The process of engineering requires a disciplined approach to problem-solving: modeling solutions, testing them, improving upon them or dismissing them.
November 2, 2016
Engineering Mindset
The approach in an engineered house is to first ask, “What do you do?” and then to design a house that enables you to do those things comfortably and well.
October 29, 2016
Your Engineered House
The title of this collection is from a book I read in youth, a book whose ideas have taken root over decades and are just now coming into flower.
November 2, 2014
Purpose, Goals, Destinations
Quite fittingly, and is so often the case, where I ended up by the time I finished writing this meditation is not where I thought I was headed. The word of the day is destination and the realization that when I aim for a goal, not only do I often fall short but that I’ve fallen short so often that I now habitually begin with what some might term a defeatist attitude. It hasn’t always been thus. I remember some projects that turned out differently, where a collaboration took me further than I had initially conceived. That was amazing.