Category: Newsletter Archive

Issue 28 of the Manufacturing Serendipity newsletter. Four-day work weeks, a Literary Clock, and an illustrated history of the climate crisis denial adverts created by big oil companies.

Issue 27 of Manufacturing Serendipity, part two of this retrospective thinger.

Issue 26 of Manufacturing Serendipity. What have I learned from a years’ worth of loosely connected stuff? What were my best bits? Too much to squeeze into one newsletter friends, here’s part one.

Issue 25 of the Manufacturing Serendipity newsletter. Weird language rules we follow, but aren’t aware of; the label releasing rain tracks on Spotify and out-earning Lady Gaga; how Netflix optimise thumbnails; and more.

Issue 24 of the Manufacturing Serendipity newsletter. Some things I’ve learned about sharks, William Gibson’s apocalyptic retweets, human etch-a-sketch Strava art, and thoughts on the BBC drama Vigil.

Issue 23 of the Manufacturing Serendipity newsletter. Thoughts on Resulting Fallacy, Cursed Crypto Cruiseliners, Conspicuous Leisure, Mary Ruefle’s Erasures, Schadenfreude and more.

Issue 22 of the Manufacturing Serendipity newsletter.Discovering the Glass Cliff, thoughts on being a tech-fearing-Negative-Nancy, and how sea snakes are looking for love in all the wrong places.

Issue 21 of the Manufacturing Serendipity newsletter. Thoughts on the ways our tools can affect our behaviour, amazing photos of Pink Salt Ponds, and notes on the Booker Prize Longlist books.

Issue 20 of the Manufacturing Serendipity newsletter. Thoughts on disconnectedness; the rise of must-read TV; ignorance and curiosity; and dinosaur origami.

Issue 19 of the Manufacturing Serendipity newsletter. Thoughts on unwittingly influencing people, the etymological root of attention, dollhouses and demo modes, LEGO art, and blackout poetry.