2015-12-20
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I just finished The Idea Factory (on Bell Labs - recommended!), and am just starting Uncommon Carriers (John McPhee&…
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.
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2015-12-13
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As most of you know, I've been thinking a lot about "generative design," and that…
2015-12-06
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This is slightly off-topic, but the NYTimes ran its first front page editorial since 1920 this week, on "…
2015-11-28
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Pathfinding.
* Ben Thompson on Google's decision to open source TensorFlow.
* As a country, Taiwan is…
2015-11-22
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The Public Radio has a VERY limited number of units for sale for holiday delivery. If you missed our…
2015-11-15
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Thinking about rebranding this thing. As you probably *don't* know, its name comes from the adage that…
2015-11-08
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I've mostly been working with triangles. Details here.
Pathfinding.
* So I wasn't going to comment…
2015-11-01
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None.
Pathfinding.
* IBM acquired Weather.com and the huge amount of weather data it owns.
* The SEC finally approved…
2015-10-25
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Good 10 days off. Glad to be back.
Pathfinding.
* What I'm working on in the next few…
2015-10-17
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Hello! I'm Eric Weinhoffer, and I'm filling in for Spencer this week. I'm…
2015-10-11
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I'm officially wed :)
There will still be a newsletter next week, but it won't from…
2015-10-04
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I'm getting married next weekend, and will be offline for a week and a half. As a…