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Autodesk Annual Week of Rest 2014

Each year Autodesk gives its employees time off during the holidays to spend with their family, friends, and whatever they wish to do at the end of the year. I have taken this time to re-charge my batteries and get ready for the new exciting new year 2015. Here are some photos from my Week of Rest, but really it is a couple weeks of adventure and fun in the sun with good friends. I am posting more on my... Read more →

Autodesk Beta and Autodesk Labs Update Notice for Dec. 19th

We will be upgrading to a new version of our Autodesk Feedback Community The Feedback Community hosts both Autodesk Beta and Autodesk Labs for over 125,000 users around the world. Friday December 19th, 2014 at 07:00 PM Pacific for approximately an hour. The Feedback Community will be offline for approximately 1 hour while we make this minor update. Of course with any server and software upgrade you don't expect any issues, but plan for them just in case and have... Read more →

Blogger & Social Meetup at Autodesk University 2014

I just returned from Autodesk University and a memorable participation in Pearl Harbor in some historic remembrance December 7th ceremonies and now catching back up. I wanted to sincerely thank everyone that attended the Autodesk University 2014 Blogger and Social Meetup as it was a memorable event of fun networking. I also want to thank our special guests Made in Space with their rare and history making Zero-G 3D Printer and MegaBots. I have it on good authority that we... Read more →

AUGI Top 10 Wishes for AutoCAD from AU2014

Recently at Autodesk University 2014 AUGI (Autodesk Users Group International) held its annual meeting.During the meeting the wish list of AUGI members for several products were revealed based on submissions and membership voting. The AutoCAD Genie even made an appearance at the event unveiling the top Wish List item for AutoCAD as well as many granted wishes. Below are the top 10 wishes: Lock Drawing order of Specific Objects Submitted by Yair Yes All Windows to be Resizable Submitted by... Read more →

Autodesk University 2014 Closing Keynote Online

Watch Amar Hanspal Autodesk senior VP of the Information modeling and Platform products Group along with guests Randall Munroe science explaining cartoonist, Mike Chen, Chief Strategy Officer and Co-founder of Made in Space, Dr, Yvonne Cagle, M.D. (Colonel, U.S. AIR FORCE, RET.), and Arx Pax Maglev Technology you may know better as the Hendo Hoverboard by Greg & Jill Henderson. The Closing Keynote was great fun and was the send off to the much anticipated AU Party that was held... Read more →

Throwback Thursday - Autodesk Puck

Been traveling 2 weeks and need to catch up so stay tuned, but first this gem given to meat last weeks Autodesk University 2014 by Kean Walmsey of Autodesk. Feast your eyes on this pristine heavy gem of hardware. What year was it given out? It is a Magellan Space Mouse from then named LogiCad by Logitech. I am going to hazard a guess it is from the very early 1990s. Here is the back side of the Space Mouse Read more →

Autodesk University 2014 Run

The past two mornings a group of AU attendees have ran about 5 miles at 6:00 AM up the Las Vegas strip to get exercise, fresh air, and start the day. It has been an absolute blast and we will do it again tomorrow morning. Feel free to join us at the corner of Las Vegas Blvd. and Mandalay Road at 6:00 AM sharp. Read more →

Autodesk CEO Carl Bass Reddit Ask Me Anything AMA

Autodesk CEO Carl Bass will be discussion the Ember Explorer Program, Autodesk's global education announcement of free software for the worlds students, teachers and schools, and anything else you might ask him. Carl's AMA Information will go live tomorrow at 11:45 AM Pacific right before his Reddit AMA at 12:00 PM. http://www.reddit.com/user/carlbass Read more →

Autodesk University 2014

Today was the unofficial start of Autodesk University 2014 and the official opening day starts tomorrow. today there were several events throughout the day and many people arriving. If you are attending AU 2014 make sure you attending the Opening Keynote for some great speakers including Autodesk CEO Carl Bass and we have some cool surprises up our sleeves. Getting ready tonight for the Keynote and a surprise. Some of today's highlights: I checked out the Exhibit Hall as things... Read more →