Community
Mile High Energy
There was something a little different about yesterday's SWUGN Summit – Denver. It started at the opening session when the entire crowd voted unanimously to change the agenda for the day. It continued when we abandoned one of the smaller breakout
... ContinuedMedia Blitz, or SolidWorks Users Getting Excited?
Since yesterday's lifting of the NDA, SolidWorks bloggers have been churning out page after page of their favorite new features in SolidWorks 2010. I've read 19 articles already, and that's just the blogs that I follow regularly. There's more on the way. There's
... ContinuedDevon Sowell Somehow Gets 29 Hours in His Days
He must. How else could he run his business, write two blogs (here and here), write books, and take some really cool family vacations? I think his next project should be a book on time management. But first, Devon has decided to
... ContinuedBack to Colorado – But No Baseball This Time
It seems like just yesterday I was in Colorado, and it seems like tomorrow I'll need to go back. We're still a little over three weeks away though from the SWUGN Summit – Denver, but it feels like it's coming
... ContinuedMeeting Jay Guthrie
Way back in 1999, a fellow named Jay Guthrie wondered online how he could convince his boss to send him to SolidWorks World in New Orleans. My reply at the time was enough to make it happen, and I promised
... ContinuedSolidWorks World Registration is Live!!
HERE 'nuf said.
... ContinuedTraveling Internationally
I got an email from the airline yesterday morning offering to help me prepare for my upcoming international flight. With a Canadian wife, two half-Canadian children, and in-laws in British Columbia and Alberta, I hardly ever think about a flight
... ContinuedI'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
... Continued