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Do you want to be an Architect?

January 10, 2011 by Bob Borson 28 Comments

I am sitting here on the couch with the football game on ... I was planning on tackling my email inbox. After reading through the first 10 or so all asking for some sort of advice on being an architect I thought I would just write a few posts on the … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Do you want to be an Architect? Tagged With: Architects salary, Architecture School, Do you want to be an Architect

Crayola Crayons – a love affair

January 6, 2011 by Bob Borson 28 Comments

You've probably heard the expression "the greatest thing since sliced bread" - right? Everybody has this wrong, it should be "the greatest thing since Crayola crayons". . . There are few things as entrenched in the experience of being a child as … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Life in General Tagged With: Products

Write my own Obituary?

January 4, 2011 by Bob Borson 23 Comments

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Today I am participating in an exercise where you write your own obituary. This is a topic provided by a group of really good friends and fellow blog writers where we all select a topic and write on that topic all on the same day. I didn't really … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Life in General Tagged With: a day in the life, about bob

Canada Dry – Bottling Plant

January 4, 2011 by Bob Borson 14 Comments

Things used to be much more simple - but that doesn't mean they were better ... but in this case it does. During the holiday break, I had some time to continue flipping through all the old Architectural Forum magazines we acquired and I found a real … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Observations Tagged With: Architectural Forum, details, Graphics

The numbers for 2010 are in …

January 3, 2011 by Bob Borson 17 Comments

Life of an Architect

This is the first post for 2011 - no pressure to start the year off with a good one right? While this is not the one year anniversary for Life of an Architect, I am going to take a look at how my site performed last year. I can remember when I … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Blog, Life in General Tagged With: blog, Life of an Architect, social media, Writing a blog

Year in Review – LOAA | My Favorite Posts

December 30, 2010 by Bob Borson 7 Comments

These are posts that I have written that I am really proud of - ones that I will admit that I have gone back and reread for my own amusement or pleasure many times. Despite the fact that I love them, they haven't been crowd favorites for one reason … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: blog, Life of an Architect, Writing a blog

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