Ritz-Carlton Magazine - Spring 2013 - (Page 42)
TECH
B Y S U N N Y B AT E S
Two sets of headphones
“The cheap orange sports
ones that stick in your
ear along with a pair of
Sony over-the-ear,
noise-reduction ones.”
5-year-old
PC Lenovo
ThinkPad
“In the color blue.”
DESIGNS
FOR TRAVEL
The swooping architecture of Frank Gehry, the world’s
fastest car and the movie “Avatar” have one thing in
common: They were enabled by 3-D design programs
invented by Autodesk, the groundbreaking software
company. Its CEO, Carl Bass, has a schedule typical
for the head of a multinational corporation: three trips
a year to China, three to Europe and up to a dozen
within the U.S. One secret, he says, is to keep a bag
that is always packed and ready to go; another is to
color-code the dozens of cables and adapters that he
is obliged to travel with (red for Apple devices, black
for Microsoft, etc.). His relaxation onboard, and at
his home in Berkeley, Calif., is to sketch designs for
the sculptural furniture pieces that he creates and
occasionally exhibits. Last year, a bench he designed,
fabricated entirely from a 3-D printer, was a hit at the
Burning Man festival (below).
Apple
MacBook
Air with
dual boots
(Windows and
Mac)
“Purchased from
Trader Joe’s.”
Apple iPad
CAR L’S
FAVOR ITE APPS
Waze
Great crowdsourced
traffic service
Uber
Sudoku Daily
A wonderful way to
waste time
Ticonderoga No. 2 pencils
worn behind the ear
“A remnant from years of
being a carpenter.”
WHAT I’D MOST
LIKE TO CHANGE
ABOUT TRAVEL:
“Airport security. I would get rid of it all
together. Also, I’d get rid of the ban on devices
below 10,000 feet. The amount of electromagnetic activity put out by all the devices
vs. the amount from the plane? No contest.”
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W W W. R I T Z C A R LT O N . C O M
SketchBook
For drawing and designing
Flood-It!
iBART
The most valuable app
ever. It has all the trains,
plus the schedule.
Everything. It has a live
feed telling you when
the train will arrive within
30 seconds.
THINKSTOCK (ORANGE HEADPHONES, CHOCOLATE, THINKPAD, NOTEPAD); COURTESY OF CARL BASS (PORTRAIT, BURNING MAN)
Yellow pad (8.5 x11)
and Uni-ball pens
Valrhona 72%
dark chocolate
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Ritz-Carlton Magazine - Spring 2013
Contents
Contributors
Editor’s Letter
President’s Letter
Falling in Love With ... Los Angeles
Design
Technology
On the Boulevards
Shopping
Jewelry
Watches
Family
Local Knowledge
Sports
Abu Dhabi
Seoul
Fashion
Culinary
Let Us Stay With You
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