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Bolt – Making Hardware Easier

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Over the past few decades, the most compelling engineers and entrepreneurs I’ve met have tended to be working on problems that can be solved with software. I’ve learned how critical it is to get the right kind of help for young companies with a piece of hardware, which is why I invested in Bolt.

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Dilbert on Cultural Fit

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Gnip recently told NCWIT that they added three women to its engineering team. They credited this in part because the VP of Engineering, Greg Greenstreet , attended every local women-in-tech networking event, recruited on campus, and talked to as many female candidates as possible.

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Pantheon for Agencies

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Every time a marketing team works with a web design firm, there is the usual painful and broken handoff between the outside agency and the technical operations of the client which culminate on launch day. If you know anyone who designs or builds websites for a living they should know about it.

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Bitcoins Bitcoins Everywhere

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Bitcoin is a software engineer’s implementation of money (as distinct from, for example, a politician’s, banker’s, or economist’s). In addition, core design decisions in the bitcoin spec make bitcoin a pretty terrible store of value and unit of account, which are two things we expect from a currency.

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The Awesomeness of a Hackathon

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And, rather than have it be an “engineering thing”, you can (and should) make it a full company thing. Designate one person in charge of managing the hackathon. If you are releasing at least monthly, it’s easy to do a full day hackathon at least once a quarter. Here’s how: Pick a date during the quarter for the hackathon.

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Finance Fridays

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In the mean time, please meet the Finance Fridays team: Jonathan Wolter has been a lead consultant and software engineer at ThoughtWorks working for clients in Silicon Valley, Texas, Chicago, and India. I love working with and mentoring students, and am especially thrilled when they proactively reach out to me.

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Reflections On CES From A Perfective Of The Future

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Besides the television, the other interesting locus of new UI design at CES is the car dashboard. We’re helping to invent that future and we’re always looking for hackers, program managers, and experienced engineering leads. The selection transitions, along with push, pull and inertial side-scroll, feel solid.