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✱ The Best of 2014

✱ The Best of 2014

The year is winding down and I’m sifting through 5,000 photos getting ready to make the 2014 Troxelmar Family Slideshow. It’s a tradition that I’ve done the last 3 years and this will be the fourth installment. I already have over 300 images earmarked and I

Video: John Cleese on Creativity

I've watched this video twice now, and I'll probably watch it again. I keep picking up on new things each time. I have to say, this is the most succinct presentation on how to get in the creative mode I've ever seen. And it

✱ We need great, licensed architects. We need you.

I was driving in the car today and Hey Jude by the Beatles came on the radio. My car is old so it only has a radio, so please give me a break! I had a big grin on my face as my kids and I sang along to the

Link: "Everything I know about business in one minute."

Here is some great advice for business and for life. It's a quick summary from a one minute long presentation by Bill Drenttel, but you should go to Michael Bierut's site and read the story behind the message because he has some great observations about the

Link: Empower Your Brand, Building Code Differences and Cleaning Scans

I'm happy to be featured alongside my friends Mark LePage and Lee Calisti on Novedge's Vectorworking Blog with a few things that will make both you and your architecture practice worth more. My contribution is a tutorial from my other site, Method, where I show you

What will you create to make the world more awesome?

This kid is busy being awesome and changing the world.

A new Big Time Small Firm hangout is on YouTube

Last week I had the pleasure of being in a Google+ Hangout with Jes Stafford (@modarchitect on twitter) as the National AIA Convention kicked off in Denver. It was a great conversation, and I'm looking forward to more. We talked about the AIA and it's new