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I know it’s still a few days ’til SolidWorks World officially starts, but my schedule is non-stop starting now.  I’m off to Dallas for the North Texas SolidWorks User Group this evening, and a long drive home before my 8:00am

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If you’re not packing for San Diego yet, chances are you aren’t going to SolidWorks World this year.  You can still see and hear a lot of what’s happening at the conference by checking out these SolidWorks blogs.  SolidWorks bloggers

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Mike Puckett, User Group leader and blogger, stars in the latest from the SolidWorks World podcast series.  He sounds a little excited.

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One of my favorite moments during each SolidWorks World conference is when the special guest shows up on stage.  The guys from Mythbusters, OCC, Leonard Nimoy – all of them were total surprises to me and it was a thrill

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You’ve sent the SolidWorks World agenda link, maybe even the Boss’s Justification email, but still no luck getting the approval to attend.  Here’s one more tool, and it might just make the difference.  Listen to Jeff Mirisola’s former manager Bob

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SolidWorks World 2008 will mark my tenth SolidWorks World Conference.  I wasn’t always a SolidWorks employee, I enjoyed several conferences as a SolidWorks User and SWUGN Committee member.  The only other person I know (outside of SolidWorks Corporation) to have

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The SolidWorks User Group Network has been running a CSWA promotion since the on-line test went live.  In all, over 130 user group members have participated, with a passing rate of nearly 65%. Congratulations to the Eastern Iowa SolidWorks User

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Mike Puckett has been running down his top 20 reasons to attend SolidWorks World.  Today’s reason (number 7) has to do with who’s-who at SolidWorks World, and he’s got quite a list of presenters and attendees for you to meet. 

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In the latest SolidWorks World podcast, Kerri Dunne and Liz Hamlin provide a lot of information about the upcoming conference – but don’t divulge any secrets.  If you listen closely, you can pick up one little tidbit about the Tuesday

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It’s hard to believe that it’s been ten years since we all gathered in Palm Springs for the first SolidWorks World.  I remember the tiki torches at the welcome reception, Stan Sweet hyperventilating, meeting Josh Mings, Jon Hirschtick, and Bob

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Jeff Ray starts off the SolidWorks World 2008 podcast series.

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Although my German is virtually non-existent, I was able to discern that Stefan Berlitz and Ralf Tide have created an advent calendar for SolidWorks users (thanks Babel Fish).  Each day leading up to Christmas will offer a surprise in the

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Lila Theis, former SASUG group leader and SWUGN Lifetime Achievement award recipient, sent a note to her colleagues referring to an article I wrote for Cadalyst on the SolidWorks 2008 interface.  The next day I received an email from another

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Notice that there isn’t a question mark in the title.  That’s because it’s actually a statement I have heard dozens of times in the past two weeks.  From Racine to San Jose, from Oklahoma City to Tulsa, it’s become the

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Check out the lineup of presenters for the SWUGN Technical Summit – San Jose – It reads like a who’s-who of the SolidWorks Community: Matthew CumminsPhil SluderEd EatonElise MossDevon Sowell Combined, this group of SolidWorks Users has more than 20

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