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.

2014-06-20

Pathing. * Pictures of babies, underwater, learning to deal with it. * Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame) on the "pivot." * Parkinson's Law is

2014-06-13

Pathing. * Why there are so many wallets on Kickstarter. * One NASA team wants to send a submarine to explore the oceans of Titan, while another

2014-06-06

Pathing. * Americans are less afraid of hurricanes with feminine names - causing increased fatalities. * Leonardo Da Vinci's resume. * The lowdown on Makerbot's

2014-05-30

Pathing. * How Domino's became a tech company. * The trouble that agencies get into (and benefits they receive) when they release their own products.

2014-05-23

Pathing. * Vogue, on Instagram as art dealer of the future . * FiveThirtyEight: "The Slow Death of American Entrepreneurship." * Paul Graham: "What Business Can

2014-05-17

Pathing. * Max Nisen: "The US lawyer bubble has conclusively popped." * Quora: "Why did Quora join the 2014 Y Combinator batch?" * NYTimes: