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Hi there first!

Well, to me Land8lounge as a huge pot where sciences which affear with space are boiling… whats next step for Land8lounge – ok, well i know here are many people from all around the world, but still i find quite American, because you are in greatest number – maybe thats why I would recommend some conference to organize or lectures or just meeting, where all this people could meet and exchange their ideas or they would just attend some lectures or some other stuff…like watching or observing special places – i must recommend Slovenia, well here you find Carst, high mountains, caves, flat fields, water all around – well what are you waiting for? organize a meeting in Slovenia, cause thats all a landscape designer wants to see…
OK I am joking a bit, but seriously, on the other hand, meeting, to meet a person en vivo, face to face is still a relationship of its own

have a nice time

andrej

I will have completed my course work for a certificate in landscape architecture next month, so I will have more time to look at other people’s work, contribute to discussions, and even post my work. With Land8, the learning never ends. Thanks for your efforts Andrew! Deborah Christman

Land8loung is a really good meeting place. It’s a pity I don’t use it more than I do, normally I have to many projects running anyway so I visit L8L more ad hoc. But yesterday I got a mail related to an old thread I wrote on the lounge asking for contactpersons to Cuban landscape architechts. That’s indeed one of the good things about L8L, getting esally in contact with colleges all over.

I’ll send my greetings from all the partitipants on the annually norwegian landscape architechture conference which is taking part in Oslo right now! Good luck with the second year!

i’m “here” only for a few days long and in that time i saw more pictures, more portfolios, read more interesting opinions and issues about Landscape themes, “spoke” with student´s and new or old (with all the respect) true professionals from my country and many other countries more, THAN I DID ALL THE LAST YEAR, at least …. should or need i say anything more?

Yes.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH and congratulations.

keep up the good job (and excuse my poor english)

Rico,

This concern cannot be addressed without resorting to using aliases unless you are the firm owner or simply a student, that you will have no fear of losing your job or burning any bridges. To be professional is to have discussion with integrity and without fear. Honesty and professionalism go hand in hand, not the other way around.

Archinect’s discussion forums are good examples, where you see opinions, frustration, and wisdom shared by architects in varies stages of their professional development. I have seen a few frustrated or angry posts from architects who were just laid off or were treated badly, but it is also wonderful to see how others join the discussion to help exactly those in need, share their experiences, and the community itself is self-regulating.

When the discussion is truly open and “safe” to exchange information, people understand its value and treasure it. Not the other way around.

More of the same!!!! LOL
Great discussions, a perfect way of connecting with a broad range of colleagues, a wonderful way to self-promote, helpful job listings and it costs just the right amount.

A place to post resumes. ASLA is $$$ and if land8lounge can do the same joblink thing cheaper, I would have a resume posted right now as opposed to not. I can’t afford ASLA’s rates for either membership or resume posting.

I disagree with Organic that it is bad to have your name attached to discussions. If users are not willing to own their opinions, perhaps they shouldn’t be sharing them?? I see land8 as a professional meeting place, not jsut a location for bitch sessions.

Having said that, archinect is interesting (also mentioned in Organic’s previous post) and I would love to hear reviews of specific firms and how they’re managed, etc, but remember that one person’s dream job is another person’s nightmare. Perhaps if there was a review function for firms, there could be some ground rules – like no slamming specific people at those companies (people do change jobs!! slander is mean), and perhaps it should operate like amazon’s star and comment system? Then again, if a user writes a review, they need to be aware that their identity will be linked to those comments and behave like a grownup….dare I say behave like a professional!?