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

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... Read more →

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... Read more →

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 →

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... Read more →

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... Read more →

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 →

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... Read more →

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... Read more →

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... Read more →

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... Read more →

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... Read more →

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... Read more →

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... Read more →

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... Read more →

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.... Read more →

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... Read more →

Already this month (November 2007) I hav... Read more →

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... Read more →

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... Read more →

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 →

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... Read more →

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... Read more →

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... Read more →

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... Read more →