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Thank you for your input.

Not too many employers that I know would have you work on your own computer. …. unless you know that you’ll be doing some freelance subcontracting. Get the one that you want for your own use and let your employer worry about what you will do work on.

U Idaho ’97

Justin,
One thing that many people don’t discuss much is that in the “post pc world” Mac and Windows are working better together than they ever had. Additionally it has been my personal experience that even though you pay more for a Mac initially there are cost savings in software and the durability and reliability of Macs.
You will find that…[Read more]

I thought you might have some responses by now, but I think everybody said a lot already on this thread, which you might not have seen:

https://land8.com/forum/topics/designing-natural-play-spaces-for-children?xg_source=activity

I’ve done many animal exhibits both interior and exterior and it is important to add natural elements in the exhibit for a variety of reasons. Curators and handlers have the animals concern at heart and all exhibits have a holding paddock for the animals, this allows the exhibit to be maintained, cleaned and hidey holes refurbished with food. It’s…[Read more]

Googeling, or Yahooing reveals the creative person. No fantasy, copying others had developed.
Give the guys 5 minutes to sketch something, give everyone the same task but only 5 min. Give them another 5 min to verbally describe something but assess now the free speach and the structure of approach.
Ask something technical like “what’s the…[Read more]

What do you see yourself doing in the next year?
(basically, what do you perceive the job being offered  to be)

What do you see yourself doing 5 years from now?

What do you see yourself doing 10 years from now?

When you conduct a POE, what is the most important thing you look for? 

Well, this particular exhibit appears to be for an even rarer forest relative of komodos, and the faux lechens etc are to educate the public about the animals and their habitat. There will be no fumes by the time the animals are put here.
If these are indeed the blue monitors, they are only recently known to biologists and this may in fact be a…[Read more]

 
did you read the comment… that’s what i said…
digging a hole… haha. you don’t even know where in the world I am from, where i practiced, or what type of businesses I have helped run… this is how ridiculous you guys have made this conversation. First off, I never mentioned in this discussion anything about practicing for 10 years. anyo…[Read more]

#1 Oh, sorry if being licensed in another country means you’re not as privileged as the big time US title huggers…
#2 where is this mentioned? The money includes travel and lodging. the exams are expensive, so is the travel for me. If you have a problem with the breakdown in cost read the discussion again and find the section where I broke it dow…[Read more]

haha. you couldnt be more misguided about how i think and you assume too much. i started this thread for the reasons stated, not for the reasons you believe. read the discussion.
I am a Landscape Architect, licensed in a different country. So I can use this term professionally and legally, even if not legally signed on project documents in the U…[Read more]

True Rob.  Komodo’s in America, who knows what the constraints are. As an animal lover, it does seem sad, tho, how carefully they are painting lichen, when I am sure the Komodo could care less. And may be better off without the paint fumes.. But my ignorance and ethnocentrism are likely unbounded, in that view. Thanks for your comment.

If you can’t tell… My last statement was intended as a sign off. No obsession here, just looking for constructive conversation. I appreciate your input. Based on your last comment,I thought you intended to leave this discussion… Thanks for the input. Tchau!

We don’t know why the zoo, which understands better than anyone the importance of planted exhibits (as former Curator of Horticulture there I can attest to that) chose this for these lizards. It does appear that what we see here is what the exhibit will be… no plantings.  But perhaps for these animals the climbing and hiding opportunities are…[Read more]

I’d say the guys who planted the trees saw some stakes somewhere, someday, and thought : Aw, that’s the way to do it then, let’s do it too, our work will now look like the *real thing* !

I have understood from the beginning what you where trying to say, although, you a rude in your delivery. But after reading some of the other comments you left in other discussions I knew the type of person I was dealing with…
Contrary to what you assume, I didn’t just want to hear that I was correct, I wanted constructive criticism and dialog.…[Read more]

I’m not saying zoo exhibits can’t or shouldn’t be designed with plants. I completely agree with you. My point was that maintenance has to be a consideration – in any planting, not just zoos. How many times do plantings fail from lack of the owner’s understanding of the maintenance required? Zoos are somewhat unique because there is both animal and…[Read more]

I saw the stakes too and had the same reaction. Maybe the whole site is built on top of a parking garage and those “pots” were intended to be ventilation shafts…until someone dumped in more soil to plant pretty pink flowers.
I’m really trying to figure out why this happened. It’s not good for the trees. It had to have cost the developer more.…[Read more]