Category Archives for Review
Reviews of products and books for the future by Shlok Vaidya.
Review: Kill Decision by Daniel Suarez
Kill Decision is startlingly real. And equally plausible. Suited masters of perception playing games with reality while skipping scotch in Crystal City. D.C.’s incestuous relationship between big defense business and… everyone else. Nameless, compartmentalized operators fighting through the night in cesspools … Continue reading
Review – The Ultralight Startup: Launching a Business Without Clout or Capital
The Ultralight Startup: Launching a Business Without Clout or Capital by Jason L. Baptiste. Baptiste is the cofounder/CEO of OnSwipe. To be honest, I loath OnSwipe. If you’re not familiar with it, the product turns normal websites into piles of ‘tablet friendly’ ugly. Worse, … Continue reading
Review: Every Nation for Itself by Ian Bremmer
Ian Bremmer’s Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World is an eminently readable, current, mainstream take on the geopolitical environment. It’s a step above the toilet paper put out by the likes of Friedman, Zakaria, and the … Continue reading
Review: Insanely Simple by Ken Segall
Insanely Simple: The Obsession that Drives Apple’s Success by Ken Segall. Ken’s the guy behind the i. As in the iPad, iPod. He worked with Jobs at NeXT, then at Apple again. He knows the man, the company. (Note, he … Continue reading
Review: 99% Invisible Podcast
This is probably my favorite podcast right now. It’s well produced, even aesthetically pleasing (rare for a radio show), and covers a great variety of design (and therefore, social) issues, quickly (~10 min max). Start with this episode about the first … Continue reading