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Archive for January 28th, 2009

As I write this, there’s a five year old child with an ear infection resting in the next room, and a small dog sleeping on my lap.  Why is the dog there? Well, I’m not exactly sure, but at least this way I can keep track of him and manage to get something done for a change.  And just in time, because I realized this morning that I only have ten days (nine actually) to get ready for SolidWorks World 2009.  Sure, I have my hotel reservation, airplane tickets and all the important stuff pretty much squared out, but I haven’t really come up with a detail schedule or a plan just yet.  I guess I’ve been avoiding it because, as a child in a three ring circus, I wish I could attend everything, do it all, and see it all, but  as Jeff Mirisola and others on Twitter pointed out to me today, I’ll have to make choices, and it’s already overwhelming as it is. No, I won’t be able to see it all and do it all, but I’m sure I’ll still have more than a fair share of things to do and see while over there and I’ll make sure to capture it all in my camera.

Lucky for me, Richard Doyle has been publishing a series of articles with detailed information about the speakers that will be presenting at SolidWorks World this year.  This is very useful information for those of us unfamiliar with the event, the topics and/or the speakers!  In fact, I’m using this information right now to choose the sessions I’ll be attending while at SWW2009. I hope it is OK to take pictures during most of these sessions. Either way, I’ll keep you posted and share with you any relevant news, as well as any new tips and tricks I learn during the sessions.

In addition to the sessions and a couple of roundtables I was very fortunate to be accepted into, I’ll be  also checking out the partner pavilion and even meeting with a few of SolidWorks partners and other vendors for interviews and demos of their products. This is really exciting for me, so much that I have to constantly remind myself to avoid overdoing it, and be careful not to do like d’Artagnan and schedule meetings with two or more different partners in such a way that they overlap each other by accident.   I’m especially excited about the opportunity to try HSMWorks, a fully functioning CAM package that runs inside SolidWorks and that, as far as I understand, has developed an exciting and easy way for those of us with little machine experience to learn about CAM.  

Lots to do and to see! If you are attending SolidWorks World this year, I hope to see you there.  If you recognize me among the crowds and you feel like it, please, don’t hesitate to say hello. It is always nice to see a friendly face and, besides, your picture may get posted here in this blog. You’ll be famous!  For those who won’t be attending, I’ll do my best to keep you posted on everything I see and hear, and make sure to check the rest of the blogs for more content that I may have missed!

Now, if I can only remember where I put my copy of the survival guide…