This week I had the pleasure of traveling here to San Francisco to attend a special Autodesk event. Autodesk invited several AutoCAD 2010 (codenamed “Gator”) beta testers who were also AutoCAD bloggers to attend the AutoCAD 2010 webcast backstage and also meet with members of the AutoCAD Team for an action packed day. There were many meetings to discuss their feedback on what they liked, did not like, and what they would like to see in the future. There were some great presentations from Guri Stark, Eric Stover, Guillermo Melantoni on Autodesk and the future of AutoCAD. The webcast kicked off at noon with Amar Hanspal, Eric Stover and a live AutoCAD 2010 product demonstration of some of the key new features by Heidi Hewett. It was a great experience but I sure don't feel comfortable seeing myself on camera or photos.
The webcast broadcast live is now archived for the next 30 days at: this link
Who attended:
- Brian Benton, CAD-a-Blog http://cadablog.blogspot.com/
- Donnie Gladfelter, The CAD Geek http://www.thecadgeek.com/blog/
- Mark Douglas, In the Dynamic Interface http://mdouglas.blogs.com/
- Randall McSwain, CAD Panacea http://cadpanacea.com/
- Steve Johnson, blog nauseam http://www.blog.cadnauseam.com/
- David Cohn, CADman-Do http://cadman-do.blogspot.com/
- Ellen Finkelstein, EllenFinkelStein.com http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/autocad_tips_blog.html
- Melanie Perry, Mistress of the Dorkness http://mistressofthedorkness.blogspot.com/
- Robin Capper, RobiNZ CAD Blog http://rcd.typepad.com/rcd/
- Todd Shackelford, CAD Shack & The Lazy Drafter http://cadshack.blogspot.com/
Autodesk bloggers
Lynn Allen
Heidi Hewett
Me 😉
Here are some of the posts on the blogger event and AutoCAD 2010 related blog posts I noticed this morning:
- Kate Morrical AutoCAD LT 2010 is here! (Well, almost.)
- Lynn Allen Let the AutoCAD 2010 Blogging Begin!
- Heidi Hewett
Live from San Francisco,
it's AutoCAD! AutoCAD 2010… WOW!!
Attention AutoCAD 2010 Beta Participants
AutoCAD 2010 Demonstrations! - Robin Capper, RobiNZ CAD Blog
Watching the AutoCAD 2010 Webcast, without the web
What do you call a group of AutoCAD Bloggers?
Meeting other AutoCAD Bloggers at an AutoCAD Event - Randall McSwain, CAD Panacea
AutoCAD 2010 in 3 minutes - Steve Johnson, blog nauseam
Look out for AutoCAD 2010 news
Autodesk not listening? The response, part 1. - David Cohn, CADman-Do
AutoCAD 2010 Rollout – Behind the Scenes
AutoCAD 2010 Revealed
The Show is About to Start
AutoCAD 2010 Backstage Pass - Melanie Perry, Mistress of the Dorkness AutoCAD 2010 Launch – Quickie
- Heidi Hewett's Blog: AutoCAD 2010… WOW!!
- Develop3D – Technology for the Product Lifecycle: AutoCAD 2010 …
- Civil to Inventor AutoCAD 2010 preview guide
- David Harrington Autodesk ANNOUNCEMENT & AutoCAD 2010 is coming
- U2 AutoCAD 2010
- Jimmy Bergmark of JTB World AutoCAD 2010 soon on your desk , No VBA installed with AutoCAD 2010, SmartPurger now works with AutoCAD 2010 and Windows 7
- Civil3D Rocks Want to See AutoCAD 2010? Watch the recording of yesterday's press conference!
- AutoCADder AutoCAD 2010 is coming
AutoCAD 2010 Demo Videos on YouTube
Cheers,
Shaan
I suppose I should kick myself for not getting my lazy ### going and starting a blog yet.
‘sOK, I’ll see you all again in December…
Meanwhile, I must say that this was a good idea for the Desk. ^^5 to whoever came up with it.
You’re getting the 2010 word out in a whole different genre. We users may be ho-hum or even distrusting of press releases and commercials, but we trust the peeps who write our favorite blogs. Especially if we’ve been lucky enough to meet the majority of them.
And by picking beta testers as well, you get bloggers who have tried 2010 out already – on their own – and cared enough to do so.
And you didn’t just select the sweet-talkers, either.
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TITLE: Steve and his Gaggle of Geeks
BLOG NAME: Between the Lines
Recently a group of bloggers who were also active beta customers were invited to attend a behind the scenes event for the AutoCAD 2010 announcement webcast. Steve Johnson from Australia was there and was shooting video interviews.
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TITLE: More AutoCAD 2010 Blog Articles
BLOG NAME: Between the Lines
Last Thursday AutoCAD 2010 was announced by Autodesk and beta customers were released to be the best spokespeople for the release. Below are more blog posts I found over the weekend on AutoCAD 2010 and the launch events in San Francisco with customer b…
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TITLE: More AutoCAD 2010 Blog Articles
BLOG NAME: Between the Lines
Last Thursday AutoCAD 2010 was announced by Autodesk and beta customers were released to be the best spokespeople for the release. Below are more blog posts I found over the weekend on AutoCAD 2010 and the launch events in San Francisco with customer b…
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TITLE: Autodesk Labs at AutoCAD 2010 Blogger Launch Event
BLOG NAME: It is Alive in the Lab
On Thursday Autodesk Labs was involved with the Bloggers Press Event for the AutoCAD 2010 kickoff. Our own John Schmier was on hand to discuss the Autodesk Labs charter and how we do what we do. He also demonstrated some…