Here are some resources that may be useful, in each of my interest areas.
I take no referral fees or other inducement for any recommendation.
Architect Description in Wikipedia - A pretty good summary of what architects do, with many links.
Architect finder - The American Institute of Architects used to have a national, searchable database, but now you'll have to rely on Google for a more local one.
Rocky Mountain Institute - One of the clearest, most positive organizations addressing energy use in buildings as well as throughout the economy.
How Buildings Work - Several of my short, non-technical articles explain how buildings work.
Principles for Choosing and Using Technology
The principles I use when considering advice on technology to an organization
Techsoup - Dedicated to serving the nonprofit world with lower cost software, hardware, consultants. They have a blog, webinars etc. Note that you pay a fee before getting the bargains - almost always worth it.
Learning To Use Programs
LinkedIn Learning - I've found the video courses here to be consistently high quality, typically taking 2-10 hours to complete. They usually include sample files to work along. I've learned advanced techniques for many programs using them.
Many public libraries subscribe so it can be free.
Many YouTube videos are extremely help. Use a search to get good ones listed first.
Updated: 9/23/2024