Autodesk University 2018 – Through the Interface

I’m on the train home after a whirlwind week in Las Vegas. Another great AU is “in the bag” and I’m looking forward to getting home to my family. But first a quick recap of the week…

I arrived on Saturday night, as usual, and managed to get a decent first night’s sleep. On Sunday I did a few things… I checked out the rooms I’d be presenting in during the week, which is always slightly surreal.

The classrooms are ready for business

I wandered along the strip: they’d closed it off for the Rock N Roll Marathon, which apparently caused incredible havoc for those arriving on Sunday.

The strip was closed for business

As usual I ended up shopping a little at the Fashion Show Mall.

Fashion Show Mall

And then saw some runners finishing the Marathon.

Runners at the end of the Rock N Roll Marathon

After dinner with the Forge team – and another night’s sleep under the belt – it was time for the pre-conference events to kick-off. I managed to attend the mainstage for Connect & Construct:

Construct and Connect keynote

I popped by the Forge Village, where I was delighted to see my colleague, Simon Breslav, sitting on the wall.

Simon hanging out in the Forge Village

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