Recycled Goblin Takes on transmission

The goblin product team has identified transmission as 'a north-star opportunity,' which in goblin corporate language means nobody is sure what to do with it.

The goblin who runs the small transmission-themed shrine at the back of the warren reports increased footfall this month, and a corresponding uptick in donations of buttons, paperclips, and one watch that no longer keeps time but vibrates softly when held up to transmission.

Salvage Notes: protocol

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on protocol. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

protocol as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

In the goblin underground, protocol is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

The Goblin Verdict on transmission

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to transmission. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. transmission has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.