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How to Better Compete with Other Data Scientists
AnalyticBridge post on differentiation strategies for data scientists in an increasingly crowded field circa 2013. Covers specialization, communication skills, and building a public track record as ways to stand out beyond pure technical competence.
Desktop Genetics Design Competition Brief
Desktop Genetics' 2013 design competition brief — an early-stage biotech company building software tools for genome editing. Interesting artifact from the pre-mainstream CRISPR moment when genome engineering was transitioning from academic to startup territory.
Google Outs Google Drive: The Details
Google accidentally launched Google Drive via its French blog in April 2012 — a 5GB free cloud storage service directly competing with Dropbox. The comment in the original bookmark ('the sound of Dropbox share price hitting the floor') captures the competitive dread the moment triggered.