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The Shift From Typepad to WordPress: A Blogger’s Reboot

After 22 years on Typepad, the platform's sudden shutdown prompted a challenging migration to WordPress.com. Despite Typepad's early reliability, its decline made the shift necessary. With support from the community, the transition has rejuvenated the blog, embracing WordPress's modern tools and open-source benefits, marking a new chapter in the blog's journey.

Happy 4th Birthday Coho and 22nd for Between the Lines Blog

August 21 has always been a meaningful day for me. In 2003, it was the launch of this blog, Between the Lines. And today, in 2025, it’s also the 4th birthday of my best furry friend, Coho the Silver Labrador.…

Celebrating 21 Years of Between the Lines Blog and 3 for Coho the Labrador

Today marks a big blog milestone—21 years of "Between the Lines Blog." What started as a simple idea has grown into a fun and trusted source for those in the AEC and manufacturing design technology industry. It’s wild to look…

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.

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Between the Lines – A 21 Year Old Blog

This blog Between the Lines can legally go grab an a drink at the bar, if it was a person. On this upcoming Sunday the 21st birthday for this blog will be reached. I didn’t think it would make 6…

Become an Autodesk Community Voices Blog Author

Autodesk Community Voices — a new blog by the community, for the community. It’s your place to connect, share, and learn with the community. The blog will feature product tips, workflows, articles, updates, and more, all shared by members of…

Between the Lines is 18 Years Old on Saturday

On August 21, 2003, this blog started thanks to the encouragement of two Autodesk colleagues Bill Johnston and Eric Wright. I was one of the top posting members in the Autodesk Discussion Forums on my own time, and at times…