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Notes and reading tagged craftsmanship
Keep Making Things
Not everything needs to become a product or attract an audience. Make things carefully, share what you learn, help others build, and begin again when life interrupts the work.
Making It Work and Making It Good
Jim Nielsen distinguishes the binary question of whether something works from the subjective question of whether it is good. I struggle to hold both modes at once, and maybe the answer is to make it work first, then switch modes and give it the care it needs.
Inspired by blog.jim-nielsen.com · Jim Nielsen
Shop Class as Soulcraft — Matthew B. Crawford
Using his own experience as an electrician and mechanic, Crawford presents a wonderfully articulated call for self-reliance and a moving reflection on how we can live concretely in an ever more abstract world.