Category Archives for Thinking
Shlok Vaidya’s thinking.
Idea: iPad As A Surface
In a lot of ways, the iPad is just a multitouch wrapper for everything you do. Potential use case: An interface for a more powerful machine. I would love the ability to edit text the way I described in TangibleText … Continue reading
Idea: Salt Drones
Build UAVs able to carry payloads of salt. (Could probably repurpose a set of cropdusters.) Utilize Google Maps to establish waypoints. Lay salt down on roads, sidewalks if you can swing it via satellite imagery. Also. If there’s any difference … Continue reading
Private Fire Departments
This article would be funny if it wasn’t so tragic. Look, if you want to do this, privatize core local government services, you can’t force people to pay for the privileged of not utilizing these services (taxes), then charge them … Continue reading
Keiichi Matsuda
One of my favorite visual thinkers. He does a great job of tying projecting his own take on a likely future. For example, this video on retrofitting London to ‘work’ in the future is great: The Technocrat Retrofit of London … Continue reading
Minxin Pei
In the words of an old mentor: “If you aren’t reading Minxin Pei on China, you’re wrong.” -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.