admin Last week I went to the DoOO showcase to (appropriately enough) show off my stuff. While I did that – showing my site, tumblr, and architectural image library – I got much more than just an ego boost out of the proceedings. Others presented too. Stephen Farnsworth made a compelling case for “working more efficiently, … Read moreIf only going to the gym was as enjoyable…
A couple weeks ago I returned from the National Trust conference in Indianapolis. Others have since given some great summaries of the architectural wonders of the town. Catching up on my Kilimanjaro of grading made it impossible for me to debrief at the time, but now that I’m momentarily above the clouds, I figured it … Read moreSome Bike/Ped Musings
I have just completed my crazy month of three conferences. I’m hoping to not travel again for a while, but the month was quite informative and (sometimes) fun. A few notes/highlights: In terms of traveling: – BWI is a great airport, and IND is pretty nice too. My fave aspect of BWI: the daily parking … Read moreMy first animated GIF (and other stuff)
The Great Architectural Survey of 2013 is complete. My students have now moved on to the infinitely more despised SPSS analysis and the painstaking InDesign layout. Still more information will come out of the survey in the weeks to come, but I can now start assessing how it went. In short: splendidly, with a few … Read moreSurvey Site Redux
I finished reading The Circle by Dave Eggers a couple days ago. It’s after reading books like this that I really, really wish I was part of a book club. I have so much to say, and so much I’d like to hear from others. Unfortunately, I’m not in a book club, so I have … Read moreThe Circle: a book report
This October is insane for me: three conferences in a month. So this means I’m reminded of how cold it is in amtrak trains, how terrible institutional coffee is, and how all conferences are so similar, even when the topic is different. Nothing like the fifth or sixth session at a conference to help your … Read moreConferences galore
We’ve already established that I’m a ridiculous fangirl. This means I have many apple products at home, in almost every room in the house. I use my iPhone and iPad pretty much nonstop, both for work and play. Which means I have many tech accessories too. People ask me a lot about them, so here … Read moreAccessorizing
I have already waxed poetic about DTLT’s awesomeness. While I don’t want to bore you with a repeat, sometimes genius just has to be recognized. Plus, I can take maybe 10% of the credit here, which I will unabashedly do. (Ok, more like 5%) Let me first set the stage: I teach the historic preservation … Read moreIntroducing a shiny new magical survey site
XKCD had a great chart a while back (when is XKCD not great?) that diagrammed how much effort one should make for payoff in reduced time completing a repetitive task. I often act completely against this logical and illustrated rule of thumb. I will try lots of stuff and generally bend over backwards to … Read moreOf Time and Tasks
Today, I again heard the canard “there won’t be physical campuses soon”. A great twitter response to that was: I will take up Shelley’s challenge. Being me, however, I will do so by first making you read through a personal anecdote. Ready? OK: I’m 10. Like many kids my age, I go to sleep-away camp. … Read moreWhy technology won’t replace campuses explained in one childhood anecdote