Category Archives for Review
Reviews of products and books for the future by Shlok Vaidya.
Review: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Ready Player One Started at 8, stayed up till midnight, had to have the book wrestled out of my hands, and up at 6 to finish it off by 9. Haven’t done that in a long while. The author tugs … Continue reading
Review: Slow Gardening: A No-Stress Philosophy for all Senses and Seasons
Slow Gardening: A No-Stress Philosophy for All Senses and All Seasons I’m a fan of the author’s philosophy. Build out your garden slowly, focus on quality, and you’re not going to accelerate biology’s timeline, so may as well enjoy the … Continue reading
Idea: Lucky Magazine Mobile App
Lucky has streamlined the magazine business. It’s essentially a curated compilation of ads for particular demographic. I realize this isn’t unique to this brand, but they do seem to be ahead of the curve a bit. For example, they include … Continue reading
Thoughts on The Profession
I read an early copy of Pressfield’s new book a few weeks ago. Writing a review for a journal , so I held off on putting a review here. Had to put it in a drawer to reflect on it. … Continue reading
Review: How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
Listened to the audiobook of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu. I feel it’s ‘science-fictioness’ is vastly overstated. It’s not really scifi. The elements which are from that domain are interesting and fun, but … Continue reading