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Scott Sheppard

Alameda, California

http://labs.blogs.com/its_alive_in_the_lab/about-the-author.html

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Recently @PlanetFitness Updated Its iPhone App to the Detriment of Its User Interface

When I was learning to program, "user-friendly" was all the rage. A program's user interface, i.e., the ways that we interact with the software through menus, buttons, and data entry, had to be easy to use. Although today user-friendly has... Continue reading

Posted 3 days ago at It is Alive in the Lab

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Autodesk Forge DevCon is an Event for Programmers and Non-Programmers

Register Today for Forge DevCon in Las Vegas, November 18 as part of Autodesk University. Years ago when Autodesk University (AU) started, it was almost solely about the classes that one could take to learn about using our software. Hence,... Continue reading

Posted 5 days ago at It is Alive in the Lab

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Attention Potential Autodesk Summer 2020 Interns: Be on the Lookout for Interview Opportunities in September-November

I often get contacted by college students in May or June who want to intern at Autodesk for the summer (June-August). I have had to break the bad news to them that our interns had already been hired, and that... Continue reading

Posted 6 days ago at It is Alive in the Lab

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We're Getting a Pool but our Pool Builder Just Declared Bankruptcy (Part 3)

Last year we moved to Cypress, TX. Since Texas has hot weather in the summer, we decided to get a pool. Since Autodesk software is used to design and make things, I have been chronicling the construction process. In a... Continue reading

Posted Sep 11, 2019 at It is Alive in the Lab

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SafeAtLast: 80 Internet of Things Statistics Infographic

When we develop tools for designing and making things, we consider that those things are used in the context of a system. In other words, those things are integrated with the environment in which they are used. That's one reason... Continue reading

Posted Sep 10, 2019 at It is Alive in the Lab

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Samuel Macalister - Architect and BIM Specialist and the Revit 2014 Sample House

Today's blog post is a guest post from Samuel Macalister. Sam is a Senior Technical Sales Specialist, AEC/ENI in our Worldwide Field Operations (WWFO) Team. Our Worldwide Field Operations is our face of Autodesk to our customers. Through modern and... Continue reading

Posted Sep 5, 2019 at It is Alive in the Lab

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Microsoft is working on developing a piece of hardware and are looking for the killer app. VR in a building information model may turn out to be the one; however, at this time, there isn’t a huge clamoring from our customer base for a VR solution although we continue to keep an eye on the technology, including working with Microsoft.

Commented Sep 3, 2019 on Fear not: Autodesk is on top of New User Interfaces and the Changing Nature of Work at It is Alive in the Lab

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The Future of Making in Two @Autodesk Slides

Here are two slides from our corporate Future of Making presentations. These pretty much say it all. MORE The global middle class is growing faster than at any time in history. 400,000 people join the middle class every day*. That’s... Continue reading

Posted Aug 27, 2019 at It is Alive in the Lab

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Fear not: Autodesk is on top of New User Interfaces and the Changing Nature of Work

At Autodesk, our team focuses on strategic foresight. Strategic foresight is a practice of looking systematically at the future, understanding fragmented indicators that suggest possible futures, and developing a point of view about how to respond. We use imagination to... Continue reading

Posted Aug 26, 2019 at It is Alive in the Lab

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Killing time at an Airport on a Sunday: How I Spent my Saturday Working in the Yard

I am working in San Francisco this week, so I am at the Houston Hobby airport on this fine Sunday. My Southwest Airlines flight has been delayed, so I have time to kill. Given that, I thought I’d blog about... Continue reading

Posted Aug 25, 2019 at It is Alive in the Lab

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Airbus Airspace Cabin Vision 2030

Autodesk got its start when we democratized CAD technology by making it available on personal computers that were much less expensive than special-purpose workstations so that small mom and pop architect shops could graduate from using their drafting tables. We... Continue reading

Posted Aug 21, 2019 at It is Alive in the Lab

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Infographic: The Future of Making

Due to this blog post's graphic nature, viewer discretion is advised. More, better, less. Never let them rest, until your more is better, and your better impacts less. I have posted several blog articles about the future of making and... Continue reading

Posted Aug 20, 2019 at It is Alive in the Lab

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Fear not: Autodesk stays Abreast of the Environment and Technology

At Autodesk, our team focuses on strategic foresight. Strategic foresight is a practice of looking systematically at the future, understanding fragmented indicators that suggest possible futures, and developing a point of view about how to respond. We use imagination to... Continue reading

Posted Aug 19, 2019 at It is Alive in the Lab

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Attending Autodesk University? Consider Registering for Forge DevCon on the Monday Before AU

Got code? What gets coded in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas. Let's say you've been an Autodesk customer for a long time. You've got decades of your intellectual property captured in AutoCAD drawings, Revit models, Inventor parts and assemblies, or... Continue reading

Posted Aug 15, 2019 at It is Alive in the Lab

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Please try http://tinkercad.com and let me know what you think.

Commented Aug 14, 2019 on What's New (Technology Preview Releases by Date) at It is Alive in the Lab

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techjury: Global IT Economics Infographic

When Autodesk was exclusively a desktop software provider, we had a fixed cost of goods associated with our offerings. It was basically a set of CDs or DVDs, a printed user manual, and some packaging. Now that we also offer... Continue reading

Posted Aug 14, 2019 at It is Alive in the Lab

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Registration for Autodesk University in Las Vegas is Open

Autodesk University is your chance to take classes in using Autodesk software. It's also your chance to get insight as to where we think the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction and Product Design and Manufacturing industries are headed. There's also a... Continue reading

Posted Aug 13, 2019 at It is Alive in the Lab

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Book Review: Non-Bullshit Innovation by David Rowan

David Rowan was the founding editor-in-chief of WIRED Magazine's UK edition and technology columnist of The Times, GQ, Condé Nast Traveler, and Sunday Times. David travels the globe to meet crazy-driven startup entrepreneurs who are reinventing industries through unconventional means.... Continue reading

Posted Aug 12, 2019 at It is Alive in the Lab

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Fear Not: Autodesk has Your Back regarding Shifting Paradigms and Advancing Technology

At Autodesk, our team focuses on strategic foresight. Strategic foresight is a practice of looking systematically at the future, understanding fragmented indicators that suggest possible futures, and developing a point of view about how to respond. We use imagination to... Continue reading

Posted Aug 7, 2019 at It is Alive in the Lab

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Alameda Resident Helps Buy 200 Laptops for Under-served High School Students

Travis Heppe, an Alameda, California resident and Google software engineer, recently did some research on participation among minorities in computer science. What he found was shocking. Although 90% of parents want their kids to learn computer science, only 14% of... Continue reading

Posted Aug 6, 2019 at It is Alive in the Lab

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A Past Present Future Map can help identify a Company's Trajectory when Problem-Solving

Autodesk got its start when we democratized CAD technology by making it available on personal computers that were much less expensive than special-purpose workstations so that small mom and pop architect shops could graduate from using their drafting tables. We... Continue reading

Posted Aug 6, 2019 at It is Alive in the Lab

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Login issue to Autodesk Feedback Site is Under Investigation

For all of our users who help us evaluate technology previews for customer interest and beta programs for customer readiness, we are aware that our beta site, feedback.autodesk.com, has an issue that prevents our customers from logging in with an... Continue reading

Posted Aug 5, 2019 at It is Alive in the Lab

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Ithaca Software was acquired by Autodesk 26 years ago today

Logo design by Anh Look It was 26 years ago today that Ithaca Software was acquired by Autodesk. Autodesk People and Places provided me with the list of employees on that fateful day. Patricia Abbott Carl Bass Milton Capsimalis Bob... Continue reading

Posted Aug 5, 2019 at It is Alive in the Lab

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I Will Continue to Tip My Servers via Credit Card instead of Cash

Though I have Paypal and Venmo accounts, I mostly use a credit card for convenience. I took my wife and mother-in-law out to dinner last night. I charged the dinner, and as I was signing the credit card receipt, my... Continue reading

Posted Aug 3, 2019 at It is Alive in the Lab

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New Landscaping from Cut Above Landscaping Adds Beauty to Our Home in Cypress, Texas

"Gardens are the result of a collaboration between art and nature." — Penelope Hobhouse Our Lennar home in Cypress, Texas came with landscaping in the front and backyards; however, when you dig a hole for a pool in the backyard,... Continue reading

Posted Aug 2, 2019 at It is Alive in the Lab

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