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.

2019-03-11

Notes, 2019-03-11. A *very* warm welcome to our new sponsor, Glowforge! As it happens, over the weekend I installed a new Glowforge Pro

2019-03-04

Notes, 2019-03-04. Hey folks, Hillary Predko here. I’m a Toronto based artist, writer and community organizer who loves supply chains, infrastructure and

2019-02-25

Notes, 2019-02-25. Hi everyone - Drew Austin here, returning as guest editor for this week's issue. If you enjoy this edition, feel

2019-02-18

Notes, 2019-02-18. Recently I did a big thing, and a rare one for a New Yorker: I rented myself a workshop. The reasons

2019-02-11

Planning & Strategy. * Calling their customers "entrepreneurs," Patreon's CEO Jack Conte says that the company's business model (a 5%

2019-02-04

Notes, 2019-02-04. Something that I'm curious about: Do we, as humans, know more about the mean time between failure on traditional