Shipwreck - Seattle Times
Chris’ Analog Book Report - Three takeaways
“…the objective of automation is clear - it is to relieve body and mind of the burden of labor.”
Robert Hassan, Analog (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) book
“For those companies that went remote in the pandemic, the debts accrued by their surrender to digital continue to mount: a debt of talent and creativity, of ideas, culture, and the interpersonal ties that make a companymuch more than the work it does.”
David Sax, The Future is Analog book
“The analog businesses succeeding today, despite digital competition, are those that have been able to really create and emphasize credibility.”
Arrigo Berni, The Revenge of Analog book
Analog Tools - Fix, Make, Create, Explore
Primer
Earnest Elmo Calkins - OG homie behind planned obsolescence or consumer engineering thorugh consumerism and advertising circa 20s
Maker
* Sewing machine- Got a hole, need a patch?
* Cricut machine
* Drummel “rotary” tool
Household stuff/toys
* Chris’ ubiquitous screwdriver set - Boxer Tool 30-piece precision set
Around Bellingham
* Shoe Stop - Bellis Fair
* Doucet Guitar Works - State Street
* Hardware Sales - Bellingham
Tech
iFixIT- mobile devices
Watchmaking
* Time Concepts - King Street by Lakeway Fred Meyer
* Roldorf & Co - Vancouver
Quality Assurance
AJ - Hodinkee | Watches in the Wild
Chris - Two alternative sites
* LibRedirect - Alternative websites for big tech companies
* FarSide.link - Up-to-date alternative websites for big tech companies, but self-hosted by folks around the world
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