No, that’s not a misprint. The incredibly intelligent, although slightly whacked, team over at DriveWorks are making a movie. Glen Smith, CEO and co-founder, admitted that the idea came to be whilst indulging in a drink or five one night after work. Once they’d made the commitment, there was no turning back. For those of [...]
Feb
13
SWW 2010 Apology
This goes out to anyone who attended my SolidWorks Crashes & Slowdowns presentation. I’m sorry. I just watched the video of my presentation and I’d have to say it was, without a doubt, one of the worst presentations I’ve ever seen. Even though I was nervous as hell, coupled with the fact that I couldn’t [...]
Feb
09
The ‘Why’ behind the SWW (not so) special event
Many people, including me, were disappointed with the special event at SolidWorks World this year. It just seemed ‘less’ than years past. So, to satisfy my curiosity about the ‘why’, I reached out to Kerri Dunne. For those of you who don’t know who Kerri is, she’s the brains behind SolidWorks World. If you want [...]
Feb
09
3DConnexion steps it up
I’m a few days behind on this, but 3DConnexion has improved the driver for their 3D mice (mouses?) by automatically determining the optical center of rotation. I was part of the beta testing of this driver and I really like what they’ve done. Rather than defaulting to the origin, or having to select a particular [...]
Feb
08
SolidWorks World 2010 – That’s a wrap…dammit!
It’s like it’s the day after Christmas; all the toys have been played with, food and drink consumed and the relatives have left. Now, I just have this weird empty feeling. Not as bad as losing your best friend, though. Close, but… As I’ve come to expect, SolidWorks put on a great show. I really [...]
Feb
03
SolidWorks World – February 2, 2010
Wow, what a day it’s been; not that it’s actually over yet. I just returned to my room to relax a little bit before heading over to Jon Hirschtick’s room. He was kind enough to invite the Twitterverse over and I’m not one to turn down such an invitation. Right now, this is turning out [...]
Feb
02
SolidWorks World – First General Session
Ok, first and foremost, contrary to what Josh may have said via Twitter, I was not taking shots every time ‘Cloud’ was mentioned. I just want to get that out of the way. Now for the good stuff… 5000+ attendees at SolidWorks world this year. That is an awesome number! A surprising one, too. Given [...]