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AU 2008

Autodesk University 2008 was just announced to be in Las Vegas! Woohoo! Read more →

AU 2007 - Hall D Level 2

Dinner and entertainment beginning at 6:30 tonight and supposed to be a 80s theme. I am headed there now but have little voice left. I am also without any 80s style clothing unless I wear my spandex rocker pants (just kidding). For those concerned about the well being of the green clay Matt Murphy head, after it sat prominently in a seat in the CAD Management expert panel in front of those in attendance, I placed it in a safe... Read more →

AU 2007 Autodesk Myfeedback Clay Sculpture winners

I want to thank everyone who stopped by the MyFeedback booth and created a clay sculpture. We have now selected the top 3 for prizes. Winners can find me or email [email protected] to arrange for getting the prizes. Crystal Pearson from Seattle already picked up her brand new Apple iTouch for wining top prize. 1st AutoCAD R9 box (iPod Touch) 2nd shark (iPod Nano) 3rd Toucan (choice of book or shirt) Crowd/Cult award The Matt Murphy Head of clay. This... Read more →

AU 2007 - AUGI TOP DAUG Winner

The winner this year was Michael Coffman. I gave him a pair of original AutoCAD R14 flip flop sandals and his photo with the Matt Murphy clay head. Photos will be posted soon to the AU 2007 photo gallery. Shaan Read more →

AU 2007 - in CAD Mgr. Class

I am currently in Robert Green's CAD Management tips and tricks class. Currently Robert has a great talk about how to be able to be lazy and make things easy for training such as using Camtasia by TechSmith to create nice video tutorials. At 3:30 I am on the CAD Mgr. Town Hall panel part 2 with Yoshi Honda. Both of these sessions are on the 5th floor in Palazzo - O-P. Cheers, Shaan Read more →

AU 2007 - Thursday

Yesterday (Wednesday) was an action packed day and fun. I have posted many new pictures in my AU 2007 Flickr Gallery. You can see that many are flocking to see and get their picture with the famous Matt Murphy clay head sculpture and it is beginning to get a really wild following. I heard a rumor there was an all night vigil around the sculpture the other night.... I am headed back down to the Autodesk MyFeedback Booth in a... Read more →

AU 2007 - Wednesday

AU 2007 exhibit Hall opens in 20 minutes, see you there. I will be at the Autodesk MyFeedback booth number 900. Cheers, Shaan Read more →

Free Camtasia Studio and SnagIt Older Releases

Thanks to the heads up from my Perth Australian friend Steve Johnson for alerting me to this news item from Amit's Digital Inspiration blog posting. I did not even know even though TechSmith has a booth almost directly across from the Autodesk MyFeedback booth at Autodesk University 2007. I just have not got a break to run over and say hi to Betsy and the creators of SnagIt and Camtasia which I have used daily for years for producing screen... Read more →

AU 2007 Wednesday

I made it through the first AUGI Beer Bust that I made it back to my room by midbight and able to be at breakfast by 7. The exhibit hall was awesome and packed and I will be posting some photos this morning. There were some great stories about my old Autodesk memorabilia. More later, Shaan Read more →

AU 2007 - Tuesday Afternoon..Photos, Certification Guide, and R14 Flip Flops

I attended the Morning AU Welcome with presentations from Lynn Allen, Carl Bass Autodesk CEO, Jonathan Knowles Director of Cool Things at Autodesk, and Jeff Kowalski Autodesk CTO. There was some really cool things shown and it all culminated with a grand finale of showing of future ideas and concepts live such as Metropolis which was shown live like Google Earth for the Deign World on 20 High Definition screens powered by 40 HD projectors in a full 360 degrees... Read more →

Rise and Shine, AU Tuesday

I am heading down to the Welcome General Session in hall D level 2 at 8:00 AM which should be very exciting and I will doing more video interviews for the AU website. There are only 7500 seats and over 9,000 attendees perhaps even breaking 10,000 so those wishing to attend should try to arrive early. I have started to post a few photos to the Autodesk University 2007 photo group which anyone with a free Flickr can also do.... Read more →

Live from Autodesk University, Streaming Video of 6 Sessions

Sign up now if you are not able to attend Autodesk University in person to see one of the 6 sessions being streamed live. GD111-2 Getting Up to Speed on AutoCAD® 2008 MA201-3P Using Design Accelerators in Autodesk® Inventor™ AB210-2P Sustainable Design Systems Based on Revit® Architecture PM304-1 The Essential Guide to NavisWorks CM311-3P CAD Manager’s Training and Standards Guide CV400-1 Three Sheets to the Wind Sign up Here More details at The AU Blog http://au.autodesk.com/blogs/view/Live_From_Sign_now/ Read more →

AU 2007 - WOW

I just emerged from a secret place for some behind the scenes photos and interviews. I have been told I could be possibly tasered "DTMB" if I post some of the photos before the main presontation occurs Tuesday morning at 8AM. All I can say is you won't believe what you will see all performed live and not recorded... Another important detail is that there are only 7500 seats and over 9000 in attendance, so be early as standing is... Read more →

AU 2007: .Monday Morning

I am heading down to breakfast and then with my cameras in tow to the registration for AU 2007. I registered lastnight after I was told it was open and the process was fast and simple. You simply enter your name on one of the kiosk machines, then proceed to pick up your badge. I am also going to go get some behind the scenes photos. I also must prepare for my booth 900 that will open tomorrow night with... Read more →

Viva Las Vegas

I have arrived at the Venetian Hotel and Casino for this weeks Autodesk University 2007. Already I have ran into many familiar faces just checking in like Stan Goodell, Sandra Lurins, Beth Powell, Jon Rizzo, Alex wood, and more. I need to go grab a bite to eat but want something healthy tonight before the long week. Cheers, Shaan Read more →

The Wave and Escalante Saturday, Vegas Sunday

I had a great hike today into The Wave famous sandstone formation located in the Paria Wilderness area (entrance by permit only) and then a dive into the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument region with the Grosvenor Arch in Southern Utah. I have had enough of dirt roads. There was no wind or snow but it sure was cold in the morning. I am tired and soar and need to get some rest before packing up and heading of to Las... Read more →

Brrr, See you at AU

I made it to the Utah/Arizona border for my long and cold hike today to the famous wave sandstone formation in the Paria Wilderness region. Nobody told me it was 30mph winds and 23 degrees without a windchill and also that it snows in this part of high desert. Luckily I am well prepared and will be on the trail in about 45 minutes for a very long day and hopefully some nice photographs and memories.. Cheers, Shaan (Sent from... Read more →

On The Road Again, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, Brazil, Peru

Already this month (November 2007) I have logged 2400 miles in my truck travelin... Read more →

Autodesk University 2007 Photo RSS Feed

More information on the free Flickr group for people to share Autodesk University 2007 photos as people can subscribe to the RSS feed of images, geoFeed, or Google KML feed. Autodesk University Group details Flickr Group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/au2007/ This Flickr Group is for sharing photos taken during the Autodesk University 2007 held in Las Vegas November 27th to the 31st 2007. Please tag your photos with "Autodesk University 2007" and if possible geotag them on a map. Also describe who is... Read more →

Happy Thanksgiving

There is a long story behind this gobbler creation but in short it was created back in 2002 by me and my team in a team building contest. It was made from homemade playdough from a recipe. It was once soft and each team member after completing a task had to place a feather in it's little bare butt hence my name for it "The Bare Butt Turkey". It has since hardened to the density of granite. My travel adventure... Read more →

AUGI CAD Camp Brasil - São Paulo

Para informações mais completas sobre todas as vantagens em ser um dos participantes do AUGI CAD Camp Brasil - São Paulo, a ser realizado no próximo dia 06 de Dezembro, acesse: Link Atenciosamente, Shaan Read more →

MapGuide Open Source 2.0 Beta Coming Up

The Autodesk MapGuide Team has posted an invitation on OSGeo website to join the beta testing of the pre-release MapGuide Studio Open Source product. If you are wondering what Autodesk MapGuide is, it is a GIS application and you can find more specifics at: http://www.autodesk.com/mapguide and http://mapguide.osgeo.org/. "MapGuide can be deployed on Linux or Windows, supports Apache and IIS web servers, and offers extensive PHP, .NET, Java, and JavaScript APIs for application development. MapGuide Open Source is licensed under the... Read more →

Lee, Welcome to the Dark Side

Please play the follow free midi music on your computer during this blog posting to set the mood as it should play in your browser: Imperial March (from http://moviethemes.net) Of course I am joking about the Dark Side reference as we like to think of ourselves nothing more than a cute, friendly, smart, dog loving, customer loving, innovating, beer busting, furry green or blue fuzz ball of a group. I wanted to mention that top beta site customer for years,... Read more →

Congratulations to Wisconsin DOT

Another large organization is moving to AutoCAD based products specifically Civil 3D from another software package. This is a nice one as it is another Department of Transportation "DOT" and one CAD company typically has held many of the DOT in the United States, but that hold is now disappearing. We have seen many of these large migrations over the recent past even the worlds best known coffee retailer moved to AutoCAD, major retailers, and several others that made the... Read more →

Autodesk Product Manager Update

The Autodesk Product Manager utility has been updated to work with the most recent Autodesk products. The Autodesk Product Manager is a nice hidden gem to determine what products and versions you have and can even scan your network. This optional tool you can install from AutoCAD product installation menu or the DVD like the current AutoCAD 2008. Many times it is perfect for people, IT, or CAD Managers that don't know what is being used and their versions in... Read more →