25 April 2009
Chris Rand, Editor
TOP BLOG POSTS
From WorldCAD Access: Countdown to Leiden - T Minus 0 Days - “I fly so much that I find a phobia spreading over me in the days leading up to departure. The phobia is a feel of dread, because I’ve experienced so many screwups over the years…”
From the Solidworks Blog: COFES Friday Afternoon: Way Cool Stuff - “Final Friday COFES session had a load of way cool stuff: Simon Floyd of Microsoft just showed an amazing video that imagines a future world with huge touch/gesture screens everywhere, plus tons of other cool technologies…”
From SolidSmack.com: Friday Smackdown: Desperado Prado - “Where? I thought I heard the sound, but ahy, when I looked it was but a wee bunch o’ lil’ furry ones, with coupons for free tire rotations and gnawing on these links…”
From the Solidworks Blog: COFES Saturday Morning: Joel Orr’s Keynote - “Joel Orr’s fascintating keynote Saturday Morning at COFES 2009: “Remembering The Future” Joel showed some really cool old web pages from 1999. Check out the Internet WayBack Machine at http://www.archive.org…”
From the Solidworks Blog: COFES Saturday Morning: Joel Orr - “The elder statesman of our CAD industry, Joel Orr, keynotes Saturday morning COFES session. His theme: Remembering The Future. Joel played a key role in my personal career…”
From the Solidworks Blog: COFES Friday Morning - “Great start to COFES 2009 this morning. Chuck House keynote speech was really interesting. Chuck is an engaging speaker who has been around Silicon Valley a long time…”
From the Solidworks Blog: COFES Friday Noon - “I am in a COFES session on sustainable design. COFES 2009 has a whole new track “DaS” on sustainable design. There is a lot that engineering software companies can do…”
From the Solidworks Blog: Participation is good, plus it can be worth $100 bucks! - “If you have taken a SolidWorks Training Course from a Value Added Reseller, your input on how the course went is very valuable information to SolidWorks…”
From the Eat Your CAD blog: US CAD Managers Forum - “Monday 24th Augus…”
MORE FROM THE BLOGGERS
“Is this Elaine Marie Benes…?” from The Gear Box blog at Autodesk
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