On Wednesday I headed back across to Zurich airport to fly to San Francisco for a few days ahead of Autodesk University 2023 in Las Vegas.The flight was direct and largely uneventful: I didn't sleep but did feel moderately sane when I arrived in SF. I hopped on BART from the airport to Embarcadero – it's really the best mode of transport if you arrive around 5pm.
My room in the Hyatt has a view across SF’s financial district. Here’s a picture I snapped before sleeping…
… and one on waking.
I always like seeing the view towards The Bay, too.Thursday was split between Pier 9 and 1 Market.
After a few internal meetings I was thrilled to finally get to walk across the Pier 9 bridge. I talk about the instrumentation of this bridge – and it's importance to the MX3D project – all the time, but it was incredibly the first time I'd walked on it.
Here I am with Hans Kellner – who was heavily involved in the instrumentation work – and Jacky Bibliowicz – who was the driving force…