Introducing Read | Thomas

Good morning everyone. I hope the week has gone well and those of you that attended RTC North America are recovering from being in beautiful Vancouver. For those of you unable to attend this year please start planning for next year's conference in Chicago. Among all the other highlights likely to occur at the 2014 conference, I offer two words:

Mark Schmieding. :)

This is a brief post to let you all know I've recently resigned from M-SIX. The VEO™ technology is amazing and I look forward to implementing Revit, VEO and other elegant technologies with you and your teams.
I've since started Read | Thomas, LLC - an AEC consulting group focused on connecting designers, builders and owners through BIM - Building Information Modeling - technologies.  

Our core philosophy is that we lose sight when technology becomes an end in itself. The highest and most proper use of technology connects people: 

     - Training, Implementation and Support
     - Content Creation and Production Services
     - BIM | VDC | FM Integration
     - Software and Courseware Development
     - Business Process and Change Management
     - Career Services

If we learn how to save time we've made money. If we learn how to improve people's lives we've made a difference. Striking the right balance between these two goals is what Read | Thomas is about - embracing and celebrating the social aspect of technology. 

Thanks everyone.

-Phil

Introducing VEO™ Helium

Some of what's new in this release:

• Dramatically Improved Performance
• Enhanced User Management
• Enhanced control over shared projects
• Improved filtering and searching capabilities in Archive
• Improved UI to view and edit document links, labels and files
• Know which user added a document
• Know when a document was last modified
• Sectioning Tools
• Faster Data Syncs
• Improved Project History for moving back and forth in time
• Dramatically Faster Graphics
• Notifications when revisions are available
• Navigation Enhancements

One More Thing™:

Your VEO demo account allows you to create and save your own local projects - fully functional except for features like rendering and online collaboration. 

No project size limit. No time limit. 

Go ahead and test VEO on your largest, most complex projects and see how easy it is to do the following:

Bidirectionally Link Documents in VEO™ Archive 

 Clearly Visualize Transparent Spatial Volumes 

Quickly Coordinate and Contextually Visualize 

Effortlessly Create Section Boxes by Space, Object or Selection

Get started here: https://www.m-six.com/index

User forums here: http://www.m-six.com/forum/

Request a presentation for you and your team over here. 

Connecting Designers, Builders and Owners just got a major upgrade. And if anyone tells you different…they're probably sniffing Glue. ;)

iPhone 7

Audio only FaceTime calls in iOS7. You know how text messages automatically switch over to your data plan or WiFi in iMessage? Imagine the same thing happening when you make a call. Result: a cell phone that comes with free / free-ish calls. While AT&T and others continue charge three different rates for calls, text and data Apple is making the distinction obsolete.

Apple is going after the cellular market.

Blueboxes.

Make no mistake - if Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were teenagers today - they'd be on the short list at Department of Homeland Security and labeled "terrorists" and "extreamists".

RIP Aaron Swartz.

Registration is Open

RTC North America 2013

Registration is Open!

 

 Westin Bayshore Hotel and Conference Center

Vancouver British Columbia, Canada

Thursday 11th - Saturday 13th, July 2013

 

Sponsorship and Exhibitor Prospectus

Registration Website

Greetings everyone! The 3rd North American conference is well ahead of last year in terms of sponsorship and booth selections. As a result we've slightly re-configured the exhibition area so that it's open and facing the large gallery and salon area (p. 32). This will also allow us to add a few more exhibition booths. Here are a few of the statistics for RTC 2013 so far:

- 1/3 of booths already reserved or on hold

- 3 Silver Sponsors are taken

- We received over 250 abstracts from around the world

- 70 Speakers / 90 Classes

- Projecting 440 attendees and delegates

We're making a few changes this year as well. We've added a Construction stream to this years conference as well as Friday's "Small Firm" track that is focused on remaining highly competitive as a small, nimble firm. Here's what a few past delegates and sponsors have to say about RTC:

“We can attribute $50,000 in sales directly from our participation in RTC. RTC has the right people at the right time with the perfect environment.”

- Lonnie Cumpton Co-Founder BIM9

“As far as content goes, Revit Technology Conference is the next step above.”

- Robert Yori, SOM

“RTC is a very focused event, if you are in the BIM & Revit space, this is where you need to be”

“We feel strongly enough about the quality of the RTC Events that we are participating in all the events in 2013” 

- Dan Dolan, 4D Technologies

Finally, please take special note of our new "Sponsor Success Story" opportunities for 2013. The specifics of this Bronze and higher sponsorship are indicated in the prospectus (p. 3 and 20). This is your opportunity to market and highlight your solution with your successful customer(s)!

Registration is now open and links to the prospectus and registration are above. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or comments.

Sincerely -

Phil Read and Jim Balding

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Sponsorship Managers - North America
phil.read@rtcevents.com 
614-589-3142
jim.balding@rtcevents.com
949-354-4434

Ps. My kids want to go just to see if JamesV will cannon ball over them into the pool like last year. :) So I'm bringing the family!

Introducing VEO™

Dear Friends and Associates -

Two weeks ago today, VEO™ shipped at the end of January (January 37th, to be exact) and like any proud parent I'd like take a moment and reflect on the long strange trip and say "Thank You" to you all.

The first time I saw Revit in the spring of 2001, I walked out of the presentation and thought, "Wow, I wonder what's going to be next?". Revit 1.0 was certainly rough around the edges but the importance of integrated design was a foregone conclusion. Excited by the potential of Revit, I began using version 1.0. Less than a year later I went to work for Revit Technology and a year later for Autodesk.

Wonderful, heady times. But I still wondered, "What's next?"

"What's next?" accidentally tapped me on the shoulder at Autodesk University 2008. Seeing VEO™ for the first time immediately recalled my question from 2001. "Now I know what's next!" I thought - and laughed. :)

What I saw in VEO™ was the potential of integrated Design, Building and Operations. In other words, integrated BIM. An elegant platform where designers, engineers, fabricators, builders and owners could truly collaborate. And after four very long years, VEO has shipped.

Thank you all:

    • UNCC College of Architecture for so many challenges
    • Fellow Architects and Engineers for so much mentoring
    • Revit founders and associates for planting the seeds
    • Autodesk for growing the vision
    • Autodesk (again!) for funding M-SIX
    • The M-SIX team for digging in and exceeding expectations
 
Thank you all for the patience and guidance.

I'm so excited for the next decade with VEO™. And so excited to see what's next!

All the best -

Phil Read
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Phil Read
phil@m-six.com
www.M-SIX.com
614-589-3142