Author: Toni Schneider
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Summer internships
A mom recently asked my opinion about tech internships for her college aged daughter who is interested in Silicon Valley. I can think of three great options: 1. Go for an internship with a VC firm like True’s TEC program. You’ll work solo with an up and running startup and as a group of interns…
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100 year old electric car, a daily driver
I was at dinner at Patrick Mueller’s, a Swiss friend, when he asked me if I wanted to see his new electric car. “Sure!”, I said, walking to his garage expecting a Tesla or a Prius. Instead he showed me a close to 100 year old Detroit Electric. He’s upgraded it with a new battery, the…
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Back to work
Tomorrow marks both the start of another hopefully amazing Automattic company meetup and my return to work after a three month sabbatical. I’ve spent this summer away from work, enjoying lots of free time with my family, reading about twenty books, hovering around inbox zero for weeks at a time, traveling home to Switzerland, and…
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Giant Sweep poster
SF Giant Sweep is a project between San Francisco’s Mayor and the Giants baseball team to help keep the city clean and beautiful. They had a contest for students to enter poster designs. Sophie entered a collage she made from recycled plastic and packaging and she won 1st place for the high school category –…
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Tiger invests in Automattic
Tiger Global has recently invested over $50M in Automattic secondary stock purchases. After many years of being backed by a great team of investors who have been with Automattic since the early days – Polaris Partners, True Ventures, Radar Partners, and the New York Times Company – Tiger has joined this illustrious group by purchasing…
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Best noodle bowls
My daughter made this handy map of the best noodle bowls in the San Francisco Bay Area (via SF Magazine) – I intend to try a bunch of them:
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Simperium joins Automattic
It’s official – great work on building Simperium and welcome to the team Mike, Fred, and Andy!
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Bandcamp opens its doors to fans
Bandcamp for fans is a social music discovery system based on the high-friction concept of ownership. Check out their announcement post. My (not so large, but soon to be growing) Bandcamp music collection is here.
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TechCrunch video
I stopped by the TechCrunch TV studio yesterday evening: http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/28/wordpress-com-restaurant-toni-schneider-interview/