Really? I actually like it this way. Journalist tries to make it intriguing and longer. But that doesn't change the events or make them more interesting. I guess I just like simple and straightforward.
Except for the fact that he was working on data sets of oil pressure and speed sensors, but somehow that was for silk road.... maybe I didn't follow it, but I don't understand what he was doing.
Sounds like he was told that's where the data was coming from, but his tool could have been used to visualize totally different data. I don't see anything in the design he posted that would limit it's usefulness to sensor data.
It was exactly the opposite of simple and straightforward. I had to read it several times to ever understand what was happening and there is still giant pieces missing. One thing doesn't follow from the next and the whole thing is just confusing and disjointed.
Normally I wouldn't waste my time on such nonsense but it was an interesting story so I really wanted to understand it. It's a great story.
He also didn't mention that it wasn't the original Silk Road, which is pretty significant information.
But this story wasn't simple or straight forward. If someone challenged me to draw up a simple timeline of events, I wouldn't be able to. I'm not even sure who he was directly reporting to while doing the work for Silk Road, or to whom he sent the final "I quit" email, or what he was doing for them at all.
