About Notes

Notes from the Machine is the companion to Found in the Machine, the podcast I make about the forgotten people, decisions, and accidents that quietly shaped the digital world. If you found your way here through the show, you already know the territory. If you're new, the short version is that every piece of technology has a human backstory. I go looking for those stories.

This newsletter exists because some things don't survive the edit.

You'll find four things inside each issue:

• Notes from me. Reflections on my writing and research process.
• Left on the Cutting Room Floor. Things that didn't make it into the episode.
• The Story. A clean version of the episode script.
• Sources. Actual materials I used if you want to go further.

The show is for the curious, not the credentialed. So is this.

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