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I'm Back. No, Wait, I'm Gone Again
My week long vacation is over, and I'm back in the office trying to catch up before I hit the road again this week and most of August. The Colorado portion of the vacation was very nice. We were in
... ContinuedHey! Where'd My Forums Go?
Judging by the lack of frantic emails, we must have done a good job letting everyone know about this week's launch of the new SolidWorks discussion forums. As of early yesterday morning, the current forums were set to read-only while
... ContinuedSolidWorks World 2010 – Call for Papers
"It's right around the corner" – "It snuck up fast" - "What?? We just got back from SWW." Okay, so it's still more than six months until SolidWorks World 2010 opens in Anaheim, California. It's a big deal though, and a lot of
... ContinuedRicky Gets Lost, and Lots of People Know About It
While I'm not a huge fan of Twitter, I do take a daily look at it just to see if there are any interesting tidbits from the SolidWorks Community. There are the occasional UG meeting announcements (@housug), links to interesting projects
... 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 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
... 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
... ContinuedGreat People Make Great Things Happen
I originally titled this "Great Things Happen to Great People", but changed it to reflect the real story. A little over a week before he was scheduled to attend SolidWorks World 2009, Rodney Hall found out that his employer was shutting
... ContinuedBill Caz Gets the Corner Treatment
Rich Hall has a regular feature over at his blog called "Educators Corner". Bill Casnovsky, Central Texas SolidWorks User Group leader, is today's interview.
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