VARNVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA · EST. 2026
Notes from the
middle of things.
Technology, small business, civic life, and the stubborn work of building a future from rural America.
01 / THE PREMISE
“The middle of nowhere is still
the middle of someone's world.”
I'm TJ Dickerman—a technologist, retailer, coffeehouse operator, civic optimist, and compulsive builder working from a small town in South Carolina.
Project 593 is where I make sense of the systems changing our lives, through the view from Main Street rather than the coasts. It is for people building strange, meaningful things beyond the usual centers of gravity.
02 / THE LIBRARY
Browse the shelves.
Cataloging the collection…
03 / RECENTLY CATALOGED
From the desk.
A LETTER FROM THE MIDDLE
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