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The ‘Why’ behind the SWW (not so) special event

Jeff Mirisola — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:15:51 +0000

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 …

SolidWorks World – First General Session

Jeff Mirisola — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:49:15 +0000

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 …

SWW 2010 – Before Day 1

Jeff Mirisola — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:41:45 +0000

After an uneventful flight on my current favorite airline, Virgin America, I arrived in Anaheim to the welcoming committee that was Alex Ruiz. He’d run into Mr. Christy Jordan (nee Ricky Jordan) and Rich Hall, so the twosome became a foursome and off we went to the hotel.� (Tangent here – more swag just came …

TGISWWT! (Thank God it’s SolidWorks World Time!)

Jeff Mirisola — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:47:55 +0000

In just over 24 hours I’ll be boarding a Virgin American plane (my current favorite airline) for Anaheim, and I can’t wait. Ever since my first SolidWorks World, way back in 2005, I’ve been hooked. Each and every one I’ve been to has been remarkable in one way or another. Aside from the fact that …

Is 2010 the year you go?

Jeff Mirisola — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:25:01 +0000

Well, will it be? You know you want to go; you can almost taste how badly you want to rub elbows with thousands of other SolidWorks users can’t you? Have you seen the lineup of speakers for SolidWorks World 2010 yet? There’s the usual suspects from SolidWorks: Marlon Banta, Joy Garon, Mark Biasotti as well …