Shutting Down BLRB
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> BLRB is shutting down. All accounts, content, and pages will be deleted in the coming days....
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2021
Ten Gig Is Here.
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Today Sonic.net installed a 10 gigabit synchronous, unmetered XGS-PON fiber optic link to my home in Redwood City California. The connection will cost me $40/month. My only gripe is that I can’t get static IPs, too! I spent the earlier part of the we...
Continue readingSo. Meta.
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The Meta announcement is interesting and unexpected....
Continue readingThoughts on Life and Education
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The 20th century model of life can be roughly encapsulated as being in three acts: in the first act, one is educated up to the limit of one’s mental capacity. Then, once full of knowledge, you are sent out into the world to work for as many years as...
Continue readingSpring 2021 Apple Announcement Reactions
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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 underwhelming. There’s so much more Apple could be doing in the podcast production and consumption space. Boo....
Continue readingBlessing
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Blessing...
Continue readingLearning and Proficiency
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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 possible that I would struggle — or even fail — at a number of the technical interviews that I passed in the past. This...
Continue readingLearning & Proficiency
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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 possible that I would struggle — or even fail — at a number of the technical interviews that I passed in the past. This...
Continue readingStaying Secure In 2021
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How can you make it less likely you’ll be hacked? Only a fool would describe any setup as “hacker proof”, but with every meaningful effort to adopt best practices, you’ll close off holes that will make it easy to attack you....
Continue readingStarflation
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One of the common online retail experiences is to show a product or service rating with one to five stars. But should we weight each rating equally? What makes a given rating more or less helpful to discerning whether the product is any good or what...
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Startup Concept: StayGreat™
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This is an idea for a startup that should probably exist and then get acquired by AirBNB or the like. I’m not planning on starting this company myself. If you do end up making it or have already done so, please get in touch....
Continue readingHTTP/3, Safari, & Google App Engine
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Just as an FYI since I wasn’t able to find this information elsewhere…...
Continue readingApple Silicon: Where We’re at & What’s Next
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So Apple came out with their new M1 based laptops and Mac Mini. The new MacBook Air looks like a nice fit for a college laptop: going completely fanless was a bold choice, though it’s disappointing that they said literally nothing about the camera op...
Continue readingTELI: Bridging Silicon Valley & DC
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On Wednesday evenings for the past few months I have been part of a new class run by the Aspen Institute where a small cohort of experienced tech leaders have been learning about public policy and how to drive change in the federal government. It was...
Continue readingWhy Corporate Incubators Fail
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My name is David Weekly. I’ve been in Silicon Valley for nearly 25 years now, invested in 60+ startups, created mexican.vc returning >11x cash-on-cash, founded three companies and two non-profits. I’ve created corporate R&D teams at both Facebook and...
Continue readingDavid's Take on the iPhones 12
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Mostly, it's a bunch of iterative improvements and polish. It's not a revolutionary new phone but it's definitely a better iPhone and is definitely a step forward. Mostly it's a better processor and a better screen with a better camera. The screen is...
Continue readingIn other contexts this is known as "kinesthetic learning" aka "learning by doing".
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In other contexts this is known as "kinesthetic learning" aka "learning by doing". Any skill that you have to actually perform in order to learn practically falls into this bucket. It's a very efficient way to learn but also scary, because it require...
Continue reading#GivingTuesdayNow 2020
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Happy GivingTuesdayNowhttps://www.facebook.com/hashtag/givingtuesdaynow?source=feedtext&epa=HASHTAG, folks!...
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Board Basics
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Written for a dear friend who recently joined her first Board.by David WeeklyMay 24, 2019...
Continue readingThoughts on Giving
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Over the last few years, my wife Rebecca and I have continued to discuss and iterate on our approach to charitable giving and I think we have something that we are happy with. I’ve shared it privately with a number of my friends and they found it use...
Continue readingMedcorder Secures $2.5m in Funding
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Hey everyone! Many of you know that I went full time on Medcorder earlier this year. If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s an app focused on improving decision making in medical care by helping patients and families get the most out of their time with a d...
Continue readingWhat You Think About Matters.
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If you think that life is meritocratic, or your country, or your company, you’re likely to believe that outcomes are strictly due to skills. This will cause you to falsely conjoin an analysis of your decision-making skills with an analysis of the qua...
Continue readingTDCommons: A Treasure Trove of IP
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If you talk to a corporate patent attorney about why the company files patents, you may hear things about building a defensive portfolio, creating valuable long-term assets, or protecting key developments from exploitation by competitors. But increas...
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The Next Chapter
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Friends; after four great years at Google and before that a year and a half of great times at Facebook it is time for me to return to startup-world. January 25th will be my last day at Google and I'll at that point be commuting the much shorter dista...
Continue readingAdvice on Note-taking
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A coworker of mine recently wrote to me asking for advice on how I take notes. Here is what I wrote back:...
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