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Have a great weekend. Create memories that will last a life time.   In Alaska, where it gets very cold, pi is only 3.00. As you know, everything shrinks in the cold. They call it Eskimo pi. 

I hope your year is off to a goo start. Spend some time with the ones you love.   If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.   The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong, it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair. (Douglas Adams)  

Along with our updates to pass options for LiveWorx 2020, PTC University Trainings are now being offered in a new way that ensures all registrants can get the most out of their time and budgets.   New Purchase Plan: PTC University Trainings will be scheduled for Monday, June 8 and Thursday, June 11, 2020. Registrants of LiveWorx can now purchase the trainings by the day. As an example, if the Monday bundle is purchased users can choose from all trainings offered for that day. Depending on what times are chosen, up to four trainings can be attended in a day. If you are interested in courses on both Monday and Thursday, there is also a deeply discounted price for both days.   Pricing: $300 for single-day bundles - Monday or Thursday $500 for the two-day bundle - Monday & Thursday   Third-Party Training: MIT Sloan Executive Education has teamed with LiveWorx to offer our attendees an o.pportunity to take part in their "Implementing Industry 4.0: Leading Change in Manufa

May you have had a terrific 2019 and also have a blessed 2020.       A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.

Day off today. Enjoy.

So, this is my official last post before I enjoy a few vacation days with my family...my real family that is 🙂    Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to my PTC Community Family!  I wish you  much prosperity and goodwill in 2020.  I know we will continue to work together to enhance our PTC Community experience! The Community Team would not be able to do it without YOU!.    And, lastly some #lifeatptc shots of the my PTC Digital Experience /Marketing Operations family.  I forgot to wear my goofy Christmas dress--but you know I have one.   We celebrated with pizza, dessert, and a Draw Names Gift Exchange!   Digital Experience/Marketing Operations Team Photo (Can you find your Community Manager?)     For the gift exchange, I drew Senior Marketing Technologies Manager- Caleb.  Caleb is very much an important part of the Community process! He is my "go to" for all my Community $$$ requests 🙂   I would like to think he was mo

Have a blessed Christmas. Enjoy time with the ones you love.    

Throw another long on the fire. Sit back and relax. Enjoy time with the ones you love.     With the Ark settled safely after the flood, Noah opens the doors and commands the animals, “Go forth and multiply!” All the animals depart the Ark, except for two snakes in the back. Noah proclaims again, “Go forth and multiply,” yet the snakes stay put. Perturbed, Noah finally asks them, “Why have you not followed my command?” The snakes flicker their tongues and answer, “We can’t multiply, Noah—we’re Adders.”

Have a terrific weekend. Spend time with the ones you love. Memories last a lifetime.   Parallel lines have so much in common. It’s a shame they’ll never meet.   I don’t get the point of decimals. I’m more partial to fractions.

It's a joke, right??? I mean, they just missed April Fool's day... https://www.tesla.com/cybertruck

This could be your chance to combine your passion for biking, skiing, running with your work! Details below, and the posting is on our website. Please contact  eu.hr@scott-sports.com   LocationSwitzerland SCOTT Sports SA is an international sporting goods company. We develop, produce and market bikes, motosports, skis and running products worldwide. To consolidate our engineering team in Givisiez (Switzerland) we are seeking a CAD/PDM AdministratorTasks:  - PDM management- Further definition of existing Windchill system- Further deployment of existing Windchill system across sites- Define, document and teach best practices for 3d design and data management- Increase CAD automation and efficiency- Create 2D/3D templates- 3d part library creation- Organise training for new users and new features for existing users- Manage software updates, including all related internal documentation- Follow and propose new software solutions- Manage user groups and security ac

After taking my pooch for a 1 hour plus walk, I am taking a mini-break with her to watch the Macy's parade.  It was so cute, she actually seemed like she was very interested in watching "Astronaut Snoopy" float by. I know many of our friends "over the pond" are busy in their  normal Thursday routines, but here at PTC North America we are getting a day to reflect, celebrate, and feast with our families.    I was "baptized" into the world of CAD, PLM, IoT. and AR when I joined this community just over two years ago. I just absolutely love it!   You are all amazing, and the Community Management Team is thankful for every single Community Member!   Your contributions to the PTC Community are ever so valuable.  Please keep reading, posting, sharing, kudoing, and accepting solutions.  Your contributions are so appreciated!   I am not has funny as @Dale_Rosema but I couldn't resist.  Captured from some Facebook Meme, I thought this w

Count your blesssings, name them one by one, .....   Have a great Thanksgiving if you are in the US. If not, take a moment to think of all the blessings in your life.   Q: If you call a large turkey a gobbler what do you call a small one?A: Goblet.   Q: Who is not hungry at Thanksgiving?A: The turkey because he’s already stuffed!   Q: What did sick people do on the Mayflower? A: They went to the dock!     “Thanksgiving dinners take 18 hours to prepare. They are consumed in 12 minutes. Half-times take 12 minutes. This is not coincidence.”—Erma Bombeck

Next weeks is Thanksgiving in the States, so give thanks for all that you have been blessed with: Family, Jobs, Friendships....  (& Humor)   Q: Fruit comes from a fruit tree, so where does turkey come from?A: A poul-tree.   Q: Which side of the turkey has the most feathers?A: The outside!   Q: Why do turkeys lay eggs?A: Because if they dropped them, they would break.   Q: What sound does a limping turkey make?A: Wobble, wobble!

This year's PTC/USER Benelux Event will take place on Friday November 29th, 2019 in Hotel Eindhoven.   We proudly present Martin Neumueller, Michael Fridman, Arnaud van de Veerdonk and Francois Lamy from PTC bringing us the latest and greatest on CAD, MBD, PLM, IoT/AR, etc. You can visit the User Experience Design lab to test new functionality and attend free PTC University trainings. Please register at the PTC/USER Benelux site

Have a great weekend. (Happy opening day of deer season if you are from Michigan - Be safe)   Professionals at the staffing agency Robert Half International have seen a lot of peculiar résumés. Here are some favorite gaffes, followed by wisecracks from the pros:   Education: “I have a bachelorette degree in computers.” (The pajama party starts at 7 p.m.) Tools: “Human brain 1.0.” (We’ll wait for the upgrade.) References: “My landscaper.” (A reference who will give you two green thumbs up.) Date of Employment: “2002–9999.” (She’s earned her gold watch!) Experience: “Worked successfully on a team of one.” (I assume you all got along?)

So, here, at PTC, our new year started in October.  Your Community Manager has been in the center of numerous operational community activities and planning (and I managed to take some PTO days as well :). But, I did get a chance to enjoy some #lifeatptc ("fun stuff") at work too.     Here's a glimpse:   We celebrated Customer Experience Day on Oct. 1st!   CX Day Organizer @ecurtin   Motivational Speakers!     PTC Employee Cruise around Boston Harbor with my pal, David Lee, on October 8th!             First BRUG ( PTC/USER Boston Regional User Group) Meeting with @ScottMorris  and our Boston PTC/USERs at our on Corporate Experience Center  October 15th!      Costume Contest...."C is For  Cookie or Community on October 31st !!!         Digital Transformation (Change) Team  were the "Party Animals" at our Hallowee

Have blessed weekend. Enjoy time with the ones you love. Make some memories.   (On the phone) Me: I have a Roundup Multi Purpose Sprayer that is defective. Customer Rep: Ma’am, we’ll need the exact name of the item. Do you have the box? Me: No, but it’s the Roundup Multi Purpose Sprayer. Customer Rep: Ma’am, we’ll need the box so we can have the exact name of the product. Me: Hold on. I’ll run out to my garage and get the box. [Long pause … ] OK … [huff … puff] I have it. It says … Roundup Multi Purpose Sprayer. Customer Rep: Thank you for that information, ma’am.     Engineer's Motto: If it isn't broken, take it apart and fix it.

Plan to join us.  There will be 4 rooms of presentations from 9 am - 3 pm, a Windchill Admin Roundtable, 12 sponsor tables and plenty of opportunities for networking and discussions.  Non-members are always invited to attend for $30, which includes breakfast, hot lunch.....Sign-up at www.badgerug.com

JOIN US AT THE UPCOMING CHICAGO PTC USER GROUP MEETING ON NOVEMBER 6TH!   Don't miss this opportunity to network with other PTC users and learn new tips and tricks, as we bring together the future minds of the industry. PTC will present on what's happening with IoT and AR, and we will also have Creo and Windchill user presentations (more detailed agenda coming soon).    Date: November 6th, 2019 Time: 6pm-9:30pm Location: mHUB, 965 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642 Learn more and register here: http://chicagoptcuser.com

Have a terrific weekend. Happy November!   A client walked into my design studio with a black-and-white flyer. Client: “Can you make a color copy?” Me: ”Do you have the original?” Client: ”No. Just this one.” Me: “Sorry, I can’t make color copies unless I have the original color version.” Client (confused): “Why can’t you just run it through the color copier?”   Philosophy is a game with objectives and no rules. Mathematics is a game with rules and no objectives.

Have a terrific weekend. (Only two months to Christmas!!)     Cops had no trouble tracking down a woman who allegedly shoplifted from a Toronto-area store. A few minutes earlier, she had interviewed for a job there and left her résumé.     Workers at the Carlsberg brewery in Denmark walked off the job after losing a prized perk: unlimited beer at work. They now have to settle for three beers at lunch. A worker told the Wall Street Journal that wasn’t enough: "I need a beer when I take a cigarette break."

Have a terrific weekend. Spend time with the ones you love.   Did you know: A pumpkin’s circumference divided by a pumpkin’s diameter = Pumpkin Pi     Why was the jack-o-lantern afraid to cross the road? He had no guts.

Have a terrific weekend......     Before leaving my assistant job for greener pastures, I was asked to reply to applicants hoping to replace me. "Very smart and intelligent," my boss had written on one of the applications. "Too good for this job."     How do you get human resources to remember you? Try pulling some of these actual interview stunts. -Balding applicant abruptly excused himself and returned a few minutes later wearing a hairpiece. -Applicant asked to see the reviewer’s résumé to see if the personnel executive was qualified to interview him. -Applicant phoned his therapist during the interview for advice on answering specific questions. -During the interview, an alarm clock went off in the applicant’s briefcase. He apologized and said he had to leave for another interview. -Applicant challenged the interviewer to arm-wrestle

JOIN US AT THE UPCOMING THREE RIVERS PTC USER GROUP MEETING ON OCTOBER 24TH!   Don't miss this opportunity to network with other PTC users and learn new tips and tricks, as we bring together the future minds of the industry. The event is free and lunch will be provided. Learn more and register here: http://3riversptcrug.com/