--who might have mentioned it a while back, but one of you out there asked if I had ever used a little gizmo from Google called SketchUp.
My boss came in all excited about it the other day, and after doing what I do best--throw cold water on all his great ideas (we have not the computer power or functionality to be truly productive with this tool, and it would in the end wind up being nothing more than a toy)--I nonetheless figured I would download it at home (since we have no authority to download any sorts of programs here--which explains why I still have Flash version 5) and see how it works.
Hey, surprisingly well! I'm not sure what I'll use it for--Reba wanted to know if I was going to plan the addition we've been talking about for years on it. Probably not--I'm still the John Henry of hand drafting, but it still might be useful. It seems to get skittery and unstable when there's a lot of info on the screen, more than likely because all that heaping wad of RAM I bought a while back is still not enough for it to be truly fast and stable, but still, it was free and it is probably a pretty slick gadget, after I learn a bit more about it.
Posted by Terry Oglesby at July 13, 2006 02:37 PMOnce Justin got used to working with it, he's been able to have a lot of fun creating possible additions to our house. Now we just have to get past the possibility stage and into the formal planning stage.
Posted by: Jordana at July 13, 2006 03:59 PMWas it you then who told me about it? If so, sorry I am so forgetful.
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at July 13, 2006 04:06 PMIt might have been me. You expect me to remember these details?
Posted by: Jordana at July 13, 2006 06:21 PMSomeone has to--my brain has been turned into a warm puddle of goo.
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at July 14, 2006 08:18 AM