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The election is over and I am busy now reading analysis and figuring out what all of this will mean for my work endeavors and where I will put my efforts. My basic feeling is that fear won this election and lots and lots of money. Make a scary commercial for TV and you were [...]
Thu, November 11 2010 » Discoveries » 1 Comment
The Biking Architect has just returned from the AIA (American Institute of Architects) regional conference in Eugene, Oregon. He had lots of exciting new information to share and made some new product discoveries that were worth noting. One of the keynote speakers was Alan Durning. Mr. Durning started the non-profit Sightline Institute Solutions for a [...]
Thu, October 28 2010 » Discoveries » No Comments
Spent last week at the Regional AIA (American Institute of Architecture) conference in Eugene, Oregon and I am sorting out the material and information I gleaned from that experience and will be posting a number of exciting lessons learned in the coming weeks. The environment was the biggest issue and how to keep working at [...]
Thu, October 21 2010 » Discoveries » 1 Comment
I am subscribed to the Brightwork’s Blog and I enjoy reading their good words about their good works. Our office worked with the good folks at Brightworks on the Rainer Building at Pierce College and was very impressed by their continued good efforts. I was impressed with this article by Eric Baxter, because it teaches [...]
Thu, October 14 2010 » Discoveries » No Comments
This year we had a healthy number of folks come on by to see our solar powered home and we had some pretty exciting results to share with them to encourage energy efficiency and solar worth whileness. The Puget Sound Chapter of the Northwest EcoBuilding Guild sent a Docent to share and teach about what [...]
Thu, October 7 2010 » Discoveries » No Comments
Last Sunday between rain showers, I went out into the yard to pick the only apple tree which set apples in our orchard. It was quite full of red orbs, which are crispy and tart; this Liberty tree is the cross pollinator for the remaining trees. I was pleased with the three lugs full of [...]
Thu, September 23 2010 » Discoveries » No Comments
Intentionally? Because you did not know how it would work? You would never use it? You could use a good laugh to recover? Seth Godin introduces us to his new website, which is open for interaction with this funny Gel Talk at TED. This Is Broken? Seth Godin at Gel 2006 from Gel Conference on [...]
Fri, September 17 2010 » Discoveries » No Comments
By Patricia The Biking Architect’s Orbea bike is back from being repaired. One might recall that back in the spring of 2010 BA was out for a ride and a jogger on the trail made a sudden U Turn and both jogger and BA were knocked to the ground and road rashed. The amazing wonderful [...]
Thu, September 9 2010 » Discoveries » No Comments
I am having a whale sized week of events and work. I just needed to organize my thinking and I came across this TED lecture that I found fascinating and very useful. David McCandless on The Beauty of Data Visualization. A journalist and writer begins looking at patterns and is becoming a designer of Information [...]
Thu, September 2 2010 » Discoveries » No Comments
I have completed six trips to the airport in the last few weeks. With all the construction on the Interstate I never knew if it would take the usual hour or more and that was tough to judge. I started loading up my car with CDs and lectures and trying different radio stations. One trip [...]
Thu, August 26 2010 » Discoveries » No Comments
