Spencer Wright

Spencer Wright is the (mostly accidental) founder of Scope of Work, which he started writing (as The Prepared) in 2013. Today he serves as its editor-in-chief and chief dilettante.

Apple is Using "100% Recycled" Aluminum.

What does that mean? Something about Apple's MacBook Air announcements last week struck me: The claim about its enclosure being made from “100%

2018-10-29

Planning & Strategy. * The Library of Congress and the Copyright Office ruled on new exemptions to DMCA section 1201, which makes it illegal to circumvent

2018-10-22

Planning & Strategy. * The Trump Administration announced that it will withdraw from the Universal Postal Union, whose structure has the effect of heavily subsidizing shipping

2018-10-15

Planning & Strategy. * The MTA and the Partnership for New York City announced the Transit Tech Lab, an unpaid accelerator for "entrepreneurs who are

2018-10-08

Planning & Strategy. * Rethink Robotics shut down. Rethink - and Baxter, its flagship product, and Rodney Brooks, its founder - have been quite literally the face of

2018-09-24

Planning & Strategy. * An excellent overview of Costco's business model. Costco makes almost double Amazon's revenue per employee, and more than