svec
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Comment · 1 year ago
Who are the authors for the content of the first month's issue? The articles on the site don't list an author, which makes me think it's all written by Edwin Nagle, which makes me wonder if anyone else will contribute to the monthly issues.
Comment · 2 years ago
I highly recommend Scratch! I wrote a post of the resources that my kid used. It's the lowest friction way I know of to get kids actually creating something fun, with a pretty fast fast feedback loop.
https://chrissvec.com/scratch-resources/
On there I recommend 2 excellent tutorial series by Digipen that got my kid started, and then a higher level "Scratcher" to follow who has excellent tutorials that are more advanced than the Digipen series.
Comment · 2 years ago
Are there any other dev commentaries you recommend (other than the mentions in your post)?
Comment · 2 years ago
Uri Shaked, the creator of Wokwi, is interviewed here: https://embedded.fm/episodes/396
Comment · 2 years ago
If you like his games, or that book, check out this great interview with Sid Meier as part of the Designer Notes podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/designer-notes-23-sid-...
It's 4 episodes long (episodes 23-26). It's an overview of Sid's career, and so it's very similar to his autobiography, but I enjoyed listening to Sid talk about it in a different way than I enjoyed reading the book.
Comment · 4 years ago
I offer old hardware to local charities that reuse/recycle it, or on a “buy nothing” Facebook group where people will almost always take it and (hopefully) make better use of it than I will.
Comment · 6 years ago
Pike himself says "there's a 6th rule": https://twitter.com/rob_pike/status/998681790037442561?lang=...
(6. There is no Rule 6.)
And points to the best source he finds for it on the web: http://doc.cat-v.org/bell_labs/pikestyle
Comment · 6 years ago
iRobot | Bedford, MA ONSITE | Embedded Software Engineers | https://www.irobot.com/about-irobot/careers
I'm hiring an experienced embedded software engineer for my team at iRobot in Bedford, MA (just outside of Boston) [0]. Join me in making helpful home robots!
I've also got a 0-2 year experience embedded software role that doesn't have a job description yet: it's basically [0] with less experience.
iRobot is hiring a bunch of other software engineering positions as well. See all open positions at [1].
[0]: https://irobot.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/iRobot/job/US-MA-...
Comment · 7 years ago
iRobot | Boston, MA and Pasadena, CA | ONSITE | Software Engineers | https://www.irobot.com/
iRobot (maker of the Roomba, among other robots) is hiring many types of software engineers for our Boston, MA and Pasadena, CA offices, including robotics, computer vision, machine learning, Android, software test, embedded linux, cloud, and more.
Check out all open positions at: https://irobot.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/iRobot
I've been at iRobot for just over 5 years and really like it. We're a bunch of friendly people who enjoy working together to design practical robots.
Please email me with any questions at csvec at irobot.com.
Comment · 8 years ago
iRobot | Boston, MA and Pasadena, CA | ONSITE | Software Engineers | https://www.irobot.com/
iRobot (maker of the Roomba, among other robots) is hiring many types of software engineers for our Boston, MA and Pasadena, CA offices, including robotics, computer vision, machine learning, Android, software test, embedded linux, cloud, and more.
Check out all open positions at: https://irobot.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/iRobot
I've been at iRobot for just over 5 years and really like it. We're a bunch of friendly people who enjoy working together to design practical robots.
Please email me with any questions at csvec at irobot.com.
Comment · 8 years ago
Zoom.us is GREAT! Video and audio quality are great, hiccups are rare, the screen sharing features are good, and it integrates easily into our physical offices with a decent iPad app. (I've tried hangouts, hipchat video, appear.in, and a few others, but Zoom is much better.)
I also highly recommend the Owl 360 degree video camera/speaker: https://www.owllabs.com/
As a remote employee, the Owl makes it much easier to be a part of a discussion around a table where most of the meeting participants are in a room at HQ, and a few of us are remote. (I know some of the employees, so I'm biased, but I like to think I would love the Owl even if I didn't know some of the team.)
Comment · 8 years ago
+1 Here's a link to Norvig's (self annotated!) github repo: https://github.com/norvig/pytudes
Comment · 9 years ago
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/204206269-Linux-In...
I haven't used the Linux client, but many others at my company use it.
Comment · 9 years ago
Re: "This one is freely available -- and quite good."
All of the chapters/essays in the "Architecture of Open Source Applications" volumes 1 and 2 are freely available, in case that's not clear on the AOSA website: http://www.aosabook.org/en/
Comment · 9 years ago
"Programmers at Work: Interviews With 19 Programmers Who Shaped the Computer Industry" by Susan Lammers.
https://www.amazon.com/Programmers-Work-Interviews-Computer-...
This book is from 1989, but it's a timeless and fascinating look at the minds of Bill Gates, Andy Hertzfeld (apple/mac), Dan Bricklin (visicalc), and 16 others.
https://www.chrissvec.com