{"id":1652,"date":"2011-05-09T17:11:45","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T00:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Siemens-PLM-Corporate-Blog\/Interview-with-Bruce-Pettibone-about-Firewire-Surfboards\/ba-p\/334689"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:10:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:10:46","slug":"interview-with-bruce-pettibone-about-firewire-surfboards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/interview-with-bruce-pettibone-about-firewire-surfboards\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Bruce Pettibone about Firewire Surfboards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>There are many benefits for attending PLM Connection events.According to the conference web site, some of the key advantages are:<BR \/><UL><BR \/>\t<LI>Enhance Your Knowledge of the products.<\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI>Take advantage of the Hands-on opportunities with free training and help sessions.<\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI>Use the week to gather REAL User Feedback.<\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI>Learn about new tools that can help improve your productivity.<\/LI><BR \/><\/UL><BR \/>For me, the third item, is all about networking.Meeting new people, and catching up with old&nbsp;acquittance&#8217;s.While Social Networking tools such as Linkedin, Twitter, and Facebook are powerful, there is nothing like chatting with someone you&#8217;ve known for a long time.<BR \/><BR \/>That is why I particular happy to see a former co-worker of mine at <a href=\"http:\/\/event.plmworld.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">PLM Connection<\/A>, Bruce Pettibone.Bruce and I were both programmers at another company, over 25 years ago.(we wrote code in a language called <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fortran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">FORTRAN<\/A> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"smileyhappy\" class=\"emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy\" src=\"https:\/\/siemensplm.i.lithium.com\/i\/smilies\/16x16_smiley-happy.png\" alt=\"Smiley Happy\" title=\"Smiley Happy\" \/> )<BR \/><BR \/>Bruce told me about a project that his company, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shapelogic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">SHAPELOGIC LLC<\/A>, has been working on with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firewiresurfboards.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Firewire Surfboards<\/A>, to allow users to customize surf boards on the web.<BR \/><BR \/><IMG class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/t0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTAkHa_DW5URLo1xEf70NovxJOic09mjrgxRZ0om5pMBxd6-SBB\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"190\" \/><BR \/><BR \/>Following is a short interview about this project.<BR \/><BR \/><!--more--><BR \/><BR \/><IFRAME width=\"425\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/RmAJV4zjWH4\"><\/IFRAME><BR \/><BR \/>With summer coming up, this might be your opportunity to get that custom board.<a href=\"http:\/\/custom.firewiresurfboards.com\/custom\/config\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Try it now, at their web site, by clicking this link. <\/A> I&#8217;ll be looking for you on the beach!<BR \/><BR \/>Jerry<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many benefits for attending PLM Connection events.According to the conference web site, some of the key advantages are:     \t Enhance Your Knowledge of the products.   \t Take 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