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Evan Troxel

✱ Link: Archispeak 14 - "Normal" Business Hours

The latest episode of the Archispeak podcast is live on iTunes and the Archispeak website. After thanking our new Friends of the Show, we talked about the virtual leash that comes along with being hyper-connected to our profession. The truth is that we have to be diligent and set our

✱ Weekly Photograph #23

The Art of Flight

Link: How and Why to Be a Leader (Not a Wannabe)

Umair Haque (Twitter link) at the Harvard Business Review blog: Wannabes are something like metric-maximizing robots. Given a set of numbers they must "hit," they beaver away trying to hit them. The leader knows their job is very different: not merely to maximize existing metrics, which are often

Link: My 2d CAD software of choice

I wrote an article on Method that talks about what tool I've chosen for my 2d CAD work when doing architecture projects. I pretty much hate CAD, but it's a necessary evil. ∞

Link: Archispeak 13 - Missed Opportunities

In this episode: Archispeak celebrates its 6-month anniversary! We reflect on the past 12 episodes and acknowledge Apple’s 1-billionth podcast subscription milestone. We then discuss why “good enough is the enemy of great” and explore why architects might design compromises into the project before it goes out of the

✱ Weekly Photograph #22

Rosie's at Calico Ghost Town.

Novedge Interviewed Me

Novedge is an online reseller and resource for digital designers that specialize in tools for designing the future. I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Aurora Meneghello for their blog. I talked about what I do in my profession, my photography, my videos on my digital training website, why