Well a new year is upon us and hopefully it will be a year of change for the better for ourselves and our economy. 2008 was a year of economic downturn for many of us and hopefully we are only going to see an improvement in 2009.

As for RockSolid Perspective it has been kind of quiet around here for the last little while. Over the past month and a half to 2 months I have been really busy. I have been working hard on my SolidWorks WORLD presentation titled “The Ins & Outs of In Context Modeling” which if you are going will be on Monday in the 2:45 to 3:45 time slot (if you are going to be in Orlando in February). I have also taken on a basketball head coaching position for a middle school here in West Michigan that has made November through January VERY busy for me. Enough excuses right? Well I am hoping that this upcoming year will bring more time (or at least allow me to allot more time) to writing posts for RockSolid Perspective.

I do have some plans for this blog in 2009 and I wanted to share a couple of them with you. Here are some things that you can look forward to seeing here at RockSolid Perspective this coming year.

1. A complete review on 3dvia Composer (hopefully you will see this quite soon after SolidWorks WORLD in the beginning of February)
2. Live coverage from SolidWorks WORLD 2009 in Orlando, Florida (maybe even some live blogging if possible)
3. In depth blog posts about SolidWorks CAD Administration
4. More great product reviews
5. Coverage of my implementation of SolidWorks Gold Partner TactonWorks
6. An in depth series of posts on What’s New in SolidWorks 2010 (including coverage of what’s shown at SolidWorks WORLD 2009)
7. Plus much more on all SolidWorks related news

I also have some hopes for myself in general for this upcoming year.

1. Setup my own self hosted blog site that will allow me to post more videos and screenshots
2. Become more involved in the SolidWorks User Group community
3. Become more involved in the various SolidWorks discussion forums
4. Do more beta testing for SolidWorks 2010 than what I did for SolidWorks 2009 (possibly even some alpha testing even though I won’t be able to share any of that here)
5. Become more well versed in the areas of SolidWorks that I am not as familiar with

It is my hope that 2009 will be a BIG year for me (in and out of the SolidWorks realm). I hope the same for all of you as well. If you have any suggestions for blog posts or ideas for this site please drop me a comment and let me know what interests you and what you would like to see.

I hope that you have a Blessed and Happy Year in 2009!