2021-04-12
I’ve always been a huge fan of meet-cutes. It’s rare and incredibly special to find someone or something you care deeply about...
Notes, 2021-04-09.
After almost seven and a half years in publication, this newsletter crossed 10,000 subscribers last month - and then almost immediately jumped to 11,000.
2021-04-05
The White House’s American Jobs Plan's fact sheet is littered through with infranerd catnip: Over $100B in mass public transit; $20B in improved...
2021-03-29
I crack up every time I see this LinkedIn post about bullet holes in WWII aircraft. It’s supposed to be about thinking outside the box, but...
2021-03-22
After the 1956 consent decree allowing AT&T a monopoly over the US telephone network, all of Bell Labs’ patents were issued royalty-free; Bell was...
2021-03-15
As engineers we stand on the shoulders of giants. The laws of physics we take for granted because Newton saw an apple fall..