Certification Update

Day 081

Some Successes Autodesk Licensed Professional AutoCAD 2012 Civil 3D 2012 Revit Architecture 2012

Not too shabby. I'm actually listed as the only person one of only two people in the US with a Civil 3D 2012 Professional License

Now to persuade employers that that actually matters.

The exams were pretty straightforward, at least the AutoCAD and Civil 3D, the Revit however, in which I've not really had any real world project experience was a little more testing.

I should have taken the Revit earlier in the day as it would have given me more opportunity to ask around and gauge how the other takers felt about the exam. Just to see if they thought it easy/hard, fair/sneaky etc.

Of course now I need to complete the Associate level exam in order to get my name listed amongst the successful Revit pros. (Currently 3 in the Bay Area, and all working for Ideate)

I should also spend an hour checking out the Revit blogs, find the most useful and frequently update and add it to my blog roll.

Mis-LEED-ing

Day 070

Is LEED really green? How developers use a popular environmental certification program to sell projects and mislead the public - By Maggie Beidelman The archangel of sustainable development has arrived, promising much needed city housing that will add to the “social fabric of the waterfront community” with its glamorous green rooftops and unheard-of bay views. This is going to be the greenest building of them all, or so we’ve been told, but the truth is a bit more complicated.

Pretty interesting and well argued from the cats at the SF Guardian

Dolores Slides

Day 069

Just finished a few slides of Dolores

Pretty good for a beginner

No Money

Day 065

No Money The Trust for Public Land, a national land conservation organization, today expressed disappointment with a Fiscal Year 2012 bill approved by the House Subcommittee on Interior and the Environment Appropriations. The bill proposes drastic cuts to the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) reducing the program by 80% from fiscal year (FY) 2011 levels that were already 30% below the FY 2010 levels.

LWCF is the principal federal program for conservation of key lands within our national parks, forests, wildlife refuges, and other popular and sensitive areas, and for support of state and local parks and recreation. The program is funded using a fraction of offshore oil and gas revenues, and unlike other federal spending, uses no taxpayer dollars.

Oh well, I guess that money can be better spent elsewhere.

I'm awake I'm awake

Day 061
	Yawn Stretch No, really.

Mission Local's Dolores Roundup

Day 060

Mission Local Meeting Jun 30th Building underground facilities, blowing up the clubhouse and a creating a zigzag promenade were some of the suggestions heard at the second Dolores Park workshop this week. But the most common desire expressed: More bathrooms. The workshop was a follow-up to the first meeting, on June 2, in which neighbors brainstormed ideas for the park. Dolores Park has $7.9 million available for renovations because of the Clean and Safe Neighborhood Parks Bond, passed in 2008.

From Octavio Lopez Ragyoza
Mission Local Workshop 3
Mission Local Workshop 2