Siemens PLM Software has hosted a few events recently in the virtual world of Second Life that have been fun and interesting for anyone interested in CAD. And according to their calendar, this is just the beginning. During one of these events, held on May 20, the company hosted a live launch of its Velocity [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Siemens PLM Software – Making CAD Easier and Even More Fun to Use
May 30th, 2008 
Pam Broviak 
Posted in CAD, Public Works, Public Works in Second Life, Public Works in the Metaverse 
Tags: 3-D modeling, Add new tag, CAD, second life, Siemens PLM Software, Velocity series 
Comments OffTapping Creativity and Increasing Productivity
May 29th, 2008 Pam Broviak This blog entry is a follow up to the last one: Losing Your Creativity I am sure that Google could serve up a zillion ideas about how to nurture your creativity; I searched my self and found a pretty decent article about creativity in the workplace (you can read it by clicking here). But instead [...]
Posted in Public Works, Public Works in Second Life, Public Works in the Metaverse Tags: creativity, second life Comments OffLosing Your Creativity
May 16th, 2008 Pam Broviak A couple weeks ago, I attended a meeting with our local business association to hear and participate in a discussion about tax increment financing districts (TIFs). Our TIF attorney made a comment at the meeting something to the effect that “infrastructure is not sexy.” At the time, I interjected my disagreement with his assessment; everyone [...]
Posted in Public Works in Second Life Tags: creativity, design, engineering, human resources, personnel, training Comments OffScience Conference Held in Sewer
May 10th, 2008 Pam Broviak The second day of the World of Warcraft Science Conference was held in the sewers in the Undercity. Wow, for a civil engineer like me, it doesn’t get any better than that. How can you not love a conference held in a sewer? Unfortunately my husband and I had to show up late because we [...]
Posted in Public Works in the Metaverse Tags: conferences, engineering, science, sewers, virtual worlds, World of Warcraft Comments OffFirst Day of World of Warcraft Science Conference
May 9th, 2008 Pam Broviak I could not pass up the chance to attend the first science conference held in a game so a few weeks ago I set up a World of Warcraft account and became a blood elf paladin on the side of the Horde in the Earthen Ring realm. Today I am sitting on the side of [...]
Posted in Public Works in the Metaverse Tags: conference, science, virtual worlds, World of Warcraft 2 Comments »
