Category Archives for Thinking
Shlok Vaidya’s thinking.
Gameifying Test Prep
. The KIPP-Grockit partnership will yield a private network for SAT and ACT test prep for use by students and teachers in three of KIPP’s largest schools in San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego. Grockit’s adaptive learning platform is designed … Continue reading
On Toasters
Random musings while spooling up with a cup of joe. A toaster is designed to warm up your slice of bread at a temperature high enough to turn it to progressive degrees of brown. In contrast to a pan, or an … Continue reading
Elon Musk On Being CEO
Unfortunately, I came to the conclusion I was better than the CEOs we hired. If I’m not CEO, I can’t make the inventions happen in the way they need to happen. Professional managers—MBA CEOs—are not very creative or adaptable, and … Continue reading
Luis von Ahn’s Trajectory
von Ahn is the guy behind reCAPTCHA (digitizes books through those captcha gateways), and before that the Google Image Labeler (which turns labeling Google’s image index into a game). Now he’s building Duolingo, where users translate content online while learning … Continue reading
Bailouts for Morgan Stanley Chairman’s Wife
Another excellent Taibbi piece. Quotes: The Fed sent billions in bailout aid to banks in places like Mexico, Bahrain and Bavaria, billions more to a spate of Japanese car companies, more than $2 trillion in loanseach to Citigroup and Morgan … Continue reading