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Glacial Escape

Last week, Stefanie and I got out for a few hours just west of town 20 miles to exercise our day permit we had got a few days ago. We got it to hike into the Three Sisters Wilderness to Broken Top Mountain (a collapsed volcano), the Bend Glacier, and the beautiful blue-turquoise No Name Lake from the Broken Top Trailhead in the Deschutes National Forest. Stay tuned for more technology and industry articles, advice, and reviews on the Between... Read more →

Last Weekend - Diving Kayaking and Spending Time with Friends

Last weekend we visited a beautiful Central Oregon lake that is formed from a freshwater spring, and gin crystal clear. 360 photo: Photos of this lake could be mistaken for the Mediterranean oceans clear waters. I hope you are having a nice summer and getting out in nature. Its a great place to relax, quiet the mind, and come up with new ideas, inspiration, or realization of gratitude. -Shaan Read more →

Visiting Portland This Weekend

We are visiting Portland Friday August 18th through Sunday August 20th afternoon. We are coming for a few meetings, and some fun. First and foremost we are going to the Portland Adult Soapbox Derby Saturday at Mt Tabor Park. This will be my first year not being a course official in the infamous “Blood Alley”, and I will enjoy getting to enjoy the fun. We are also visiting some of my PDX favs like Portland Japanese Garden, Rose Garden, St... Read more →

Happy First Day of Summer

Today is the first day of summer in the northern hemisphere. The first day of summer, often referred to as the summer solstice, is a special solar event celebrated globally, marking the longest day of the year in terms of daylight. This usually occurs on June 20 or 21 in the Northern Hemisphere, and December 21 or 22 in the Southern Hemisphere. The term "solstice" comes from the Latin words 'sol' (sun) and 'sistere' (to stand still), reflecting the sun... Read more →

Unleashing Creativity: The Innovative Marketing of BarkBox

Coho, my almost 2 year old hyper, sweet, sniffy, and energetic silver labrador is a rockstar when it comes to playing with, and testing toys. He takes some apart and removes their squeakers by performing what I call squeakerectomies. In today's ever-evolving and crowded and “ruff” world of marketing, companies are constantly searching for new and creative ways to capture the attention of their target audience. One company that has knocked the dog ball out of the park in my opinion is BarkBox, a subscription service for dog products. Read more →

Epic Roadtrip Bend Oregon to Napa California

What a magical trip last week for the Memorial Day holiday weekend! My girlfriend and I embarked on a road trip that I can only describe as an epic adventure. Our journey started in sunny Central Oregon’s Bend, Oregon. We drove to Napa California in the San Francisco Bay Area, and then on the return trip back up the iconic Pacific Coast Highway101. We crossed picturesque landscapes, beaches, and vineyards, that culminated in a three-day immersive musical experience at the... Read more →

Spring Finally in Central Oregon

The other day I went with the Deschutes Land Trust to photograph and film some wildflowers starting to appear. It was a very warm and sunny day near the Ochoco National Forest where we spotted many wildflowers like Indian paintbrush, prairie stars, balsam root, flax and phlox, checkered lilies, wild onion, wild strawberries, chokecherry, serviceberry, larkspur, columbine,and so much more as well as wildlife like vultures, squirrels, lizards, small birds, rabbits, elk and deer tracks, and one small 5-7-year-old northern... Read more →

Pure Stoke – Skiing on a Volcano

I went alpine skiing, Wednesday at Mt Bachelor. Mt Bachelor is an extinct volcanic cone mountain about 20 miles West of Bend Oregon where I live, and the 6trh largest ski resort in the US. We have received so much snow recently, that I had to go skiing even after so much recent travel left me exhausted. It was also my lucky day to be skiing with sunny skies and fresh powder “pow” when they opened the summit ski lift... Read more →

Yuji Suzuki 惜しい人を亡くしました

The world, and the AEC industry lost an amazing friend and educator on March 18,... Read more →

Update

I'm doing quite well and appreciated all the kind emails, messages, tweets, and calls. I'm taking a short break and vacation to ski, play on a beach, spend time with family and friends, and clear my head. I will be back full steam and departing Autodesk and excited about all the opportunities, impact, and adventures. Please stay tuned and in touch reading Between the Lines (https://www.btl-blog.com/) Onward and Upward! -Shaan https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaanhurley/ shaan at shaanhurley.com @ShaanHurley on both Instagram and Twitter Read more →

Changes After 25 Years

Some may have heard, but after 25 years at Autodesk, my current role was eliminated this week. I’m considering open internal roles at Autodesk or venturing back into the outside world. Still processing it all and disappointed, but it is forcing functions like this that always make for the best opportunties and growth. I only planned to be at Autodesk 2-3 years and then go back to the design world so it has been a bonus 22 years and amazing friends from customers, partners, industry, and colleagues. Read more →

A Canine Singularity Event

A dog walking a dog. My silver lab named Coho enjoys walking my friend’s 12 year old little dog named Boots. Coho will run to get the leash then walk the Boots down the driveway and the sidewalk with us. The only issue is sometimes because Coho is much larger, he turns corners a little faster than the little guy. Read more →

Happy Holidays

Most Autodesk employees and offices will be closed starting Monday starting, December 19th, for our annual Week of Rest for the holidays. This break is actually longer than a week, but it allows our employees to spend time with their family, friends, and rest. We then come back after the New Year refreshed and ready to make an amazing 2023 for our customers. Read more →

Surprise – It is Surgery Time

Last week I was out a great deal, not only due to the US Holiday but also because I had an unplanned surgery on Tuesday morning. I went in for my annual physical check-up, and while I passed with flying colors, there was one issue noted, my doctor found out I had a hernia. I’m all good now, but one thing I would suggest is not being overly-optimistic about how easy a surgery may be and keeping plans to fly... Read more →

Blog Issues Recently

November 4th, 2022 I am still having issues with the load times, content, and formatting after a week. Hopefully, Typepad gets this fixed asap. Read more →

Wildfires Here

Lightning struck on August 1st, about 30 miles west of me in sunny Bend, Oregon starting what is now called the Cedar Creek Fire. Sadly it is a beautiful area surrounding a crystal clear water lake where kayaking you can see over 60 feet in visibility. Read more →

Between the Lines Blog and Coho the Dog Birthdays Today

This Between the Lines Blog is turning 21 years young today! This blog started in 2003 as an experiment, became very popular with thousands of unique page views a day 4389 posts 5389 comments, and over 20 million viewers. I have continually been blogging since launching even when on vacation, sick, sabbatical, or in the Amazon jungle. Thank you to everyone for reading and contributing to this blog over the years. If there is something I can do to improve or make your experience more entertaining, educational, or perhaps and Autodesk topic related guest blog post, please let me know with an email. August 21, 2003 Getting the feel for this Blog. My silver labrador pup named Coho also coincidently turns 1 years old today, at a bouncing playful 99 pounds. Thank you and I hope to see you in a month in New Orleans and Autodesk University 2022. #AU2022 Shaan's AU 2022 Events Notification List Autodesk Community Conversations at Autodesk University 2022 in Person and Online Autodesk University 2022 Free Digital Passes Read more →

My Labrador, Coho, Turns One Next Week August 21st

From 8 pounds when I got him and now Coho is a 99 pound Silver Labrador. He has been a real bonus and entertaining, active outdoor adventure buddy, and best friend addition to my life. I had no idea he was going to be this big, but that's ok with me if he can’t fit on my kayak or SUP. When he was a puppy, and ate much less. Read more →

Portland Adult Soapbox Derby is This Weekend

Portland Soapbox Adult Derby this Saturday, August 20th. This is the world’s largest gravity race event. I will keep you safe, laughing, and accepting high fives, snacks, and cold beverages. Read more →

2022 Portland Adult Soapbox Derby Course Marshal Again

Look out Portland! I will be the bullhorn & radio abusing course marshall again in top of the action-packed course section 4 aka “blood alley” at the 2022 Portland Soapbox Adult Derby Saturday, August 20th. #pdxsoapboxderby Read more →

Been Out for the Past Week for Holiday and Vacation

I really needed the downtime with so much going on. I spent the time with friends and Coho the 90-pound labrador puppy, projects around the house and garden, getting my dental implant reinserted (ouch), and a lot of time outdoors and on the rivers and lakes. A few photos from the outdoors portion of the week off since I'm fairly confident you weren't interested in photos of my dental implant issue, but just in case. Outdoors: Read more →

Down the Melting Neon Rabbit Hole of AI-Generated Art

I have recently been experimenting with a new technology, I know, I'm a techy geek and your are not shocked that I'm geeking out on something new. There are many new technologies harnessing AI to generate images based on words and instructions you feed it like Dall-E, Dall-E Mini aka CrAIon, and Midjourney. I got on the beta of Midjourney. Midjourney runs using Discord (desktop or mobile) as its interface using the bot to send the commands to their trained... Read more →

Hardware + Travel = Potential Problems

I have been limping along for 3 weeks after a series of multiple laptop hardware failures. The last one left me using only my phone for a week and a half and having to make several computer store trips in Lyft in Atlanta Georgia and so many phone calls with support personnel for the laptop manufacturer. Luckily I am back up and on good hardware with some redundancy plans now thanks to the Autodesk Hardware support team. So may posts... Read more →

Weekend Hike Along the Upper Deschutes

It has been about 4 weeks since my knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus. I have done great with little to no pain and getting back to everything active that I enjoyed before, and more. I hope to get back on my mountain bike and kayak this weekend. Last Sunday I took the big pup Coho for a 5-mile hike along the Upper Deschutes River. It is so beautiful along the river just a few miles from where I... Read more →

Daylight Savings Time

There are two things harder to reset than a clock with daylight savings time than a microwave, and that’s kids and dogs. My dog Coho a six month old 75 pound Silver Labrador is whining with his leash at 4 pm now, instead of 5 pm. Not even my microwave clock is this tough to reset forward an hour. Read more →