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Shlok Vaidya’s thinking.
Unsustainable Way of Fighting Taliban Bandhs
In an effort to operate freely, the Taliban has been breaking cell phone networks at night for a few years. The State Department’s “Senior Advisor on Innovation” (an innovation czar?) has a solution: have the USG absorb the cost of these … Continue reading
Idea: Tangible Text
I have one of the multi-touch Macbook Pro’s. The ability to manipulate my documents and web browsing experience with swipes has really accelerated my workflow. This performance yield has yet to be extracted from word processing though. Hence TangibleText: A killer … Continue reading
SocialMuse
Very cool. A friend of mine runs the team behind Android apps MixZing and SocialMuse (slated to hit the iPhone next month). They’re winners of the Android Developer Challenge. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
Somali Piracy Stock Exchange
Haradheere. “The shares are open to all and everybody can take part, whether personally at sea or on land by providing cash, weapons or useful materials … we’ve made piracy a community activity.” (H/T) -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
Gaming Jack Dorsey’s Square
Easy to destroy this system (which is predicated on distributing legitimacy). Jailbreak an iPhone or an iTouch. Put in some custom software that looks like Square’s. Walk around a public place and raise money for a nonprofit of some sort. … Continue reading