The Big H
This week - Houston!
I'm in Houston for Offshore Technology Conference; more than 60,000 people are in attendance. That's not a typo - really, 60,000+ people attend this conference. Hotel room are sold out for miles.
Autodesk has a booth here where we are showing software solutions relevant to the offshore community - AutoCAD P&ID, NavisWorks, Inventor, Buzzsaw, and Constructware. One of our partners, CF Design, is also here showing computational fluid dynamics & thermal simulation. I feel my rusty mechanical engineering memory come back to life just watching the CF demos. I used to know about calculating laminar/turbulent flows and convective/conductive/radiative heat transfer. But I'm no longer that cool. I like wandering the floor, checking out the giant equipment and learning new words. That's a photo of me an a large (DN400) ball valve.
Contrary to popular opinion, it is possible to have a good time in Houston. Ok, so it took me a decade to figure out how, but it is possible. After a long day at a trade show, one can take in a baseball game, hit a favorite blues club, get a good meal (crawfish! shrimp! Texas BBQ!), or go to a nightclub to see the Spazmatics. As I under stand it, the Spazmatics always play to a PACKED house. Maybe I can get in some shopping while I'm here.
So really, I'm here to work. I give a few P&ID talks in the booth theater every day. I also work the Plant Solutions pod, demonstrating AutoCAD P&ID 2009 and being evasive about future Plant applications. In case you haven't heard, AutoCAD P&ID 2009 is now out, so I get to demo the latest and greatest.
That's my life - non-stop fun!






