Category Archives for Review
Reviews of products and books for the future by Shlok Vaidya.
Review: “The Lost Room”
Thirding John and Dan‘s recommendations. Very impressed with the story, especially with the layers not becoming cumbersome (like Lost). We were left looking for more. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
Review: Zune Is A Waste of Time
My little brother is in China for the next week. He took off with my new iPod, and I’m relegated to his Zune. He wanted the Nano’s better battery life and decided to be thrifty with 1/7th of the Zune’s … Continue reading
Review: A Mighty Heart
Very well done intense film. Someone had a solid understanding of the dynamics at play in Pakistan and communicated it well. Additionally and surprisingly, the script was “open” in the sense it had a lot of references to the area’s … Continue reading
How To Think
MIT’s Ed Boyden has a good cheat-sheet on how to think: Synthesize new ideas constantly. Learn how to rapidly learn. Work backward from your goal. Always have a long-term plan. Make contingency maps. Collaborate. Make your mistakes quickly. Write up … Continue reading