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Masshole of the Year – Edson Gebo

Jeff Mirisola — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:02:03 +0000

Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to present the Masshole of the…huh? Oh, my bad. Allow me to present the 2011 User Group leader of the year, Edson Gebo. While I know he won this award well over a year ago, I couldn’t think of a better way to get ‘Masshole’ into the title. How did …

Lou Gallo – Podcaster Extraordinaire

Jeff Mirisola — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:04:32 +0000

Anyone who has been around SolidWorks for a while has probably heard of Lou Gallo. If you haven’t, you’d better head on over to SolidWorks:HEARD! after you’ve finished reading this. Lou originally hails from the northwest suburbs of Chicago where he grew up playing hockey and risking life and limb doing the things we used …

The enigmatic Josh Mings

Jeff Mirisola — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:57:46 +0000

Oh, God, this is daunting. How does one go about writing about someone like Josh Mings? He writes one of the most popular CAD blogs, SolidSmack.com, he’s half of the incredible Engineer vs. Designer, and he’s a Web Marketing Manager at Luxion. He also has over 3500 followers on Twitter. If I don’t do him …

Charles Culp – A gift to SolidWorks users everywhere

Jeff Mirisola — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:39:39 +0000

I really don’t think that Charles Culp needs and introduction, but I don’t want him to feel that I haven’t done him justice in this post about him so, without further ado… Between his incredible amount of helpful posts on the SolidWorks’ forums, to his presentations at SolidWorks World to his website swtuts.com, Charles is …

18 Minutes with Bertrand Sicot

Jeff Mirisola — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 17:26:54 +0000

As all of you, my loyal readers, know, I went home to the Boston area back in August. As has become my habit, I arranged a visit to SolidWorks with the hope of interviewing some of the employees, as well as getting a glimpse of 2012. How surprised was I when Kristen informed me that …

SolidWorks 2012 – My Favorites

Jeff Mirisola — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:00:08 +0000

When I ventured back to Boston on vacation a couple of weeks ago, I made my annual pilgrimage to SolidWorks headquarters in Concord, Mass. I’d gone with the hope of meeting up with a few friends and doing a few interviews. However, Kristen Wilson, PR Manager for SolidWorks, managed to wrangle me a two-hour preview …

A Visit to Z Corporation

Jeff Mirisola — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:22:11 +0000

This past Friday, I spent the day at Z Corporation and SolidWorks. It was my first time actually visiting Z Corp, and I was excited for it. So much so, that I got my days messed up and actually went down Thursday. Sucks getting old…Anyway, Julie Reece, Z Corp’s Director or Marketing Communication, was kind …

Deelip Menezes – Goa’s CAD Cop

Jeff Mirisola — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:04:52 +0000

Deelip Menezes, of deelip.com, started out as an Mechanical/software engineer who wanted to use his domain name for good. Unfortunately, he fell a bit short of his goal… I kid, of course. Deelip’s blog is widely read and he is a well respected member of the CAD blogging community. How did he get to this …

SolidWorks 2011 – A Training Manual

Jeff Mirisola — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:05:23 +0000

A couple of months ago I got the opportunity to review a new SolidWorks training manual. This one is called “Beginning to Advanced SolidWorks 2011 Modeling, Assemblies and Drafting from Machined Parts to Blobjects”. Quite the mouthful. It’s put out by Design Visionaries, a group of highly intelligent engineers who are involved with a ton …

Joy Garon – She’ll learn ya a thing or two

Jeff Mirisola — Thu, 19 May 2011 05:37:41 +0000

If you were to close your eyes and imagine what the stereotypical New Englander sounds like, there's a good chance you'd hear a voice similar to Joy Garon's.