentley and Autodesk actually agreed on something :-)

    OK, I had to say that.  In all seriousness, July 8 will be remembered by all kinds of AEC design professionals as a landmark day.  That's the day Autodesk and Bentley announced…

    • Thu, Jul 10 2008
  • The Extreme Blog: Future Thoughts From BEs Past and Present...

    jcallicott
    jcallicott

                          "We are a serial acquirer, and intend to continue acquiring". 

                                                                                                            -Keith Bentley, at the 2005 BE Conference

    Sorry, Keith, I couldn't resist...  :-)

    If my memory is recalling correctly (which unfortunately, always seems an a…

    • Tue, Jun 24 2008
  • The Extreme Blog: Video Card Visions of Grandeur

    jcallicott
    jcallicott

    I am a geek.  This is self-evident from my postings - well, all three iof them if you count this one.  Just trust me.  Postings aside, you really know I'm a geek if you have seen me in person and know what I look like, as several folks at the recent BE 

    …
    • Tue, Jun 17 2008
  • The Extreme Blog: ACADPAN, Anyone?

    jcallicott
    jcallicott

    OK, I had to make a plug for this MDL for those of us unfortunate enough to not be on XM yet. 

    One of the usability enhancements on XM is the middle-mouse button pan, along with the use of DirectX in the display subsystem.  All that technospeak…

    • Tue, Jun 3 2008
  • The Extreme Blog: First Post! BE 2008, Too!

    jcallicott
    jcallicott

    Greetings!

     Welcome to the first of my many ramblings on my BE Community blog!  Here I will discuss many a thing related to Bentley's products (especially MicroStation), the work we do, tips & tricks, rants, and so on.  I might even mention that…

    • Mon, Jun 2 2008