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Idea: Improving Daedalus Touch

Following up on my review, Daedalus is great for writing and organizing parts of a workflow. Needs add editing functionality to close the loop. I’m looking for the ability to blow apart a page (which are infinite). Specifically, a way … Continue reading

24. October 2011 by Shlok Vaidya
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Design: Home for Life

Here’s something I put together with SketchUp about six months ago. It’s a home that can be built and expanded over time as a family grows, prospers, has kids, has parents move in, gets old and ultimately hands it off. … Continue reading

19. September 2011 by Shlok Vaidya
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Design: Modernist Chair

As I work on MiiU, I am thinking visually on a variety of problems. All share the goal of building stuff in a cheap, locally produceable, DIY way. In particular, I’m trying to marry this to the modern aesthetic I … Continue reading

18. September 2011 by Shlok Vaidya
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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

06. May 2011 by Shlok Vaidya
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Amazon vs. Apple Is Really Zehr vs. Ive

Of course Amazon is gearing up to launch the iPad alternative. To succeed though, they need a world class designer. (This is where Motorola, Nokia, Sony are all screwing the pooch, big time.) I don’t think Amazon can beat Apple. (It … Continue reading

22. March 2011 by Shlok Vaidya
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