AU 2018 Day 4 November 15th, 2018 On day 4 of Autodesk University 2018, even the dogs were sad it was coming to an end. My final day at AU started off with some great presentations in the AU Theater... Read more →
20 posts from November 2018
AU 2018 Day 3 November 14th, 2018 The day kicked off with classes, AU Theater presentations, and then two industry keynotes for AEC and Manufacturing. Architecture, Engineering, & Construction Keynote Announcement: Autodesk and Unity Expand Collaboration to Design, Make and... Read more →
Announced this week new releases of Auto... Read more →
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... Read more →
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.... Read more →
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... Read more →
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... Read more →
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... Read more →
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... Read more →
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... Read more →
Welcome PlanGrid!
20 November 2018
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... Read more →
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... Read more →
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... Read more →
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... Read more →
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... Read more →
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... Read more →
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... Read more →
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... Read more →
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... Read more →
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... Read more →