The SolidWorks Geek

I actually started writing this post a few days ago while still at SolidWorks World 2010. It was a well crafted post with tons of big words. It sounded great and I was extremely proud of it…then the alcohol wore off. So this time I am letting the pictures tell the story. The following are only a few photos that I took while attending various functions at the party in Anaheim. To be honest, I did not capture images from everyday because I was just to darn lazy to carry my gear around. But if you check out the SolidWorks 2010 Flickr group, you will see more photos taken by various bloggers. You can follow the link here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/sww10

If you have not been to SolidWorks World before, you are missing out on some serious fun and if you are a serious SolidWorks user you can really learn new tricks, tips or ways to make you more productive. I think of SolidWorks World as a summer camp for SolidWorks geeks. There a tons of activities, chances to learn, experience new technologies and thousands of like-minded individuals. I do not know the exact count but I heard that this year’s attendance was somewhere near 5K. There were plenty of theories why this year was so big but I believe it was because everyone wanted to come to my hometown and see where the King of all Geeks® came from.

Wandering around SolidWorks World 2010

Check out some scenes while I wandered aimlessly during the week. These are some of my favorite shots.

This plane was either designed in SolidWorks or Jeff Ray decided to park his private plane in the Partner’s Pavilion.

This was a cool off-road truck. I really wish I could give you some of the specs but sadly I am just as knowledgeable about cars and trucks as I am about women. With cars and women, I can appreciate how beautiful they look but I could not even begin to understand how they work.

This is the second year that I have seen this touch screen technology. I really want one of these at home but I think they would have noticed it missing and some fat guy walking away with a strange lump under his shirt.

ummmm….. I don’t know what this is but it sure looks cool. Let this be a lesson to you kids. always read the card in front of the exhibit so you actually look like a professional when you are covering an event such as this.

From left to right: Jason Raak (@jraak), Ben Eadie (@behnt), Chris McAndrew (@cbmcandrew).

From left to right: Matt Lorono (@fcsuper), Chris Saller (@ctopher09), Gabi Jack (@avephoenix) and Jason Corl (@jcoeng). Seriously Matt, whats with that face?

ummm…. I am not quite sure what Ricky Jordan is saying here. I need something more to work on. If only he gave me a clue. I would like to post his twitter name but it has slipped my mind for some reason.

This could not end well. Ben Eadie and Jeff Mirisola (@jeffmirisola) harassing poor Phillip Spears from DriveWorks who came from across the pond to meet The SolidWorks Geek.

Deelip Menezes (@DeelipMenezes) came all the way from India just to hang out with the bloggers.

Poor Charles Culp (@charlesculp) has to listen to Jeff make excuses as to why the Red Socks were swept in the playoffs by the Anaheim Angels. BAAA HAAA HAAA!

This year the CSWP event was held on site but that didn’t take a away from the fun. Walking into the room you saw countless CSWPs from all around the world drinking, eating, chatting and even racing remote control trucks. The trucks were provided by Team Associated and the trucks used were the SC10 model. Not only are they cool little trucks but they were all design using SolidWorks. I am actually planning to buy one for myself but only after I convince them to make a Limited Edition King of all Geeks® model.

This is a perfect example of why engineers drinking beer and RC cars is not a good combination.

Band at the CSWP function playing one of my favorite songs: Anything, Anything by Dramarama

Every CSWP that attended the night’s event got to sign there name on a hood. Somewhere buried among the names of many of my heroes, my scrawl can be found.

Look! Richard Hall (@Richard_hall) sprouted some antennas. I knew it… He really is not of this world.

They say that the camera adds ten pounds. I wonder how many cameras are pointed at me.

One of my close friends, Bill Taylor from SolidWorks, finally came out of hiding to paint the town red with the bloggers.

Jon Hirschtick and James Cameron chatting on stage during the general session on Day 2. It was a good choice for SolidWorks to invite James Cameron. If you haven’t read about his appearance, many of my fellow bloggers wrote some great articles about his talk with Jon.

Wrap-Up

I hope you enjoyed seeing some of the sights around SolidWorks World 2010. If you came this year, I hope you had a great time and I hoped you stopped me to say hello. If you missed this year, You have a whole year to plan for joining us in San Antonio, Texas.

I know my coverage of SolidWorks World was light but don’t worry. I have tons of material that will make its way into future articles I am working on. So if you have not already subscribed to my RSS feed, make sure you do so now so you won’t miss a single post in what is sure to be an awesome 2010.