March 2021

March ...

Above the Dwarf Oak Trail

Jon hiked the Dwarf Oak Trail, at the western end of Mt. Burdell above the Rolling Hills Tennis club. While playing tennis I noticed a new social trail heading up the ridge from the Dwarf Oak Trail. I hiked it to the ridge top which afforded some spectacular panoramic views from the top.

Rolling Hills Social Trail
Burdell Panorama
Burdell Panorama



Last Alumni Call

In March, we held another Autodesk Strategic Foresight alumni call - for former employees, fellows, interns, and friends. This was similar to the one we did last December and is the last one I will host. After I leave Autodesk, Erin will take over and says she will continue the calls. I will then be an alumnus.

Strategic Foresight Alumni Call


Multi Camera Flight

I put a GoPro under my left wing and another in the cockpit looking out the front windshield and coordinated the timing. Click on each side-by-side pair simultaneously to see the two-camera effect over western Sonoma and Marin counties. At about 2:10 the wing camera slips into a downward view because of wind on it. The wing camera also shut off about 11 minutes before the cockpit camera. The cockpit camera captures the entire flight.




San Francisco Office Moveout

At the end of March, in preparation for my retirement at the beginning of May, I went into the San Francisco Autodesk office at One Market to clean out my office. I had not been there, except for one brief afternoon, for over a year. Note the date on the calendar in the lower right picture. It is as if time stopped. This is before the cleanout...

Jon SF Office Jon SF Office

Photos courtesy Hilmar Koch


Jon SF Office Calendar


Cleanout in process...

Giant Trash and Recycling Bins Ready to Pack


Box em up Almost done


Recycling Strategic Foresight Library


... and completed.

Jon and Kerry Ann Jon and Kerry Ann


Empty Office Empty Office


Empty Office Boxes


Lydia, Jon, Kerry Ann Facillities trucks the load out