It is Alive in the Labtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-12736762024-02-05T16:12:08-08:00This is a blog about the people, processes, thoughts, foresight, and opinions about technology from Autodesk.TypePadThe Rock Boat XXIII Rockedtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341caed853ef02c8d3a64a61200c2024-02-05T16:12:08-08:002024-02-05T16:28:57-08:00The Rock Boat is the world’s largest floating music festival. Bands perform concerts as the boat travels. The destinations (Key West and Costa Maya this year) are less important than the journey (live music). Here are the shows we saw...Scott SheppardFirst World Problems: How Many Things Can Go Wrong?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341caed853ef02c8d3aa7fc4200d2024-02-05T03:54:48-08:002024-02-05T06:21:36-08:00According to the law of averages, on Sunday, February 4, we might have exhausted our year’s worth of first-world problems. Crummy Boarding Position 8:30 am – On the cab ride from The Rock Boat to the airport, even though we...Scott SheppardStrategic Foresight for Friends and Relativestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341caed853ef02c8d3a5ef6a200d2023-12-19T04:00:00-08:002023-12-19T17:43:21-08:00Merry Christmas. I am a member of the Strategic Foresight team at Autodesk. The Strategic Foresight team explores future scenarios in a STEEP (Social, Technological, Economic, Environmental, and Political) framework to identify drivers of emerging themes and patterns, and how...Scott SheppardGood News and Bad News from 2023tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341caed853ef02c8d3a5de04200d2023-12-14T07:58:40-08:002023-12-14T07:58:40-08:00If nothing else, 2023 was stirring. The Earth unleashed a devastating earthquake in Turkey-Syria, wildfires raged in Hawaii and Canada, and record rain displaced millions of people in northeastern China. The wars between Ukraine/Russia and Israel/Hamas only added to destruction...Scott SheppardMerry Christmas from Our Family to Yours 2023tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341caed853ef02c8d3a4dc3d200d2023-12-04T05:18:54-08:002024-02-23T09:11:08-08:00Christmas 2023 Dear friends and relatives, The big news is that Steven got married. Our family is thrilled to welcome Kate, Scarlett (age 13), Penelope (age 11), and Dutch (age 10) into the Sheppard family. We had a fabulous celebration...Scott Sheppard