Notes, 2023-05-08
lee wilkins on aperiodic tesselations, the materiality of pigment, and the beauty of encoder traces.…
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Notes, 2023-05-01
Hillary Predko on Hydro-Quebec's energy exports and bulk transmission strategies.…
Notes, 2023-04-24
Hillary Predko on the history of Hydro-Quebec, a state-run utility that built out a fossil fuel-free electricity system in the 1960s.…
Notes, 2023-04-17
Over the first five years of its existence, this newsletter averaged around six hundred and fifty words per issue, a…
Notes, 2023-04-10
Hillary Predko on the inverse relationship between building a makerspace and building anything else, and Apple's forays into production in India.…
Bean to Bar Chocolate AMA with Samantha Luc
Our AMA with traceability specialist Samantha Luc, former Head of Traceability, Tastings and Education at Soma Chocolatemaker.…
Notes, 2023-04-03
Spencer Wright on jobsites, workshops, and mechanical wisdom.…
Notes, 2023-03-27
Hillary Predko on the infrastructural sublime, the Svalbard seed vault, and Buckminster Fuller's World Game.…
Product Design AMA with Studio Neat’s Tom Gerhardt
Our AMA with designer and product coach Tom Gerhardt, co-founder of Studio Neat.…
Notes, 2023-03-20
Sean Kelley on design for maintenance, the logistics of a $5 footlong, and hurricane-rated windows.…
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