Beyond the Paper 1 Year Anniversary

Thanks to my faithful readers and article contributions from various members of the DWF team (Abel Murietta, Archana Naik, Basu Chaudhuri, Ben Cochran, Brian Enright, Brian Mathews, Brian Pene, Chris Blocher, Chris Hession, Dawn Wolfe, Debbie Bambao, Diane Li, Eric Haines, Eric Wright, Ernie Jackson, Gabrielle Friedly, Garin Gardiner, Garrick Evans, Gary Lang, Greg Remmert, Gyorgy Ordody, Hilde Sevens, Jason Bull, Jason Pratt, Jean-Luc Corenthin, Jennifer Toton, Jim Flanigan, Joan Allen, John Schmier, Jonathan Knowles, Kevin Wandryk, Larry Horner, Manjiri Nanivadekar, Marie Domingo, Mark Gunn, Mary Hope McQuiston, Matt Wheelis, Mike Robertson, Neil Wan, Pam Polizzi, Scott Lillibridge, Shaan Hurley, Sriram Gopalakrishnan, Steven Velez, Subu Gupta, Suresh Alapati, Todd Hunter, Todd Nicol, Volker Joseph, and Walt Welton-Lair) , this blog is one year old today. There have been 473 articles in the first year. I was fortunate enough to be able to post something on each business day and sometimes on weekends. These articles are aggregated into the various DWF categories:

• DWF Format Info - describes DWF as a format
• DWF Markup and Measurement - using Autodesk Design Review as part of an electronic review process
• DWF Printing - printing using the Autodesk DWF Viewer or Autodesk Design Review or via a commercial reprographer using tools such as PlotWorks or Repro Desk
• DWF Programming - using DWF files with C++, JavaScript, or Visual Basic
• DWF Publishing - generating DWF files from design applications such as AutoCAD, DWG TrueView, or Inventor
• DWF Takeoff / Facilities Management - using the metadata inside a DWF as part of workflows
• DWF Text Search - searching for strings using Windows Explorer, Windows servers, or search engines like Google
• DWF Viewing - using the Autodesk DWF Viewer or Autodesk Design Review; also the DWF Underlay capability of AutoCAD
• Project Freewheel - viewing a DWF file without installing any additional software
• Weblogs - tid bits of information; this is where the frivolous, but hopefully humorous, posts lay to rest

Our Autodesk blogging guidelines request that bloggers post at least 3 times a week. Looking at this on a monthly basis, we have been able to exceed that:

Although Between the Lines and Lynn Allen's Blog are more popular, Beyond the Paper has been the most prolific! In terms of the number of DWF related articles published, other than being a little less frequent on text search and facilities management, which are relatively new, it's been pretty evenly distributed:

Gosh, it seems like only 6 months ago this blog was celebrating its 6 month anniversary. :-) Where does the time go? Once again, thanks to all the regular readers who make the continued existence of this blog possible. For my money, reading via the RSS feed is the way to go.

Comments

[R.K. McSwain]

Congratulations Scott!

I don't know where you find the time for 9 'quality' posts per week :-)

Keep it up.

[Ray Mendoza]

I agree with RK...

Congrats!!!

[cctech]

Good job, Scott. I am really impressed with how you greatly exceeded your "per day" posting goal. Congratulations!

[Scott Sheppard]

Although the goal was 3 per week, I posted at least one article every day. Once I had this going, I did not want to break my streak. So I still have not missed a day. IMHO one post a day is about right. More than that, and it becomes a chore for people (who want to keep current) to read. Thanks for your positive comments.