crcarlson

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by crcarlson 5y ago
I have worked ~ 10yrs in each. Larger companies can have better structure and mentoring available. They can also have more resources and work on more impactful problems. Public companies can have more liquid equity if that is part of the co
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by crcarlson 6y ago
This is a super neat idea. I have made wedding bands for friends over the years, I usually provided a stainless steel band the right size to wear for a week or two and found that often we would tune the sizes by 1/4-1/2 size or t
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by crcarlson 12y ago
Congrats guys!
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by crcarlson 13y ago
This may have been an unfortunate tactic used in the feud between Westinghouse and Edison: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents
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Leap's 3D Motion Sensor Demonstration(youtu.be)
5 points by crcarlson 14y ago|0 comments
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Why Nacho Cheese Doritos Taste Like Heaven(seriouseats.com)
10 points by crcarlson 14y ago|0 comments
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Astro Teller on Driving Innovation(astroteller.net)
6 points by crcarlson 14y ago|0 comments
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For Startups, Joel Spolsky’s Management Model is Mostly Wrong(smoothspan.wordpress.com)
5 points by crcarlson 15y ago|0 comments
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by crcarlson 16y ago
This is one of the books I had waiting on the desk of any new employee that I hired in the last 5 years. The whole book is a must read, but for me personally I referenced the sections on coding conventions and defensive programming for new
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by crcarlson 16y ago
The site looks great guys, can't wait until I can order my cards and wrapping paper from chirply.
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by crcarlson 16y ago
I recommend this book to young engineers all of the time for the side messages on debugging, motivation and quality. When I run into burnout problems I often use his simple advice to get out of slumps: usually) actively recharge with rest/s
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by crcarlson 16y ago
Congratulations guys! I like the redesign. I check the site for deals every weekend before doing the weekly shopping and always find at least one good deal. (I am still looking forward to seeing the expansion to Whole foods :) I am sure y
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by crcarlson 16y ago
Apple's design is well known and impressive, but even more impressive IMO is their ability deliver it with such incredible operational efficiency. My favorite insight from this article was that Sony was the production role model for Steve.
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by crcarlson 16y ago
That is a nice machine. I have been trying to convince myself that if I want to build a custom set of cabinets that should build a 4x8 router to make the whole job easier :) Yes my web page is lame and written by hand 7 years ago, but it
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by crcarlson 16y ago
I built two CNC machines. The first one essentially from scratch components: bearings, plates and beams. And a second higher performance machine by converting a manual machine to servo control. Hardware is fun.
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by crcarlson 16y ago
We are working on an alternative http://gantto.com It is still Beta and we are very actively working the kinks out. If you find it is close to serving your needs and send us your requests, we will do our best to make them happen for you.
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by crcarlson 16y ago
One traditional way of dealing with this issue is to have a mandatory retirement age. Pre-tenure and usually pre-full professors usually do a good job of hustling for money and growing the university. And after attaining full titles the i
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by crcarlson 16y ago
The best way to start marketing is to start listening to anyone who will talk to you. Start with a list of needs or gaps that you feel you understand or are very interested in and then talk to anyone you can about them. During the conversa
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by crcarlson 16y ago
I think this is great advice. Part of perseverance is not letting anyone else tell you what you can not do but even more important is not telling yourself what you cannot do.
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by crcarlson 16y ago
Sorry, I am not really a surf guru. I do know some people who used to surf off of the Sunset, but I think they were beginners so I have no idea of the quality. I do hear that the Sunset is essentially covered in fog for most of the year t
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by crcarlson 16y ago
There are a few people I know living in Santa Cruz and commuting into Mountain View or Palo Alto. The traffic is pretty rough, especially coming over the hill from SC, and generally on the order of an hour during normal commute times. For
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by crcarlson 16y ago
In addition to essentially input-output test driven development at the unit, subsystem and system levels, I am a huge fan of "design by contract" for identifying both design and implementation errors. In my personal experience no test suit
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by crcarlson 16y ago
A lot of people ask me why I applied to Y-Combinator in my 30's with cash in the bank. For me it was because YC offers big picture perspective on internet companies I could not get for a better price anywhere else. I also guessed that the
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by crcarlson 16y ago
I had a stack of books that I felt were relevant on the new developer's desk the first day they showed up. The exact stack depends on what you are doing specifically, I started from the Joel List: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/navLinks/fo
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by crcarlson 16y ago
Great feedback. Thank you. I honestly have no idea what it would take to accomplish this but we will start looking into it.
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by crcarlson 16y ago
This is a really good idea that seems to resonate with a lot of people. We can not do this yet, but it will be one of our top features to get to work on. Thank you for the comment.
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by crcarlson 16y ago
1) Our hypothesis is that those who use Gantt charts and want to present them either to executives (more status and summary) or to a team (more details and dependencies) and are sick of strange screen shots or hand-drawing outcomes in power
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by crcarlson 16y ago
We agree it is strange that this idea has not been done by now. We keep expecting that we will find it around the corner, but so far it has not actually shown up. Basecamp is a great product for many elements of managing projects, but I fe
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by crcarlson 16y ago
Thank you for the kind wishes! We looked all over the place for inspiration for our site. Though the resemblence here is just a coincidence, clearly we like your style.
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by crcarlson 16y ago
Good catch, thank you.

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