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Like Adam OHern, I am very excited to announce that EvD Media is officially official. This joint effort between solidsmack, cadjunkie and engineer vs designer is bringing all the goodness of the design process to you in three glorious halves… err, sites.
The time has come. Like hot flaming liquid poured straight into a web server, pounded with a hambone made of lightning and set on the table for everyone to partake… the new SolidSmack site is LIVE. It’s about time also, the old site was kinda shiny lookin’ but had the content kickin’ factor of wadded cat hair. But enough about the past. It’s all about the future and where SolidSmack goes from here. You, of course, are a big part of that. The feedback on the survey was overwhelming and will form rubbery mold we shove the future of SolidSmack into. We’ve got a winner to announce from the survey and a little more to tell you about… a design contest in fact. Here we go!
Ahhgg!! the AGONY. It’s like I’ve been wearing the same pair or socks on my eyes for the past few years. The SolidSmack Logo, the fanciful one with three cubulars in the site header, yeah, that thing… is getting kicked to the far reaches of space.
We’re coming upon a new year, and what better way to sport a new look… but that’s not all. SolidSmack.com is undergoing a revamp. First thing to deal with though, is the lo-go. So, without further ado, here. it. is.
A couple months ago I went to Siemens PLMConx Event. It was a magical time filled with magical talk about PLM, Solid Edge, NX, curling irons, highlight techniques and ways to deal with split ends… I may be getting two events mixed up, but whatever the case, Mrs. Dora Smith was on the hunt to get a video interview with me.
I cleverly (unknowingly) evaded such an activity by diving behind people larger than myself. I could not, however, avoid questions via email.
So, if you’re interested in the slightest about why I blog, what’s open on my desktop or what really happens at these events, give it a read. You can hammer the Q&A goodness into your oculars at the Siemens PLM Blog. Oh, by the way, Dora asks several questions about Twitter. If you’re interested, you can follow me @solidsmack.
Well now, I hear some of you are in the mood for a really broad question with a very broad and generalized set of choices. EXCELLENT, I say! We’ve got just the question.
Today, we’re wondering what topics about 3D, design and any combination of the two, interest you the most. Why? Because there’s an anxious group of senior citizens waiting to take the results and make craft and quilt blocks from them! How fun is that!? In addition, we’re prepping to connect more content, but it totally depends on your choices, so…
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Did I miss something?? Let me know and I’ll add it! THE MORE, THE BETTER. So, wheel grams over to the computer and help her make a choice!
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Yes, it’s true. We here at SolidSmack lover your comments. In fact we love them so much, in addition to providing reasonably sized delectables to tiny dogs, we keep the Disqus comment system updated… and apologize to people whose comments have been sitting in the Spam folder for three week. yeah, sorry about that.
If you haven’t commented recently or at all, check out the bottom of each post. You can use you facebook account, create a Disqus profile or just stay anonymous.
There’s also new options for ‘Like’ing a comment (see below). Whatever you do, rest assure, your comments will be embraced… in a cool and not at all creepy way.
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If you comment here on the post regularly, you’re extremely privileged to be using the most powerful commenting system of all time, Disqus. Yes, it’s quite a lot to take in, but it’s gone one better.
If you don’t like logging into a Disqus profile, you can now just sign in using your Facebook account. The Disqus commenting now supports Facebook Connect which allows you to use you Facebook ID on many sites and publish items, like comments, to your Facebook Feed.
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Wondering what some of the most popular post on SolidSmack are? Me too. Here’s a rundown for the best of what SolidSmack has and am example of what you’ll see on this site.
Lou Gallo of SolidWorks Heard (twitter) has apparently recorded a recent phone conversation between us and has put it up online so that all my glean my mildly incoherent ramblings.
I told my friend Alex Ruiz that my voice sounds like a conversation between Kermit the frog and miss piggy, but in actually, it sounds more like I’m tired and have a deviated septum. Of course, we’re all critics of ourselves and I’m one of the worst.
I wish Lou and I had more time to talk about the future of CAD stuff. I’m interested in how CAD is developing in context of web technology changing the way 3D applications are used. I’ll get into that later in some highly-interesting and somewhat speculative articles that will not be boring unless you just absolutely hate that kind of stuff.
In the meantime, listen to the podcast (Episode 161) and tell me what I need to do to improve my interviewing skills. So far, I’m at… 1) don’t walk while talking so you don’t sound like you’re out of breathe and 2) get some sleep the night before.
You may start to see some changes around the trusty ol’ SolidSmack site. For one, I’ve integrated the Disqus commenting system into the site. Sound fancy? It is, and it’s got some cool features that will make commenting 100% more fun than before.
I’m using the Disqus commenting system for a few reasons, but mostly because I think you’ll get the most value out of it and make the conversations even more meaningful, and who doesn’t want a meaningful conversation, huh?
Features include:
I’m using a the Disqus WordPress plugin that was super easy to install. I had everything configured and was up and running in about 5 minutes. You’ll see the comments on old post with no comments as well as new posts (like this one).
You have the option of creating a user profile or commenting unverified. If you do create a Disqus profile you get to show off a photo in your comment and join in on the social network features and really, just enjoy it all a whole lot more. Here’s my Disqus profile.
So go ahead and test it out by leaving a comment below. Let me know what you think and if any features need to be added. Thanks!
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