Investing in this tweet.
I wonder if railroad capitalists in the 19th were as uncool as ai engineers in the 21st century. Were they showing up to balls super rich stammering about the train's revolutionary potential while everyone groaned
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May I interest you in a Penguin?
slowly falling in love with book design
Playful restraint.
Empire State Building Observatory, New York, 1930s.
-Bill Hewlett, born in Michigan
-David Packard, born in Colorado
-Robert Noyce, born in Iowa
-Thomas Watson Jr., born in Ohio
Not only was Silicon Valley built by Americans, but it was built by “flyover country” Americans.
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American Woman
Remember when the world was a bit slower, and information would come in the mail, in printed form, every couple of weeks or so?
When that time in between allowed for real craft. For the world to feel lived-in.
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Dolly Design.
In the mid-1980s, my then-16-year-old mother was working as a hostess at the Inn of the Seventh Ray in Topanga Canyon. Throughout my life, she has recounted Dolly Parton’s many joyful visits to the restaurant, which she often heard before she saw, as Dolly would start singing my mom’s name from across the parking lot as she approached the building. She knew everyone’s names. Rest in peace to someone who was, by all accounts, hospitality personified.
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Not kidding when I say this is Appalachia’s version of the death of Queen Elizabeth.
My grandma moved from Youngstown to Sevierville, TN, in Dolly’s home county, when I was young, so I grew up going to Dollywood each summer, hearing “Dolly did this, that” and “she’s in town right now.”
@hallegilb and I went by her statue downtown in May. What a life.
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The North Carolina Nationalism posting will be paused today in honor of the great Saint of Appalachia. Rest easy Aunt Dolly.
I’m starting a new show with @Quartr_App.
It’s called Ordinary Business, and somehow I’m the host. I met @haris_chc and @oliverhamrin here earlier this year through a shared interest in old annual reports, business history, and design. They were looking for someone to make a show. I was looking for my next project, and some new collaborators.
I didn’t know they’d be in Sweden.
Here’s the first episode.
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A friend called today and noted that, within a decade, I’ve lived under the mayorship of both Pete Buttigieg and Zohran Mamdani.
A metaphor.
Albert Kahn knew how to design a factory.
every factory designed by albert kahn, architect to henry ford, from 1902-1940
I made a hat for people who love places that love them back.
LeBron James and Steph Curry were both born at Akron City Hospital, today Summa Health. News reports often omit that I, on the other hand, was born at Akron General.
In 2024, we made the unprecedented decision to acquire a hospital system. It was an opportunity to create a blueprint for healthcare transformation to make American healthcare proactive, accessible, and affordable.
@SummaHealth and our Health Assurance Transformation Company (HATCo) revealed their technology transformation stack, partnering with some of our portfolio companies @aidocmed, Clarium, @CommureOs, @poweredbyfabric, @hippocraticai, @judihealth, @transcarent, and @versemedical. @percepta is serving as a transformation partner, unifying the tech stack into a seamless Al-native operating system.
We believe the future of healthcare is health assurance with tech founders and health system leaders working together to reimagine healthcare in the US and beyond.
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never look up IDEA magazine if you don’t want to fall into a bottomless well of the coolest design
Why the annual reports were good
One thing you learn doing research on the history of New York is that the men and women who built this city were basically drunk the whole time
