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Feb 18, 2023

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…

David E. Weekly

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Jun 23, 2022

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?

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

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Mar 11, 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…

Why We Built Howdy

David E. Weekly

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Jan 15, 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…

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

David E. Weekly

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Jan 5, 2022

Shutting Down BLRB

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

Shutting Down BLRB

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Dec 3, 2021

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…

Ten Gig Is Here.

David E. Weekly

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Aug 4, 2021

Thoughts on Life and Education

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

Thoughts on Life and Education

David E. Weekly

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Apr 20, 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…

Spring 2021 Apple Announcement Reactions

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Mar 18, 2021

Blessing

May your children be filthy,

In

Age of Awareness

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Mar 16, 2021

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…

Learning and Proficiency

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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