Andrew Schroeder

ro/lu-modern landscape design studio minneapolis

From ro/lu photoblog

sometimes it’s easier for me to see things for what they are in photos rather than in real life.  so i take a lot of pictures.  usually i need to take a break from working and i get up and walk around the studio looking at things this way.

via ro/lu-modern landscape design studio minneapolis.

MindNode

Tumbleweed Project Map

Tumbleweed Project Map

I was dating someone in graduate school when I was first introduced to the maxim “If you’re bored that means you’re boring.” Like a perfectly formed Zen Koan it has stuck with me and been my mantra through many days of idleness. If you cannot already tell, I am anxious to get to work on grant applications, residency packets, and editing images… yet here I am, at my day-job.

Aside from finally getting a few images scanned (and testing out the Imacon for problems), I came across a great program any sketchbook obsessed person should have. It’s called MindNode and is an incredibly simple, elegant, and free way to create thought/concept maps. Creating flowcharts in MS Word made me want to shoot myself… and using Omni Graffle or Outliner was too… early 2000. MindNode is delicious and elegant… almost better than creating a concept map on paper.

Phantom Public

Phantom Public

Grid Obsessions

Desktop at work... organized in a way that even scares me.

Desktop at work... organized in a way that even scares me.

 

And Desktop at home... ridiculously organized...

And Desktop at home... ridiculously organized...

 

At the moment I’m feeling a bit like a self-diagnosed autistic person. I’m obsessed with ordering and arranging everything around me in precise and perfect grids. Scary. Very Scary.

For those that are also grid obsessed: http://www.thegridsystem.org/

Rune Guneriussen

Some beautiful photographs that are making me happy on this bleak Sunday evening.

From Rune Guneriussen

From Rune Guneriussen