Google has released a new version of Sketchup, adding mostly presentation effects (see new feature list). Sketchup is the most user friendly 3D modeling tool I know - and a tool I have been using for varies projects (mostly private stuff).
» Download Sketchup 6 for free - see video tutorials
BTW: Sketchup does not include lighting features. You can see shadows, but they are calculated based on the position of the sun. You cannot add second light sources, and that is very big annoyance. This is especially irritating when you are designing interiors. The light source, being the virtual sun, is only coming through the windows, which is not that usable (especially for interiors facing North).
Here is a house I made with Sketchup 5 (the previous version). You can also see higher quality images in the Photo Gallery.
Sketchup is a really fun tool to use, I highly recommend it. But, I wish that Google would focus more on 3D than the low-tech stuff for Google Earth and the presentation junk.
These days, everyone talks about HTML5. All the big guys like Apple, Google, and Microsoft put a lot of effort into making it happen. Google is especially focused on bringing HTML5 and web apps into the world.
Want to try out the new Digg 4 - go here http://new.digg.com (limited access - be quick)
Earlier today On2, the company behind the video codec used in the FLV video format (used by Flash), told us that they will discontinue their Flix video product line.
There is one story that keeps popping up about Wired Magazine reporting that 26% of their traffic is now coming from the iPad. A truly amazing number. But there something odd about it. I'm not seeing that anywhere else. So I did a little digging.
My use of the stream have now reached a point where I am no longer looking for news. Instead, my world is pretty much divided into two types of information. Updates that are followable, and updates that isn’t. I am now spending 99% of my time on the first group.
Foursquare Grader has compiled a list of the percentage of people who have been rewarded a badge on Foursquare. This tells us a lot about how it is being used. Most social networks have a relatively low activity rate, but that doesn’t seem to be the case here.
A few days ago I wrote, “Facebook is Dying, Social is Not,” and it appears that I hit a nerve. The article has so far been read by more than 25,000+ readers, in less than 3 days. It is safe to say that the complexity and privacy issues are something people really cares about.
Every now and then a short video is released that show just how much the world has changed. One of the best ones are “The Social Media Revolution” from Socialnomics. Yesterday they released an updated version, with all the latest stats.
You might have heard it already, but Google have released a new beta version of Chrome, which breaks new records in speed. And to show off how fast it really is they have made a little video.
RescueTime, a company the provides time management software, recently did a survey on what men and women spend their time one. Interesting study, but I don’t think they made the right conclusions.
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