I have received a great deal of contacts from people planning on attending tonight's meetup. Some are coming from a great distance to attend. We will have root beer and pizza thanks to the generous offer of ProSoft. I will also have some goodies to give away. Read more →
I just set out the reminder email to people that have signed up to attend and receive information on this inaugural Autodesk User Meetup this week. Read more →
I will be presenting along with Autodesk’s own Lynn Allen and some fine Autodesk partners for a busy October schedule. Please come visit with us for these free events. Read more →
I recently mentioned that I was looking into hosting a local Autodesk product user meetup in Calt Lake City and have now selected a date. Read more →
I am kicking around the idea of a monthly user group meet up in downtown Salt Lake City at my office. Read more →
In reading through my AUGI Hotnews emails after returning from a lengthy vacation, I noticed a great article series for AutoCAD Architecture 2010 features. Read more →
I want to thank AUGI’s President Mark Kiker, the dedicated and hard working AUGI AutoCAD Wish List volunteer Brenda Richardson, and the AUGI membership for another great cycle of nomination and voting for the AutoCAD Wish List. While I cannot provide details on future development publicly, I can say you will be pleased at our listening and knocking more items off the Wish List. You, the user of our products are vital to defining the direction and future functionality of our products. We sincerely appreciate your helping shape the future of Autodesk products! Read more →
I had the pleasure to present to the Seattle based PSAUG Puget Sound Autodesk Users Group last week. I called this my Shaan's Digital Design Rodeo Roundup Seattle 2009 as a fun theme name as I am a digital design rodeo clown with my warped humor and presentation style and loving the live Q&A even the tough questions with horns. I promised I would provide my resource links to all that attended and am sharing below. Read more →
AUGI and Lynn Allen of Autodesk released the new AutoCAD 2010 Tips on the AUGI AutoCAD forums. All it takes is free registration and you get more than the Tips and Tricks you get so much more with AUGI. Read more →
If you do, how about attending an impromptu town hall meeting of AutoCAD based product users discussing various topics,exchanging ideas and tips and getting to know each other. Just an experiment to figure out the rough edges and what works. Is anyone interested in seeing each others faces live in a webcam and hearing their voices in a virtual meeting of CAD and Design Professionals. A live discussion group with faces and voices. Could be a great deal of fun, or a fun awkward bumpy experiment. Read more →
If you want to teach a class or lab session on any Autodesk product at Autodesk University 2009, now is your time to get your overview paper on your proposed class submitted. Read more →
It is that time again to vote on AUGI member nominations to the Autodesk product wish lists. Read more →
I am in my final week of holiday vacation (all of Autodesk is) as well as the last Monday of the year 2008. What better time to reflect on the year. There were many highs and lows for 2008 in my life I thought I would mention a few. Read more →
Recently at Autodesk University 2008 the candidates for the new AUGI Board of Directors were introduced and members of AUGI encouraged to participate in the election to get new members of the board. There were some excited candidates willing to step up and volunteer in the difficult job of being a board member of one of the largest independent CAD Communities in the world. Due to the challengers having to exceed 67% voting and none reported as making that percentage... Read more →
The following official AutoCAD Wish List was presented onstage by AUGI President Mark Kiker to Autodesk Vice President of the PSEB Platform Products Guri Stark at the AUGI Annual Meeting held at Autodesk University 2008. Read more →
After almost two weeks in China and Japan I am packing to head back home. Read more →
The big news for me today is not just the US elections (US residents please make sure to vote), but rather the news that Mike and Melanie Perry have a new son. Read more →
I presented yesterday in Kuwait to about 450+ people mostly CAD Managers, Architects and Engineering team leads and members of the FOCUS Kuwait users group. Read more →
Today I meet with multiple Autodesk customers in Kuwait. To say it should be a very interesting and educational day might be an understatement. Tomorrow I am presenting much of the day to many Autodesk and AutoCAD users that are members of the FOCUS Kuwait users group. I am still amazed at how long the user group members waited for me to clear customs in the Kuwait airport, over 2 hours and they were still smiling when I emerged. Kuwait... Read more →
No politics, mudslinging, hot air, hanging chads, or cheesy rhetoric involved in this voting. The AUGI Wish List for Autodesk's products AutoCAD, Revit and Inventor are now open for voting after a month of AUGI members. This voting follows a period of AUGI members submitting their nominations for wish list items for consideration to be added to products. Read more →
I will be presenting in Istanbul Turkey, Kuwait, and Dubai in the next two weeks and wanted to invite you to the events or arrange a private meeting at your office to discuss the future of AutoCAD. Read more →
I will be in Turkey, Kuwait, and Dubai in just about two weeks for user group presentations and customer discussions. Read more →
I presented to the Midwest CAD Technology EXPO as well as the Kansas City AutoCAD Users Group yesterday and had a great time. Read more →
