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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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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

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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