Loved our Paris pop-up — Jordan Mechner’s book was the very first one I worked on at Stripe Press 4, so it was extra special to finally meet (and interview!) him. ❣️

Slowly but surely adding to our merch collection, too 🤭 obsessed with these Prince of Persia zines!

During WW2, the US built more airplanes than have been built for commercial transport in the entire history of aviation. This week on Construction Physics, I look at how that happened.

construction-physics.com/p/how-to-build…

And just like that…baby sis is officially Dr. Winter! (Also, now and forever, the favorite child).

🚨 It's time for a new issue of Works in Progress🚨

Issue 15 is out now!

Read it to find out:
- How we conquered drunk driving
- Why no one uses prediction markets
- How NYC finally did congestion charging
& much more!
worksinprogress.co

Speaking of…our next Stripe Press pop-up will be in Paris(!) on Thursday, May 23.

AND Jordan Mechner will be in town to talk about Prince of Persia — and to sign copies. We also made a special PoP zine that I can’t wait to share. ❣️

See you soon, Paris: lu.ma/stripe-press-p… 🇫🇷🕹️

Love this video so much. Jordan took an old film trick, rotoscoping, and brought it to video games with Prince of Persia.

It wasn’t just about better graphics; it was about capturing the essence of human movement in a way that hadn’t been done before in video games. He set a

Refreshing to read about exceptions to the oft-repeated claim that 'we couldn't rebuild [x] if we wanted to; we’ve lost the knowledge.'

This piece about Guédelon Castle masons, who are now helping restore Notre Dame, is fascinating. theguardian.com/world/2022/aug…

I was going to do the usual Monday self-promotion tweet but I don't think I can top this.

Mini Singapore photo diary:

So much to love about Singapore, but the fact that I haven’t seen a single piece of trash outside of a trashcan in days is near the top the list.