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Who Lives in a Pineapple Under the Sea

RIP ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ Creator Stephen Hillenburg. Myself and my kids always got a good laugh from SpongeBob cartoon episodes and the theme music was an earworm that would get stuck in your head “Who lives in a pineapple under the sea “SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS!”. It is sad to hear the creator of this whimsical and loved series has passed. I even modeled SpongeBob in 3ds Max years ago for some fun. His legacy will live on in the hearts and minds... Read more →

Autodesk University 2018 Day 2 – The Day in Photos

AU 2018 Day 2 November 13th, 2018 The day started off extremely early with the annual AU5K and this year Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost joined a couple hundred of us at 6:00am to run a marked course along the strip. It was a blast! The fastest this year was a person that ran the 5k course in 15 minutes! My hyperlapse of the AU5K run. https://youtu.be/EgMPfvczods Inside the Sands Expo AU was beginning which means – the halls and escalators... Read more →

Autodesk University 2018 Day 1 – The Day in Photos

AU 2018 Day 1 November 12th, 2018 Always a bit of a trip to see the entrance to the Venetian. My mind immediately thinks of the old Q*bert video game. = The morning started extra early with a run of the route for the AU5K down the strip the day prior to the event. I wanted to make sure there were no surprises along the 3.2 mile route. I then went to the rehearsals for General Session and Keynotes. The... Read more →

Jenga with the Autodesk CEO

A fun and creative interview was posted today by Youtuber Myrin with our Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost and playing Jenga. “Last week I had the privilege to interview Andrew Anagnost, the CEO of Autodesk. It was a huge honor and one really interesting interview. I had 1 whole hour with Andrew to ask him all the questions I have ever wanted to ask a CEO of a Fortune 500 company. We covered a good variety of topics ranging from the... Read more →

Consider Helping Others

A couple weeks ago at Autodesk university I ran into a longtime friend and colleague. He was at AU with his wife and two cute young daughters. I found out his home was one of the thousands destroyed in Santa Rosa California last year. It was heartbreaking to hear all of the details of what he and his family went through, but it gets more difficult. Many like his family were left paying monthly mortgage payments for a home that... Read more →

Thank You

I am so very thankful for all the attendees, partners, sponsors, employees, and the Autodesk University event staff for making it an amazing Autodesk University 2018. Over 11,000 attended the event last week in Las Vegas. I am now going though over 1000 photos of mine and will post them starting after the US Thanksgiving Holiday. I also want to thank all the bloggers and social media that attended the super packed suite meetup this year HTC, Unity, The Wild... Read more →

Forge DevCon Keynote 2018

The Forge DevCon was held on the first day of Autodesk University. The keynote was great and you can now watch it on YouTube. It was apparent from the Forge DevCon they will need to expand the are as it was packed with Forge developers,partners, customers, and employees this year and many amazing 3rd party solutions built upon Forge being shown. Forge DevCon Keynote 2018 “Watch the full Forge DevCon keynote from November 12, 2018. Featuring Jim Quanci, Brian Roepke,... Read more →

Welcome PlanGrid!

It was just announced that Autodesk is acquiring PlanGrid. ”Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PlanGrid, a leading provider of construction productivity software, for $875 million net of cash. This acquisition will enable Autodesk to offer a more comprehensive, cloud-based construction platform.” Read the announcement for all the details. Autodesk to Acquire PlanGrid to Accelerate Construction Productivity I can’t wait to meet our new Autodesk employees from PlanGrid. -Shaan Read more →

Autodesk University 2018 Day 0 - The Arrival in Photos

On Sunday November 11th, I flew to Vegas and got ready for Monday Day 1 with the Forge DevCon, Connect & Construct Summit, Computational BIM Workshops, Leadership Forum, and others occurring essentially Autodesk University is a 4 day event Monday through Thursday. Here are some of my memories in photos from Sunday and more days to be posted tomorrow. Some people got in earlier to setup AU and some even more energetic attendees ran in the Rock & Roll Marathon... Read more →

Apply to the Residency Program at Autodesk Toronto

Spotted this from my Toronto Research colleague Hali Larsen @HaliLarsen this morning: Have an innovative project in mind that you are trying to get off the ground? In need of support for hardware, software, or fabrication? Apply to the Residency Program at Autodesk Toronto! https://startupheretoronto.com/type/startup-news/autodesk-technology-centre-in-toronto-accepting-residency-applications/ “The Toronto centre – one of four Autodesk Technology Centres in the world – supports a range of activities related to machine learning, generative design, robotics, artificial intelligence, and more. The centre provides facilities, technology,... Read more →

Post Autodesk University Monday– Now What?

Maybe you were one of the over 11,000 attendees in Las Vegas last week attending Autodesk University 2018 and have traveled home and perhaps getting back to normal after catching up on sleep and getting my voice back over the weekend like me. But now what? If you are like me, you have a lot of great memories, photos, business cards, people to follow up with, a few new found pounds from the food to get rid of, many emails... Read more →

AU5K Was Another Record Breaker

This morning at Autodesk University there were several hundred Autodesk University attendees which included Autodesk employees, customers, partners, and even our fleet footed Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost. After pre-running the route Monday morning this morning still offered some surprises such as overnight construction forced us to run through a portion of the Flamingo Casino and people having to hold the doors for other runners. With the detour and all the stairs to cross the Blvd, this should be called AU5K... Read more →

Autodesk University Day 1 General Session

Autodesk University General Session 2018 was this morning, but if you couldn't attend in person you can watch it now on YouTube. https://youtu.be/c4LMWLkirH8 More info on the general session topics, presenters, and the concept lunar lander later. I have been tweeting and posting to Instagram in real-time when I am unable to write a blog post. @shaanHurley The Blogger & Social Media Meetup is this evening at 8pm! Tomorrow Day 2 Make sure to drop by the Hub and pet... Read more →

AU 5K and Fun Run

If you are attending Autodesk University next week, you should plan to join us Tuesday morning for some fresh air fun. You so not need to sign up, just show up ready to have some fun and make new friends while seeing the Las Vegas strip before it wakes up and there is usually a uniquely beautiful sunrise along the route. The Autodesk University annual AU5K is an official AU event being held Tuesday the 13th of November at 6... Read more →

Meet Our Autodesk CTO Scott Borduin

Autodesk recently announced a new Chief Technology Office “CTO” but its someone that already held this role. Scott Borduin retuned to the role of CTO and was actually our CTO 1999 to 2005 and was the person instrumental in selecting our last CEO Jeff Kowalski. So this is our second time working with Scott as Autodesk CTO. Scott didn't miss a beat in taking over the role for the company, and the Office of the CTO group affectionally known as... Read more →

Are you an Autodesk Inventor User in Portland – Join Us

We would like to invite you to the next Autodesk Inventor User Group meeting on this Thursday November 8th from 5:30-7pm. This month we will have two presenters. Paul Normand from Autodesk and Kelly Shuman of General Design. Paul will start by talking about Inventor Tolerance Analysis, the state of the industry regarding going paperless, and showing a bit of both the Autodesk MBD/PMI solution, and the new add-in being provided with 2019 collections - Inventor Tolerance Analysis (compatible with... Read more →

Autodesk University 2018 Tips

We are now less than two weeks from Autodesk University! Autodesk University is the premier Autodesk customer event held yearly where several thousand creative design and visualization experts descend on Las Vegas. They arrive wide eyed, craving knowledge from the best in the industry. They leave tired and full of valuable knowledge to make them more productive back at work. After attending every Las Vegas based Autodesk University, I have compiled a long list of tips over the years for... Read more →

Reimagining the Future of Making

Automation Helps People Live and Work Better “Humanity inevitably needs, desires, and demands more. At the same time, it must also confront the reality of less—fewer natural resources, less space, and fewer skilled construction and manufacturing workers than the world needs.” “Automation also helps companies stay ahead of their competitors, but more important, it encourages and supports the imagination that moves humanity forward. Better cities, better buildings, better things, better work: Reimagining the model for automation can balance the inevitability... Read more →

Autodesk’s AutoCAD was just on the Apple Keynote

I was watching the Apple keynote this morning and just seen during the new iPad Pro announcement that AutoCAD Mobile App was shown. Congrats to the AutoCAD Team! Apple Special Event | Watch Now‎ Read more →

AU2018 Blogger and Social Media Meetup Sign Up

We are now less than two weeks from Autodesk University 2018! Every year at AU we invite active bloggers, social media participants and other “friends” to join us for a little food and drink at AU – a chance for us to meet some of these people face to face and to thank them personally for their (typically unpaid) work that helps promote Autodesk products or by assisting our Autodesk customers. This year LinkedIn Learning has graciously partnered with us... Read more →

Be Inspired - Life in 3D

Check out the amazing sailing ships in the Sails Project… Amazing work using Autodesk 3ds max by Sindy Saalfeld. Check this out! https://area.autodesk.com/life-in-3d/the-sails-project/ There are many other projects from customers using Maya, 3ds max, and Arnold to make you go “wow” or be inspired to what you can do. Every time I look through the gallery on the Area, I am absolutely blown away and inspired by the creativity. Read more →

O’l Blue Eye

It’s a funny and frustrating story, but perhaps it makes sense if you had seen me over the past year and wondered “why do Shaan’s eyeglasses have one blue tinted lens.” Last fall I got my annual eye exam and new eye prescription and when figuring out my glasses and lenses I was told to get a blue tint to reduce eye strain from reading electronic devices like computers and phones which emit blue light. It made sense as blue... Read more →

Autodesk Opportunities

Autodesk has over 100 offices in over 38 countries around the world. We’d love for you to join us! Last night at the PDXWIT Portland Women in Technology meeting we telling everyone that we currently have 13 roles open to hire in Portland Oregon in addition to the hundreds of openings around the company. Check out our Portland openings which are changing all the time. Want to look around the over 200 Autodesk offices and openings, go to our careers... Read more →

Blogger and Social Media Meetup at AU 2018

Hey, Bloggers & Social Media attending Autodesk University 2018. If we held the Blogger and Social Meetup this year, what evening in the busy AU 2018 schedule would work? Tuesday eve? Its hard to avoid conflicts but lets try to find a time that works and we will get a location with drinks to gather to meet in real life. My preference is early in the week to collaborate on upcoming AU activities. I will also see about giving away... Read more →

Fusion 360 Meetup in Portland 11.01.18

We are excited to be reintroducing the Fusion 360 Meetup in our new Portland Autodesk office located in the Central Eastside Industrial District. When: Thursday November 1 5:00 PM ‐ 8:00 PM Where: Autodesk Portland 221 SE Ankeny St, Portland, Oregon Agenda: 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm Arrive, socialize, eat and drink, check out the space including the PIE Shop - ask questions 5:30 pm – 6:45 pm Welcome, Meetup going forward, Fusion updates, and Portland Autodesk Space Mike Aubry... Read more →