Leading the Tinkercad engineering team at Autodesk and a co-founder of the Arduino electronics prototyping platform. Comments are my own.

Oakland, CA
Joined September 2006
Anyone know of a programming language that provides type inferencing primitives that can be composed to implement custom type attributes (e.g. thread safety, asynchronous-ness, mutability, algorithmic complexity)?
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We're hiring! Autodesk Education is looking for a product engineering manager for Instructables: autodesk.wd1.myworkdayjobs.c…
Anyone know any good programming books that use excerpts from real (e.g. open-source) software?
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Educators: If you've ever heard "This is cool! What's next?" while teaching with Tinkercad, here's how to guide your students to the next step when they're ready for professional-grade tools. Learn how to level up from #Tinkercad to @adskFusion360 blog.tinkercad.com/level-up-…
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We've extended the ability to translate #Tinkercad designs into @adskFusion360 to include Tinkercad electronics designs. Bring your Circuits into a professional PCB design environment for further tooling, simulation, wiring, routing, and milling! blog.tinkercad.com/send-to-f…
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Tinkercad is happy to introduce Activities! Teachers can easily assign Activities to their students in their Classrooms. Check out our blog to learn how easy they are to make and use! blog.tinkercad.com/introduci…
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Superlocal is a 24-hour clock with a customizable dial to set according to how you spend your day. Launched on Kickstarter today 🚀🚀🚀🚀kickstarter.com/projects/cwa…
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📣We're pleased to announce our call for proposals for #OHS2022! Submissions will close December 17th. Find details here: 2022.oshwa.org/submit-propos…
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OSHWA 2021-2023 Board Nominations Open! 🎉 : OSHWA is looking for 4 new faces to join the board of directors for the Open Source Hardware Association. more details: oshwa.org/2021/09/28/oshwa-2… #oshwa #openhardware
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OSHWA elections start today! Nominate yourself here: oshwa.org/2021/09/28/oshwa-2…
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The #Tinkercad shapes panel is getting a makeover! Click over to our blog to get a peak at its new look! blog.tinkercad.com/tinkercad…
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To move one object into alignment with a stationary object, select them both and press the align icon. Then select the object you’d like to align to. Alignment nodes now only appear around the selected object, which stays in place while the other objects align to it. #tinkertip
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Our new, complete guide to Tinkercad Circuits includes everything you need to get students started with learning electronics. 🤖 blog.tinkercad.com/official-…
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Tinkercad's micro:bit simulation is now compatible with Python code. Students can switch between blocks programming, Python, or a split-view for insights on how they relate to each other. Learn more: blog.tinkercad.com/python-co…
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We've added "co-teachers" to Tinkercad Classrooms! Now, multiple people can view and moderate student work in Tinkercad. Full details on our blog: blog.tinkercad.com/co-teachi…
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In addition to our lessons in basic electronics and Arduino, Tinkercad now includes free, built-in, interactive, step-by-step lessons for learning #microbit. Dive right in! tinkercad.com/learn/overview…
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We've added options for alligator clips and jumper wires to the Tinkercad circuits editor. Now your virtual circuits can better reflect the look of your real ones. Learn more, on the Tinkercad blog. 🐊 blog.tinkercad.com/new-wire-…
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Today's our birthday! 🥳 Big thanks to everyone who's contributed #tinkercad10 designs this week. Check out what people made, and don't forget to click the Circuits and Codeblocks tabs too! tinkercad.com/search?q=tinke…
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Psst! 🤫 It's our birthday next week. 🎂 Keep an eye out for some cool surprises. You can help us celebrate by making a virtual present! Create a public design tagged with #tinkercad10 and we'll include our favorites in this collection: tinkercad.com/search?q=tinke…
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For #DigitalLearningDay we invite you to explore our virtual #microbit in Tinkercad Circuits! Get familiar with our selection of starter examples or use it to adapt existing miro:bit curriculum for remote learning. More info on the Tinkercad blog: blog.tinkercad.com/explore-m… #DLDay
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