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Infinite Depth Questions in the Technical Interview

The main goals of a technical interview are to assess what the candidate knows, how they explain what they know, and how they reason: how…

Feb 18, 2023

Feb 18, 2023

The Metaverse is a Bad Idea

‘Ready Player One’ described a dystopia. Why did we forget that before beginning to build a world of headsets and solitude?

Jun 23, 2022

A person with a VR headset on is drowning in pink liquid

Jun 23, 2022

Why We Built Howdy

I’m one of the tiny team that built Howdy, a new voice-first chat application that sends speech & an auto-punctuated transcript to close…

Mar 11, 2022

Why We Built Howdy

Mar 11, 2022

A “Ring” Theory of Social Media & Closeness

I had the pleasure of working at Facebook many years ago. It was a very exciting time, where smart engineers from around the world got a…

Jan 15, 2022

A photo of a girl staring at her phone, sitting alone on the couch and feeling sad.

Jan 15, 2022

Shutting Down BLRB

BLRB is shutting down. All accounts, content, and pages will be deleted in the coming days.

Jan 5, 2022

Shutting Down BLRB

Jan 5, 2022

Ten Gig Is Here.

Today Sonic.net installed a 10 gigabit synchronous, unmetered XGS-PON fiber optic link to my home in Redwood City California. The…

Dec 3, 2021

Ten Gig Is Here.

Dec 3, 2021

Thoughts on Life and Education

What would an education system look like that maximized the potential of all students?

Aug 4, 2021

Thoughts on Life and Education

Aug 4, 2021

Spring 2021 Apple Announcement Reactions

I know the schtick is to “start with the small stuff and then build” but the purple iPhone and reskinning of the Podcast app were pretty…

Apr 20, 2021

Spring 2021 Apple Announcement Reactions

Apr 20, 2021

Blessing

May your children be filthy,

Mar 18, 2021

Mar 18, 2021

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Age of Awareness

Learning and Proficiency

This morning I was reflecting on the fact that it has been some 20 years since my primary job was computer programming. It’s quite…

Mar 16, 2021

Learning and Proficiency

Mar 16, 2021

Staying Secure In 2021

How can you make it less likely you’ll be hacked? Only a fool would describe any setup as “hacker proof”, but with every meaningful effort…

Feb 4, 2021

Staying Secure In 2021

Feb 4, 2021

Starflation

Differential weight and meaning of review stars

Jan 29, 2021

Starflation

Jan 29, 2021

Startup Concept: StayGreat™

This is an idea for a startup that should probably exist and then get acquired by AirBNB or the like. I’m not planning on starting this…

Dec 8, 2020

Startup Concept: StayGreat™

Dec 8, 2020

HTTP/3, Safari, & Google App Engine

Just as an FYI since I wasn’t able to find this information elsewhere…

Dec 1, 2020

Dec 1, 2020

Apple Silicon: Where We’re at & What’s Next

So Apple came out with their new M1 based laptops and Mac Mini. The new MacBook Air looks like a nice fit for a college laptop: going…

Nov 11, 2020

Apple Silicon: Where We’re at & What’s Next

Nov 11, 2020

TELI: Bridging Silicon Valley & DC

On Wednesday evenings for the past few months I have been part of a new class run by the Aspen Institute where a small cohort of…

Oct 27, 2020

TELI: Bridging Silicon Valley & DC

Oct 27, 2020

Why Corporate Incubators Fail

And an idea on what to do about it

Oct 24, 2020

Why Corporate Incubators Fail

Oct 24, 2020

Google Serverless Gripes

Some misadventures in the cloud.

Jun 18, 2020

A picture of clouds shaped like question marks

Jun 18, 2020

Board Basics

Written for my friend Julia Grace, the newest member of the Medcorder Board by David Weekly May 24, 2019

May 25, 2019

Board Basics

May 25, 2019

Thoughts on Giving

Over the last few years, my wife Rebecca and I have continued to discuss and iterate on our approach to charitable giving and I think we…

May 18, 2019

May 18, 2019

David E. Weekly

David E. Weekly

Founder+CEO: Medcorder, ex-GOOG, FB. Started: Drone.VC, Mexican.VC, Neuron.VC, PBwiki, DevHouse, and Hacker Dojo. Startup advisor. Chopper pilot. Dad. ❤�

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