https://land8.com/members/scottthomasmurison/activity/ Activity feed for Scott Thomas Murison. Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:54:16 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=6.0.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 5704384f4b16a8a28a6746965663d05e https://land8.com/forums/topic/resourcesbooks-for-drawing-technique/#post-167778 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:05:27 +0000 Chip Sullivan has two fantastic books; one on climate and gardens and the other on drawing. The one on drawing is both a ‘how to’ and and inspiring.

]]> 0 4f79f376ef7fd0f245f68d4b0c5e5731 https://land8.com/forums/topic/bad-font-decisions-yes-im-talking-to-you-papyrus-users/page/9/#post-162204 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:33:34 +0000 It does depend on whether you want people to remember what you’ve written. Recent research indicates that you are more likely to remember text if it is a little more difficult to read. Comic sans is apparently a good font for retention. I recall struggling to concentrate on a large slab of specifications written in a narrow text many years ago -…[Read more]

]]> 0 07ba0537404c78c55ca7da7c45491472 https://land8.com/forums/topic/bad-font-decisions-yes-im-talking-to-you-papyrus-users/page/9/#post-162205 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:33:22 +0000 It does depend on whether you want people to remember what you’ve written. Recent research indicates that you are more likely to remember text if it is a little more difficult to read. Comic sans is apparently a good font for retention. I recall struggling to concentrate on a large slab of specifications written in a narrow text many years ago -…[Read more]

]]> 0 80e48c5bb6f6a93e6bcdab30aef42151 https://land8.com/activity/p/15757/ Wed, 04 May 2011 10:06:54 +0000 As McHarg, Carson and colleagues set the sustainability movement in motion is there any discussion on chaos theory which may be a contemporary building block to add to McHarg’s shoulders?
 
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]]> 0 c9deab3980a80af9cdb2c7875892da1f https://land8.com/activity/p/15758/ Wed, 04 May 2011 10:04:02 +0000 Are we really landscape architects/ designers? Are we not philosophers, psychologists, subversive thinkers and all connecting with an unknown place – jumping not knowing where we might land and sometimes failing? Who knows where he/she is going? Chase Teddy Roosevelt’s lecture to the Sorbonne in 1910!
 
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]]> 0 116c4784c27873a99daf9ca620142faa https://land8.com/forums/topic/firepit-construction/#post-163241 Wed, 04 May 2011 08:47:52 +0000 Consider a convex surface for drainage and keeping the fire breaking apart for extra oxygen supply. Slightly more wood would be needed for the session however.

]]> 0 624beeaed4d67e20dfae1b30d20db1d8 https://land8.com/forums/topic/the-economy-and-marketing-august-12th-chat-conversation/#post-173305 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:04:18 +0000 These markets need to be developed in the good times. Also, we should consider publishing our personal views/ observations in local journals as our careers advance / falter. Being generous in the good times with our time, counsel and hospitality can keep the mine shored up while we take to substitute jobs (if necessary) when it’s tough.

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