BIM After Dark - Volume 2: Survey

I mentioned before that I would be creating a survey to find out from you, my readers, what BIM After Dark - Volume 2 will be about!  I did this last year for BIM After Dark - Volume 1 and I believe the videos catered to your needs.

The survey is based off of a series of email responses from the Volume 1 mailing list.

Remember, I make these tutorials for you... I want to know what you want to know!

Additionally, when you complete the survey you will get a discount code to help purchase BIM After Dark - Volume 1 !!

The survey is only 4 questions... If you can spare a few minutes please click here to take the survey now...

Are You at #RTCNA Right Now?

If you are, stop by my class today at 2:30 in Schaumburg CD !

I'll be talking Revit, 3D Max, V-Ray and some awesome post-processing techniques... You'll also get a little gift for showing up.

See you then!

Will you be at #RTCNA ?

I will be!  A week from today I will be boarding a flight to Chicago for this years Revit Technology Conference North American (#RTCNA).  I am extremely excited to be a speaker for two sessions this year.

In Session 8, I will be filling in for Tom de Plater.  Tom could not make the trip from the other side of the globe and asked me to fill-in.  His lecture is about the Unity Game Engine, Revit, and Oculus Rift VR goggles....  How could I say no?!

In Session 10, I will be introducing you to the world of 3DS Max/V-Ray.  Anyone who wants to make their Revit models looks like renderings on the cover of Architectural Record will enjoy the class.

If you are going to be at RTCNA and you see me, please say hello!  I go to this conference every year in hope of meeting more of my readers... and I always do!  So, don't be shy!  Also, shoot me and e-mail or Tweet if you want to meet up!  I may be giving out a few little gifts related to BIM After Dark...

Finally, make sure you follow me on twitter (@TheRevitKid) and the hashtag #RTCNA.  I will post on the blog as frequently as possible but Twitter is always the easiest method of reporting from the conference.  You will never see as much Revit talk on Twitter than you will during this conference.

See you all there!!

Updating The Revit Kid's Email List

Some of you may know that Google official stopped supporting Feedburner back in 2012.  With it, they also took down Google Reader.

I have been wanted to move this blog over to a new email/RSS provider for quite some time and will finally be getting around to doing it within the next week or so.

What does this mean for you?  If you are an email subscriber or RSS feed subscriber you may not notice any change at all.  I will be moving my mailing list and RSS feed to MailChimp.  If all goes as planned, I you will notice nothing.  Unlike Feedburner, MailChimp is currently being supported, allows for instant broadcasts, and allows me to customize the email and RSS template.

The ability to immediately broadcast an email to you all is what I am most excited about!  With Feedburner you would receive an email at 11AM (EST) every day (like this one).  That email would provide all of the posts I'd published prior to it.  Therefore, if I post something happening right now (like when I went onto Revit Radio at last years RTCNA) you wouldn't get it via email until the next day!

I wanted to publish this post just in case the transition does not go smoothly and something crazy happens (like you get multiple emails, etc...) you will at least know why!

Thank you all for following this blog over the years and subscribing via Email or RSS.  This change should benefit you the most.

Cheers!