Of all the moments on a job, the bid phase gives me the most heartburn. It is a stressful period full of hardcore short-term deadlines and while my personal history tells me that I don't really have … [Read more...]
Conference Calls are Killing Me
At some point, somebody thought instead of having face-to-face meetings, conference calls would be a good idea. They were wrong because it's a bad idea ... just like ordering anything from a "food" … [Read more...]
3 Pieces of Advice … and Pulled Pork
Every now and then you hear someone worth listening to say something that motivates you to really pay attention to what they are saying. I had one of these moments last week ... during a backyard … [Read more...]
Technology is Amazing
If you are an architect, technology is a way of life ... but despite knowing this information, I am frequently amazed by just how amazing technology actually is and the role it plays daily in my … [Read more...]
It’s all Fun and Games
There is nothing like having a party at your house to force you into addressing all the stuff that needs your attention. It wasn't all that long ago that I mentioned that young architects should work … [Read more...]
Memories from Architecture Studio
Does anybody remember "mixtapes"? For those of you born after 1995, mixtapes were traditionally self-assembled arrangements of songs onto cassette tapes. I had hundreds of them and armed with my Sony … [Read more...]