aberkowitz | 5 years ago | on: Establishing Twitter's Presence in Africa
From what I hear, Microsoft has been extremely active in hiring tech and skilled workers in Kenya this year. Really hoping they keep it up!
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aberkowitz | 5 years ago | on: Establishing Twitter's Presence in Africa
You could honestly spend a month in any of those countries, and barely scratch the surface of all the cultures, people, and ecosystems. I would highly recommend Ghana as a base, due to its stability, infrastructure, and low corruption. If you send me an email (link in profile), I'd be happy to connect you with interesting people in most of the countries you listed as well as Kenya.
aberkowitz | 5 years ago | on: Establishing Twitter's Presence in Africa
I spent a year in Ghana in 2017, and I had the pleasure of meeting numerous software engineers and tech entrepreneurs who were doing extremely high quality work for 1-2k USD / month (if they were lucky). Having companies like twitter on the African continent will provide massive economic opportunity, and social mobility.
aberkowitz | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2018)
Hi Jeff - I applied for the full-stack position last month. Is the hiring cycle particularly long, or did I just drop out of the funnel?
aberkowitz | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2018)
Location: Boston, MA, US
Remote: Flexible
Willing to relocate: Yes (If the work is interesting)
Technologies:
* Web backend (Flask, Django, Rails)
* Frontend (CSS, HTML5, JS)
* Mobile (Android / Java)
* Desktop (Qt, GTK, JavaFX)
* Programming Languages over the last 10 years:
C, C++, Java, Ruby, Python, JavaScript, PHP (please, no), lua, SQL (Postgres, MySQL)
Résumé/CV: http://berkowitz.org/resume.pdf
Email: [email protected]
Jobs interests: Smart Devices / IoT for businesses. High efficiency farming. Ability to work with both hw+sw (ESP8266, STM32, etc).
Locations interests: China, South+Central America, East+West Africa
Languages: English, Spanish (WIP), Hebrew (poor)aberkowitz | 9 years ago | on: Once mocked, Facebook’s $1B acquisition of Instagram was a good move
> Surprising that Google has never repeated that trick
What about Waze?
aberkowitz | 10 years ago | on: WordPress.com turns on HTTPS encryption for all websites
My go to is http://google.org.
Along with the 100 million in grants they write yearly, they provide a valuable social service for those more fortunate.
aberkowitz | 10 years ago | on: Startups That Launched at YC S15 Demo Day 1
I do all my Venmo-ing on a computer. I'd be curious to know if I was just an isolated case.
aberkowitz | 11 years ago | on: Nokia 215
I certainly hope that 2G doesn't get phased out for a long time. It is a cheap network that is perfect for IoT devices.
aberkowitz | 11 years ago | on: Inside a Tesla Model S Battery Pack
I'm pretty sure the casings are there for fire isolation
aberkowitz | 12 years ago | on: Gitbucket – The easily installable Github clone powered by Scala
This blog post has some screenshots: http://takezoe.blogspot.com/2013/09/gitbucket-15-released.ht...
aberkowitz | 12 years ago | on: Introducing our smart contact lens project (for diabetics)
The blog post you are talking about can be found here[0]. Despite an active push by Scott for a standardized data format and communication protocol, little has been done in almost 5 years.
As a person with diabetes for 14 years, I feel frustrated about the roadblocks to accessing my data. I am currently investigating reverse engineering the one touch verioiq.
[0] http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/articles/SweetSpot-The-B...
aberkowitz | 12 years ago | on: Crunchbase admits it may need to learn more about Creative Commons
I've caught Crunchbase employees blatantly copying and pasting content from AngelList - which is not Creative Commons as far as I'm aware. I'm surprised they're up in arms over this.
aberkowitz | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2013)
Sproutel - Providence RI and Greater Boston Area
We build interactive games for children with chronic illnesses. Our first product, Jerry the Bear[0] is a teddy bear that teaches children with Type I Diabetes their medical procedures.
We are seeking a developer proficient in Android Development. Past experience with OpenGL or LibGDX[1] are a plus, but not necessary.
Email me if you are interested: [email protected]
aberkowitz | 12 years ago | on: Espruino -- a JavaScript Arduino
The "-uino" suffix is pretty blatantly associated with the arduino platform. To go out there and claim you're using it for the "hobby electronics association" is pretty disingenuous.
aberkowitz | 12 years ago | on: Apple's Boston-Area Team: Working on Speech in Nuance’s Backyard
I think Apple is a little too big for Nuance to acqui-sue. Things might end very differently this time.
aberkowitz | 12 years ago | on: Twilio is erroneously over-billing and suspending accounts
You should check out some of the newer pumps in the past few years - specifically the Tandem t-slim and the OmniPod. A lot more functionality, and a lot less pager like.
aberkowitz | 13 years ago | on: Refund.me: making you cash from your flight delays
I think the service you're thinking of is called PackageFox.
aberkowitz | 13 years ago | on: Show HN: Tempo, a simple way to visualize how much email you get
Along with a call to action, this would serve as a better homepage than the current one.
aberkowitz | 13 years ago | on: Commit Logs From Last Night
I'm baffled by this admiration of commit messages that do nothing to explain the code committed.
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