2020-02-10
Planning & Strategy.
* It’s exciting to read about Spinlaunch, which is taking a novel approach to getting things (hucking…
The Prepared Archive
From late 2013 through late 2022, we published a weekly newsletter called The Prepared; it evolved into Scope of Work in 2023. Our Members- and Supporters-only archive includes all back issues from this time period.
469 posts
2020-02-03
Architecture & Design.
* Kate Wagner on why we fetishize ruins, and how that practice has evolved alongside industrialization itself as…
2020-01-27
Planning & Strategy.
* Love letters to Andy "Train Daddy" Byford, who officially resigned as President of NYC Transit…
2020-01-20
Planning & Strategy.
* From Jordan, a thorough and data driven recap of the work it took to raise a seed…
2020-01-13
Planning & Strategy.
* Over the past year, I've been collecting a list of awesome women in manufacturing, engineering,…
2020-01-06
Planning & Strategy.
* The IRS reformed its free file program, requiring companies like Intuit to not block their free file…
2019-12-30
Planning & Strategy.
* My favorite businesses are the ones which deeply know why they exist, and which use that knowledge…
2019-12-23
Planning & Strategy.
* Kathleen King tells the story of Tate's Bake Shop on NPR's How I…
2019-12-16
Planning & Strategy.
* Stripe’s Patrick Collison highlights some large projects that were completed very quickly. One not listed that…
2019-12-09
Cities & Transportation.
* Dockless bikes as "loitering objects." A reflection on the preferential treatment of bikes (and other…
2019-12-02
PPE.
* Ansell's HyFlex 11-801 nitrile coated nylon gloves are a fantastic medium-duty option for around the shop. Tacky…
2019-11-25
The most clicked link in last week's issue (~17% of opens, and well deserved) was an eye-popping video…