Through the Interface

Getting ready for the Autodesk DevCon in Munich

On Monday I’ll be taking the train across to Munich for the 2024 version of the Autodesk DevCon in Europe. I’ll be around at the event on Tuesday and Wednesday, heading back on Thursday morning. If you’re going to be at this year’s DevCon, please do say “Hi”! Read more →

Why I love my job

A quick post today to shamelessly plug the company I've spent so much of my life working for, and more specifically for the organization where I’ve worked most recently, Autodesk Research. This video was compiled from - among other footage - interviews done at Autodesk University 2023. It also happens to include quite a bit of footage for the From Steps to Stories exhibit we created in partnership with The Bentway. If you're interested in coming to work at Autodesk, you can search through the currently open job postings via our careers site. Thanks for watching. :-) Read more →

TechX 2024

In my last post I mentioned my trip to Las Vegas for this year's Autodesk-internal TechX event. This post summarizes the whole week, to give a taste for how these events go. Things started on Sunday evening at the Allē Lounge on 66 roof bar at Resorts World, where Autodesk's technical leadership community got together for a welcome reception. The view was spectacular! I have made a lot of friends at Autodesk, over the years, and TechX is my main chance to reconnect with many of them. I've known Alan Quinton since my days living in the Bay Area... Read more →

Back in Las Vegas for TechX 2024

It’s that time off year again: our internal Autodesk geekfest (called TechX) is being held this week in Las Vegas at the Resorts World Hotel. (It's held in a different city every year.) I’ve come across to attend a Technical Leadership Forum on Monday, and then present a TechX session on using WebAssembly to create a Forma extension (in this case using VASA) on Tuesday. I’ll also be participating in a number of other activities before heading home on Friday. As I wanted to be here in time for a reception on the Sunday night, I headed across on... Read more →