Author Archives: Richard Doyle
SWUGN Summit – Columbus
Columbus, Ohio is the next stop on the 2009 SWUGN Technical Summit tour. As many as five (maybe even six) user groups will be represented on July 21st, and the list of presenters is impressive to say the least. Richard
... ContinuedMy Son the Movie Star?
It's quite common for us to spend hours every weekend in the hot Texas sun watching little league baseball. My son Stone plays for a team called the Mojo Silver, a select league team that plays strictly tournament baseball. This past
... ContinuedAgenda? What Agenda?
This is the sign that greeted attendees of last night's HOUSUG meeting. A good crowd was there, the food was superb (well done Joe Lance), and Nicole Walden barely got to speak. John Milbery and Ramesh (Jones)Lakshmipathy were on hand and
... ContinuedMeet Agent Kelly Frazier
While emailing back and forth with Colorado SolidWorks User Group leader Kelly Frazier today, she told me that she had passed the Patent Bar exam, making her officially a Registered Patent Agent. This license allows her to practice patent law
... ContinuedCome On Get Happy
You can't often start a blog post with a thinly veiled reference to the Partridge Family – this should be fun. The next SWUGN Technical Summit event lands in what's known as Happy Valley on June 16th. The actual city is State
... ContinuedMeet Jeff Ray and Joe Nebolon in San Diego
If you're reading this blog, there's a better than average chance you're a SolidWorks user, and thus there is decent chance that you know who Jeff Ray is. I suspect that not many of you have heard of Joe Nebolon though. On
... ContinuedSWUGN Summit – Atlanta
The SWUGN Summit series moves to Atlanta, Georgia on May 19th. Atlanta Metro SolidWorks User Group leader Tom Ellis is very excited about the event, and has several group members that are ready to present. SolidWorks own Philip Thomas will be
... ContinuedWhat do 1, 2007, and 1,000,000 Have in Common
Nothing really, but each number will show up here in this catch-up post. 1The 1st SWUGN Summit event of the year was held this week in Orlando, and we all had a great time. Thanks to Casey Gorman, Matt Rece,
... ContinuedWhat Does a SolidWorks User Group Meeting Look Like?
Dave Bartholomew and the Northeast Ohio SolidWorks User Group had a great meeting this week, and here are the pictures to prove it.
... ContinuedWhat Did I Do at COFES?
The 10th annual COFES conference was my fourth, and like many others have expressed, I feel it was the best one I have attended. There's plenty of in-depth coverage of the event to be found: SolidWorks: Heard!Lou Gallo covered COFES
... ContinuedSpending Some Time in the Desert
This morning I flew into Phoenix and made the 100 mile drive to Tucson for tonight's Tucson SolidWorks User Group meeting. I'll be doing a session called SolidWorks User Tips Group and Network Tricks. You read that right, it's a
... ContinuedLynnette Cracks Me Up
I got a pretty good laugh out of Lynnette's three line blog post today.
... ContinuedRandall Bock – Educator or User Group Leader?
Well…both actually. Randall burst on to the scene last September as the leader of the Happy Valley SolidWorks User Group. Since then, the group has averaged over 80 attendees for each of three meetings that have been held. HVSWUG will
... ContinuedSWUGN Technical Summit – Orlando
The 2009 SWUGN Technical Summit series kicks off April 28th in Orlando, Florida. We’re expecting a good turnout to see technical presentations by the likes of Casey Gorman, Tim Paris, Eric Bright, Carl Scheible, Matt Rece, and Dana Parrish. Five
... ContinuedRoast Turkey on a Sourdough Roll w/Mayo
The best sourdough bread in the world is made in the San Francisco Bay Area, so any time I get a chance to visit California, I always make it a point to find a little, out-of-the-way deli at least once for
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