A hair dresser, a pharmacist, and a planner walk into a bar

No, this is not the beginning of a joke. The hairdresser, the pharmacist, and the planner are going to celebrate their job satisfaction.

According to U.S. News and World Report's Best Careers of 2008, Urban Planner makes the top 31. The careers were selected based on job satisfaction, required training, and job market outlook. Check out where other careers stack up here.

Conversely, Architect was rated as one of the most overrated jobs (although, interestingly, the same mag listed it as a Best Career a year ago). Architects, planners, what do you think?

New patrol boat to protect subs in Sound

Perhaps this can be a use for the blog. Sharing news with each other (like John's interesting discussion of retail supporting housing which I tried to get him to post).
Here is some news for our MAKERSians working on naval projects.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/367718_seadevil20.html

MAKERSians' walk scores

What's the walk score of your house MAKERSians?
http://www.walkscore.com/

We made the first page!

This past Friday (May 30th, 2008) the Seattle Post-Intelligencer ran an article about the Seattle South Downtown rezone plan. And there we were, uncredited but big, with one of our graphics for the city staff ran plan.

Well it's always nice...

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/365170_southdowntown30.html

Have an office eco-peeve? What about an office eco-dream?

Have an office eco-peeve? What about an office eco-dream?

Julie and Wes will be looking at ways to lessen the office footprint over the next couple months. Share your office sustainability ideas and maybe we can incorporate them into our office practices when we move to the new place.

Best graphics

So, I kept thinking that this tool can be used to display our best graphics. Both for internal and external use (mmmm.... that makes it sound like a drug or something...).
I gave it a first crack and put together a little collection...

bike to work...or else!

May is national Bike to Work Month. For the second year in a row, Makers has registered to participate in Group Health's Bike to Work Challenge. A slight increase in office participation warranted two teams: Makers Mobile Unit, which is headed up by Dara, and Two Wheels Good, captained by Wes. Each participant must ride to and fro work at least five times over the course of the month to be qualified. Tonight two Makersians will be attending the Captains Bash at Pike Brewery where they will rub spandex elbows and laud the benefits of designated bike lanes with other Challenge participants.

Stay tuned to see which team is in the lead. Pedal on...