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Designing Participant Experiences
Thinking about research operations from a service design lens
6 min
Stream, February 2021
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February 2021
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All Quiet on the Productivity Front
Constant progress without being certain you’re getting anywhere. Reflecting on the adrenal dropkick that was 1917, I realized this perpetually delayed sense of resolution was familiar in other aspects of my life too: the parts where plans…
8 min
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Sponge Cycles
Identify and define the cycles where you absorb and become
9 min
January 2021
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Speculative Surplus
Whenever we see modern militaries, we’re witnessing industrialized production and movement of things on a scale that is difficult to comprehend. Whether it's the engineering that goes into feeding deployed troops or the rollout of new Army…
10 min
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Full Hamcus: Finding the Spark in Sci-fi Workwear
This essay was originally published on the TCHWR blog. Hamcus is not a techwear brand in the traditional sense. Rather, it is a science fiction workwear clothing brand based out of Guangzhou, China that has embarked on a particular type of…
7 min
December 2020
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Reflecting on 2020
Well, that was a year. My family and I were more fortunate than most, but not as fortunate as some when it came to navigating the weirdness that was 2020. It felt a bit like we rounded a bend in an already turbulent river — only to…
12 min
May 2020
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Diverge Weekly Issue 9 The Dependencies Issue
First, thank you and welcome to all the new subscribers, and to Hillary Predko for sharing Diverge in The Prepared. This is a weird newsletter that aspires to be about design and global affairs — but I take some latitudes. The pattern of…
6 min
January 2020
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A More Intentional Wardrobe
I have an affinity for jackets and bags. The two central functions to protect and to carry somehow stand out in my mind as being what this whole clothing endeavour is about. In the quest for a more perfect bag and a more perfect jacket,…
9 min
December 2019
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Reflecting on 2019
2019 has been a weird combination of my most exhausting, fulfilling, chaotic, and structured year to date. Midway through 2018, I decided that I wouldn’t share anything until it was “done”, or at least passed a significant milestone. So…
13 min