The Prepared Archive • 3 min read 2019-10-28 Planning & Strategy. * CAD software giant PTC acquired Onshape, the browser-based CAD startup founded by Jon Hirschtick, for $470M. Hirschtick,…
The Prepared Archive • 3 min read 2019-10-21 Planning & Strategy. * A compellingly skeptical take on Flexport in the wake of WeWork's massive devaluation. Flexport raised…
The Prepared Archive • 3 min read 2019-10-14 Planning & Strategy. * "Your company needs a storyteller-in-chief." * Marie Langer, daughter of Hans Langer, will take over as…
The Prepared Archive • 3 min read 2019-10-07 Planning & Strategy. * Foxconn continues to juke the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. * A call for journal proposals "that take…
The Prepared Archive • 4 min read 2019-09-30 Planning & Strategy. * Boston Dynamics finally has a commercial product, albeit one with decidedly opaque pricing. BD's "…
The Prepared Archive • 3 min read 2019-09-23 Planning & Strategy. * The Ikea Fitting Catalogue, a compilation of dimension drawings for all Ikea fittings and tools. * I enjoyed…
The Prepared Archive • 3 min read 2019-09-16 Planning & Strategy. * A clarification from last week: Joi Ito's resignation did come *after* Kate Darling's…
The Prepared Archive • 3 min read 2019-09-09 Planning & Strategy. * Kate Darling on Jeffrey Epstein, Joi Ito, and the "fine line between changing from within and…
The Prepared Archive • 1 min read 2019-09-02 Planning & Strategy. * A smart blog post on an alternative method of pricing & selling niche products. The approach taken…
The Prepared Archive • 2 min read 2019-08-26 Infrastructure. * Why Vision Zero is the wrong goal for improving street safety in New York, where twice as many cyclist…
The Prepared Archive • 4 min read 2019-08-19 Planning & Strategy. * Human beings exploring space is something many of us space enthusiasts daydream about, but the technologies required…
The Prepared Archive • 3 min read 2019-08-12 Planning & Strategy. * "Liminal Lingering" and "Cockroaching" are among the curious glossary of terms used by…