Sabbatical Next Friday
Next Friday, I will begin 6 weeks off for the 5th time in 20 years at Autodesk. This is one of the best benefits of working for Autodesk. The 6 weeks provides enough time you can truly disconnect, recharge, and…
Between the Lines Blog
20+ Years of Design, Technology & More
Between the Lines Blog
20+ Years of Design, Technology & More
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Custom Espresso Tamper
Thanks to the kindness and concern for good coffee in the new Portland Autodesk office and an excellent excuse to make things, Hans Kellner Autodesk employee extraordinaire in Autodesk’s San Francisco office designed a custom espresso tamper. Hans designed the…
Weekend Gorge Memories
Yesterday it was 90 degrees in Portland, so I headed into the Columbia Gorge to enjoy some hiking and wildflowers. Coyote Wall Tom McCall Nature Preserve Rowena Crest We love our pets in the Pacific Northwest, and maybe you know…
Raspberry Pi Starter Kit from Pimoroni to Give Away
I have a new and amazing Pimoroni Pi Starter Kit with about everything you would need to make something with Raspberry Pi. I would love to gift it to a teen that is totally interested in STEM and technology that…
Throwback Thursday – Keep on Pedaling Michael
In our new renovated Portland office in the old Towne Storage Building, there is history all around us and all that could be maintained, restored, and celebrated was.The building had many years as a paper company storage, then county government…
Make Anything – Portland Style
When employees moved into the new Autodesk Portland office they had more good surprises than the amazing renovated historic building, our CREFT Facilities team went above and beyond. Autodesk Portland CREFT team member Lynette Keller used our own Portland developed…
Bike City – Autodesk Portland
We have been in our new office in downtown Portland a week as of this Monday, and a few things have become very apparent. A new office can change more than the length of commute for employees, it is changing culture and pride in the office environment.
Mimic – Open-Source Autodesk Maya Plugin to Control Industrial Robots
The Autodesk Robotics Lab excited to announce the release of Mimic, an open-source Autodesk Maya plugin for controlling Industrial Robots. Mimic is a free and open-source plugin for Autodesk Maya that enables simulation, programming, and control of 6-axis, Industrial Robots.…
Tough Audience
Yesterday I had the pleasure of visiting a class of 1st and 2nd-grade students in Lowrie Primary School in Wilsonville Oregon. An Autodesk colleague had children attending there and asked if I would speak to Ms. M’s class on technology,…
Snowpocolypse in Portland
We tend to over-react here in Portland when it snows or there is freezing ice storms, but for some good reasons. We normally don’t get snow, or just a trace then it melts.In the past 3 winters we have seen…