Category Archives for Review
Reviews of products and books for the future by Shlok Vaidya.
Secret Service Technology
Hilarious. A classified review of the United States Secret Service’s computer technology found that the agency’s computers were fully operational only 60 percent of the time because of outdated systems and a reliance on a computer mainframe that dates to … Continue reading
Review: Makers
I got a chance to read Cory Doctorow’s Makers recently (entirely on my Nexus with the Aidiko app). The ideapack was great. The characters/narratives bored me. One thing that irked me is that Cory’s understanding of the future is extremely … Continue reading
Review: Tracked.com
Pretty cool presentation of structured data. Right now, Tracked is focusing on a social component that lets people share that dead data. It has live (read social) stuff but crammed into a box on the bottom right. Not good enough. … Continue reading
Review: Monoprice
Cables are cables are cables, but these are well made and work. Great – fast shipping. Prices were ~10% of the local big box stores (including Frys). -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
Sigh
We’ve been hearing from sources that for all the talk about irregular and hybrid warfare, the driving force in the QDR strategic review currently underway is the High End Asymmetric Threat, or HEAT, team. That team is examining the threat … Continue reading