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How to: Read a Magazine

Step by Step guide for the proper way to read a magazine

May 29th, 2009 | Posted in News Briefs | Read More »

The World according to BIM

I’m one of those people that reads a magazine about 4 or 5 times. (More about that some other time) I was on my third or fourth read yesterday of the March/April edition of Texas Architect when I came across (again) “The State of BIM” by David Baldacchino. David does an excellent job of describing the benefits and practical uses [...]

May 28th, 2009 | Posted in News Briefs | Read More »

Architectural Billings Index – Progress?

The Architectural Billing Index  for March 2009 reached 43.7 This is the highest its been since August of 2008 and is up from it’s all time historical low last month. The April numbers (not shown on chart) fell a bit to end at 42.8 indicating that the trend is not completely upward just yet. On [...]

May 21st, 2009 | Posted in Economy | Read More »

Gay Marriage

A really hot topic these days. For -or- Against? If your worried about what someone might think or say about you, you better not get too deep into this subject. One way or another, your answer is going to piss off someone. I’m not one who worries about what people think of me so obviously, [...]

May 20th, 2009 | Posted in Politics | Read More »

Employer Slavery

Got a job offer last week. For $25,000 less than I made last year. Like many of us, I fully expected a contraction of salaries. With so may unemployed, it’s was easily predictable that employers would take this opportunity to lower salaries a bit. But I have to admit, I was absolutely floored with the [...]

May 2nd, 2009 | Posted in Economy | Read More »