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Twitter’s Future

Twitter, is by all accounts, the best source of information on ongoing crisis. It needs to stop there. In November of last year, when I was pulling a gargoyle (Snow Crash) and providing real time analysis of events unfolding in … Continue reading

14. June 2009 by Shlok Vaidya
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Tinkering In Response to Local Threats

Stephen Ganyard has a great op-ed in the NYT today on how disasters are local and ‘flat’ training exercises (flat as in zero overhead and broad participation) can generate tinkering activity that can be used to create “$25 solutions to … Continue reading

19. May 2009 by Shlok Vaidya
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Idea: CraigsBlackList

A layer: a parasitic website that is underpinned entirely by another, that allows functionality that is not in the host. For predators that otherwise may be easily targeted (such as say drug dealers on Craigslist), a layer would allow an … Continue reading

31. March 2009 by Shlok Vaidya
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Illicit Trade Platform

Craigslist is already a top performing P2P trading platform for any and all goods and services (from sports tickets to amateur pornography). Which way is this (largely) legitimate platform going to lean as the going gets increasingly tough (D2)? Will … Continue reading

06. March 2009 by Shlok Vaidya
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The 4,000 kWh Stack

Here’s a smart metric to keep in mind when packaging a governance platform. Baseline electricity requirement for optimum human development is 4,000kWh annually per person.  The report. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.

12. January 2009 by Shlok Vaidya
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