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Re: Substandard iPhone photo management

Dave Clements — Thu, 13 May 2010 08:12:19 -0000

I'll have to have a look at PixelPipe. I'm surprised at how little I've seen people complain about this clearly sub-par feature on what I generally agree to be the world's best phone.

Re: Substandard iPhone photo management

Damo — Wed, 12 May 2010 20:15:51 -0000

Nope, I agree. I've been looking for a way of doing my grouping/renaming offline on the phone, so I can archive them out when I connect. Nothing seems to be able to handle it, though! PixelPipe does allow convoluted batching for upload to folders via FTP, but you can't rename files, and have to manually create the FTP folder each time.

Re: LEED V3 – becoming an AP just got more difficut

Dave Clements — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 08:33:50 -0000

Yes, I would agree that the test is not as easy as most people might think. It's not so much about being able to recall facts from the book as it is about knowing the field inside out and having first-hand experience, which is why I like the new requirements (even though they work against me). I'm intrigued to learn about the projects your company has worked on though. I'll have to check it out!

Re: LEED V3 – becoming an AP just got more difficut

WebDebatHCS — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:50:25 -0000

I have heard many similar complaints at my office from the people who had not passed the test yet. We've been pursuing LEED business for several years now and have eight people on staff that are LEED APs. However, passing the test isn't as easy as you might think. Many of these intelligents people failed once or twice before passing the test. Others failed and have not taken the time to retest so they now fall under the new requirements. We earned LEED Gold status on our first green project (Woodlands Corporate Center in Tampa); are just finishing our second which should get Silver or Gold (Jordan School Renovation in St. Pete) and are underway with our biggest project to date which is also a storm-hardened faculty up to CAT 5 (Pinellas County Public Works Emergency Responders Bldg in Clearwater). We are very focused on Green projects and I've written several articles about these projects at our website. Check it out, you might find it interesting . Www.hcsfl.com.

Re: LEED V3 – becoming an AP just got more difficut

Korinne — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:52:37 -0000

The Green Associate exam is a 2 hour exam that is basically what the old v2.2 was. There is no shame taking this exam. In fact, you can take the GA exam, and then later take the additional LEED AP specialty exam (additional 2 hours) when you have the project experience.

Realistically, if you had taken the v2.2 exam you would have been known as a LEED AP without a specialty until you provided that project experience information anyway. So, you aren't in a bad place. You just need to leverage it in your favor.

Re: LEED V3 – becoming an AP just got more difficut

Dave — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:49:02 -0000

Absolutely. It's a much simpler test, more geared towards giving people a general background to green building, whereas the AP exam is more geared towards knowing the reference manual inside out to allow you to work through a LEED registered project. For that, I'm thankful for the new distinction.

Re: LEED V3 – becoming an AP just got more difficut

Frank460 — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:17:30 -0000

The Green Assoicate material seems to be a lot less study of minute facts and
more about basic green concepts. There is a lot of good study material available.

Re: Unexpected additional feature of Trapster iPhone app – Recording trips

Stefanie — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:08:03 -0000

Thanks for the Trapster kudos! We are running an iPhone My Trips contest, it would be awesome if you could submit a trip! We would love to see your pix :)

http://blog.trapster.com/20...

Re: 30 years of hip-hop in 60 minutes

Dave — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:43:45 -0000

You're only getting 16 minutes of it? I'm getting all 60 (well, 59...)

Re: 30 years of hip-hop in 60 minutes

DJ Uncle Noah — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:58:53 -0000

only 16mins? that's an evil tease!

Re: What to do in Kansas City?

thewanderingbrit — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:10:58 -0000

Ah yes, I've heard the barbecue is definitely worth a look. Someone else had mentioned Gates to me, but not Arthur Bryant's. I'll have to be sure to see where to best spend the little time I have. I have to say though, I'm not much of a baseball fan, and am sure that our evenings will be kept busy in the bars! Thanks for the advice!

Re: What to do in Kansas City?

ournewkitchen — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:06:12 -0000

Have the barbecue. Try Arthur Bryant's. It's good and quite the experience. Also have Gates. It's great too. And may I suggest a Royals game while you are in town. The team is on its way up and the tickets, at least a few years ago, were very reasonable.