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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…

4 min readFeb 18, 2023

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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?

4 min readJun 23, 2022

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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…

4 min readMar 11, 2022

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Why We Built Howdy

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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…

4 min readJan 15, 2022

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

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Shutting Down BLRB

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

2 min readJan 5, 2022

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Shutting Down BLRB

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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…

9 min readDec 3, 2021

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Thoughts on Life and Education

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

13 min readAug 4, 2021

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Thoughts on Life and Education

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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…

6 min readApr 20, 2021

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Blessing

May your children be filthy,

1 min readMar 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…

4 min readMar 16, 2021

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Learning and Proficiency

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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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