Spencer Wright
Spencer Wright is the (mostly accidental) founder of Scope of Work, which he started writing (as The Prepared) in 2013. Today he serves as its editor-in-chief and chief dilettante.
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Notes, 2025-02-16
Let's start at an airport, and see where we go.…
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Postcards, Part 5
Another week, another dozen or so postcards. I've got at least three dozen left to write; as always,…
Postcards, Part 4
I'm learning—I think—how to be a better writer. This project, which I've written about…
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Notes, 2025-01-14.
This surprises you a little, but you don't want to run afoul of the CFTC…
Postcards, Part 2
"Everyone, basically" was the answer given when I asked who buys dry ice; I'm happy to now be a member of that category.…
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We're reading Building SimCity
For people of a certain age—my age—the memory of playing SimCity, probably on a desktop computer in a public part of your childhood home, is an iconic and evocative part of early nerd culture. SimCity was…
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The Honorable Parts.
How industrial photographer Christopher Payne spotlights the good in American labor.…