Wine Country Geek Lunch in the North Bay Saturday January 3rd

Robert Scoble (a Microsoft evangelist and serious hardcore blogger) is holding an informal lunch here in the North Bay wine country tomorrow. I plan on going as it is always great to meet new people and discuss geeky technology subjects.…

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First Post of 2004 – Happy New Years Everyone!

Well the West Coast has now rang in the new year. I hope everyone has a safe new years day and a better year than the last. Also please note it will take me the next 9 months to stop…

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Happy New Years..New Zealand and Australia.

The new year 2004 has started working it way around the globe with New Zealand and Australia out in front. Well at least I have at least 19 more hours of planning tonights festivities here in California! Happy New Years…

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If You Are Ever in the Bay Area, Stop On By

Autodesk is located in San Rafael California just about 20 miles North of the famous Golden Gate Bridge and the city of San Francisco. If you are ever in the area and want a quick tour of where AutoCAD is…

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Live Chat Support & Beta Testing

I just added throughout the entire Autodesk Beta website the ability to chat with a beta team member when Traci or I are online. This was done to allow for easy answers quick and fast for visitors interested in beta…

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A 3D Christmas Tree in AutoCAD

AutoCAD longtime guru Dietmar Rudolph created an AutoCAD LISP routine in 1997 to draw a random 3D Christmas tree. You can download the LISP routine from the below link then simply use APPLOAD to load the LSP file and then…

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Happy Holidays from the AutoCAD Team

Here is a holiday greeting photo I recently created of most of the AutoCAD Team here at Autodesk. I had to do some editing to fit some people into the photo which was taken at a team meeting a couple…

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New Exciting DWF Usage for Facilities

I have seen some very clever usage of DWF files on a corporate network. You can show employee locations, printers and in many cases even install and map to the printers of an office as shown in Jimmy Bergmark’s intranet…

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Strong California Quake Just Hit

It hit between San Francisco and Los Angeles at Cambria and was a 6.5 magnitude quake. It occured about 200 miles South of me and I did not feel it but some up here have. I hope all are safe…

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Shaan’s Annual Holiday Autodesk Product Donation to Starving Students or Those in Need

For the past few years I have raided my office for Not for Resale copies of Autodesk products to give away in the holiday spirit. All I need is your email with details of a student or someone in need…

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