So it's been 20 years...

December 1984...a date with a relative degree of infamy...for me anyway...

The University of Maryland...(check out the cool "Deep Impact" program)
or more specifically the School of Architecture...

grabbed my degree and off I went...

and here I am...20 down, 19 to go...I want to retire early...I don't want to, it's just that it feels better thinking I'm more than halfway thru

So how is everybody doing?...I guess I should have gone to the re-union...
I seem to remember all of the day-to-day stuff, like staying employed, getting in the way, but I probably should have made the time

I still have such vivid memories from my time there...the people, the efforts, the struggles...the experience was the beginning of defining myself as a person (that sound's a bit much, doesn't it?)...if you where there maybe you know what I mean...

Hey, some of you are still there...Raplh, Karl, Frank, Cindy...
Others appear to be out of academia, practicing in the industry...Steve, the Arnolds...locally (New Jersy local...) the Westfields...

I hope this finds you all well, happy, and healthy...

Well, I gotta go crank out another 20...

more to come...

How To Be Creative...

from H Macleod's blog

to quote Karl DuPuy, "some good, some bad, some ugly..."

but it is still an enjoyable read...

If it was Important...

you would already be doing it...
If you're not already doing it, you don't feel that strongly about it...

If it was Important, it would already be done...
If it's not already done, you don't feel that strongly about it...


This seems to fly in the face of the Continuous Improvement theory.

Maybe you don't need a rationale...

Maybe if you think it's important just START doing it.

Engineer Interview Triage?

A neat post about interviewing engineers (software types) and pertinent questions for talent-spotting...

link from Bnoopy Blog

What questions would you ask your Architect?