2022-02-14
Kane Hsieh on messy knowledge transfer, McFlurry machine litigation, and Patek Phillipe industrial timekeeping systems.…
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
2022-02-07
Brian Potter on the value of speculation, Roman maps, and the recent Tonga eruption.…
2022-01-31
Lee Wilkins on the Overview Effect, waterjet cake cutting, and kanji typewriters.…
2022-01-24
Spencer Wright on Sitka spruce helicopter blades, sewer pipe relining, and snow plow ballet.…
2022-01-17
James Coleman on digital twins, Rivian's upcoming Georgia facility, and dumb boxes.…
2022-01-10
Spencer Wright on how to ship horses via air, the JWST, and that Ryan Petersen interview.…
2022-01-03
Hillary Predko recaps the things that grabbed our attention most in 2021.…
2021-12-27
Spencer Wright on caring for an old house, the inception of AWS, and flinging satellites into space.…
2021-12-20
Hillary Predko on mahogany, funerals, and shipping monopolies.…
2021-12-13
Sean Kelley on better questions for performance reviews, the tungsten cube craze, and the chip shortage.…
2021-12-06
Kelly and Anna Pendergrast on the Bay Model, low tech cooking, and the politics of measurement.…
2021-11-29
Spencer Wright on all of the tools that made hard projects fun in 2021.…