Kinship and Autodesk University

My friends Jose Fandos and Gary Sprague have been working tirelessly to develop a product they call Kinship. It offers an intelligent way to organize, search for and place Revit content and even more compelling to me is the project insight it can provide us. After a couple years of private testing they are opening things up for real.

They were kind enough to invite me along with them to Autodesk University (AU) this year. If you are attending AU please stop by to say hello and find out more about Kinship. If you're not here at AU then let me encourage you to visit their site to learn more.

3D Connexion AU Contest

A few other bloggers have mentioned that 3D Connexion is promoting their products with a chance to get to Autodesk University 2011. Pretty simple requirements to enter. If you haven't already made your plans to attend and going is a long shot, this might improve your odds a little bit. I guess how good your odds are depends on how many other people decide to enter? You can learn more HERE.

You have to enter by midnight U.S. PDT on November 7, 2011. For details, please see terms and conditions. The winner will be contacted by email or phone on November 8, 2011 and will have 3 days to claim prize.

Media Day at Autodesk - Day One

I am attending this event today and tomorrow. We've been tweeting away like madmen and women...well some of us. We seem to have "killed" Twitter for the moment.

Design Options - Online Class with Paul Aubin

Paul Aubin asked me to pass along the word that his upcoming Design Options webinar tomorrow has a couple openings left. If you have an hour available tomorrow (September 17th, 12:00-12:50pm) you might be interested? You can visit his site for more details. (btw, the class is not free)

Adverts - Still on the Fence

Poll is retired...still hemming but not hawing about placing ads. I guess I'll just keep you guessing too. So for now...no ads. I know that means at least 12 folks will keep coming back for now. 8-)

Advertising and Blogging

As 70ish readers have noticed, and voted, I posted a poll about advertising on this blog. So far eight readers have said that they wouldn't return if ads started appearing on this site. Thirty two have said that they wouldn't mind but prefer that it is subtle.

I've kept this site ad free as much because I don't like ads as any other reason. I'm not consciously aware of any Revit blogs that don't have ads these days, though I imagine there are some. I don't really notice the ads if they are there either...I just don't. Just because others are doesn't make I feel that I must.

What does intrigue me is just how much ad revenue I've ignored or missed by not doing it too. How much? Pennies, four bucks, a hundred? Over three years now just how much would it be? There are bloggers out there making serious money doing it but they are blogging daily and have 10's if not 100's of thousands of readers. This little corner of the blogosphere draws a steady few hundred readers (I'm glad you visit and find it worthwhile to do so, thanks!) each day.

I guess I won't know unless I try it which means I'd have to be willing to lose eight readers...always a trade off. Can't there be a win/win?

Still on the fence...