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You would need to ‘print’ to cutepdf, not export. I like to export, but to each his own I guess.

72 dpi should be plenty good for screen quality. If your file size is going over a meg per sheet I’d say you’re doing something wrong or obsessing about detail that doesn’t really matter. In my 50 page portfolio, which contained 4 or 5 pages of…[Read more]

There could be a whole number of reasons.

If you export to pdf, check all the settings in the dialog box to make sure it’s not raserizing and compressing links and images, this will result in a much larger file though. Make sure your linked files are actually there and not ‘broken.’

Well,

I think the easiest way to incorporate this kind of experience would be to actually distill some of the places we make. It’s been a long day and I know that probably isn’t the best verbage. In other words, maybe not incorporating guard rails along steep embankments, fo example. I think there’s certainly an appropriate time and place to try…[Read more]

I know it’s a stereotype, and maybe I overstated the point, again.

But I think if you look at it in terms of professional priorities; the LA is concerned with the interface of people and things first, while the engineer is concerned with the interface of things and things first. Maybe this is a stereotype, but I can only speak from personal…[Read more]

I think, more than anything, I started this thread to play devils advocate as well. I don’t necessarily disagree with all the regulations at the res, but it did make me think about how much our physical environment is dominated by non-physical barriers and limitations.

I too was hoping this discussion would steer itself toward more of a…[Read more]

I’ve been following this as well Andrew. I was convinced there was a glitch, but now I’m not so sure.

It seems like we’re all just waiting it out, even those of us with jobs.

Just want to clear a few things up so I don’t look like such a terrible citizen:

Many of the rules relayed to me by the patrol were not clearly posted at trailheads. I know it may sound lame, but I honestly didn’t know that I was breaking some or all of the rules. I just thought I was peacefully and respectfully going swimming with my little boat…[Read more]

I had the opportunity to speak one-on-one with a principal from Olin (Partnership) during his visit to CSU last Spring. He spent nearly an hour walking the halls, evaluating mine and others work, and speaking in depth about design philosophy, office conventions, and the economic climate. The one thing he certainly emphasized was the importance of…[Read more]

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Your check is in the mail.. ; )

I said, “besides work,” but I should have said, “money.”

Still, one thing I think I learned more than anything in running my own small business several years ago was the importance of billability and efficiency. Not to demean quality of work (read-graphic abaility, etc.)- Quality of renderings and work can be viewed as a marketing tool both to…[Read more]

I like to think that landscape issues are taken into consideration from project kickoff. If this is the case, a landscape architect should probably be involved from the beginning. Though I think it obviously depends on the role of the LA, which is as vast as the profession from urban planner through garden designer.

Did the people who were laid off have bad attitudes as well?

I think the point of ASLA’s survey was to help analyze this gap. Hence the questions regarding expected and actual skills and salary. I don’t think it addressed attitude per se. I agree that attitude can be a limiting factor for prospective employess, but at the same time I wonder if an…[Read more]

I think I speak for many new grads when I say we hear lot’s of things and it gets darn difficult to discern what’s most important and most marketable.

I think ASLA’s recent survey attempts to address this knowledge/communication gap.

Brian, do you really think those people were laid off because they couldn’t draw?

I agree that having a balanced set of skills will serve anyone well, in any economic climate, even ditch-digging, which is why my hands are covered in callouses today and not marker ink. lol..

Marc-

I worked from home for approximately 4 months 3-5 days/ week during my fall semester at CSU. I worked via a company laptop working over their remote server. The local office was 65 miles away and I didn’t own a car (still dont, actually). I completed a number of fairly large drawings for them on tight deadlines, admittedly, sometimes…[Read more]