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.

2015-08-15

Notes. My major accomplishment this week (and I do think it's pretty major) was publishing a long update to my work with metal

2015-08-10

Notes. What a week. Thanks to everyone who reached out about Undercurrent's closing - and sorry to everyone I haven't gotten back

2015-08-02

Notes. I spent all week in the Pearl River Delta, doing sourcing for The Public Radio and thinking about China & the future of manufacturing.

2015-07-24

Notes. I'm about to hop on a plane to China. Be back in a week. Pathfinding. * Bill Simmons is going to HBO. Building.

2015-07-18

Notes. Most of my energy this week was spent thinking about my career, and why I've focused so much energy on metal 3D

2015-07-11

Notes. I visited Tesla's Fremont factory this week, and wrote up some notes on my visit. I also started planning the sourcing trip