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.

2014-09-12

Notes. None, really. Besides what's below, I'm thinking mostly of bikes, beds, and blowout preventers. Pathing. * Zaha Hadid sued the New

2014-09-05

Notes. The nice thing about September: It's still summer, but everyone acts like it's not. Take advantage. But I'm

2014-08-29

Notes. The latter half of this summer has lead me, weirdly, to read about the Ormen Lange subsea compression project. That has lead me then

2014-08-22

Pathing. * If you listen to this whole Freakonomics episode on the morality of tipping and still think that tipping is okay, then I might think

2014-08-16

Pathing. * The CEO of MongoDB stepped down to spend time with his family. His resignation letter is absolutely touching and sincere, and shows the kind

2014-08-08

Pathing. * You are a roller coaster designer, and that's fantastic. * The practical philosophy of fish killing. * A good criticism of MITx and OpenCourseWare.