Carl Bass
@carlbass
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Maker of robots, furniture, boats and software. Former CEO Autodesk, co-founder Flying Moose, Ithaca Software and buzzsaw. Radical moderate politically
Berkeley, CA
Joined February 2009
I live in a left leaning city where the government screws its citizens and I live in a right leaning nation where the government screws its citizens. DAMN!
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After a few months of building scientific instruments, we decided to do something a bit more fun And as we like to say "we do things not because they're easy but because we thought they were easy"
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Join @peteoxenham and I as we chat with the legendary @carlbass, whose career has spanned programming CAD software to running Autodesk and making things in his garage. We’ll chat about manufacturing, the software behind it, and how to make anything. https://t.co/3emGPrw8bK
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This feels like an important phenomenon Someone should write a book about it, after talking to @FutureJurvetson , @reidhoffman , @ericschmidt , @carlbass , @erikbryn , @patrickc , @vkhosla and others in the know https://t.co/860p24XrIZ
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What is “being geeky?” It’s being a perennially curious person, one who's not afraid to tackle hard problems and embrace unconventional solutions. McAfee shows how the geeks have created a new...
fun fact: humanity launched more satellites in the past two years than we did in all of 1957 to 2000 accelerate
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You shouldn't keep arguing to join you in saving democracy when your candidate is so senile that he can't do the job @reidhoffman
@POTUS44 @SenSchumer
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John Walker @Fourmilab, one of the founders of @Autodesk, passed away this week. He was brilliant, articulate and visionary. Without him, Autodesk would not exist. RIP.
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Tonight, join us as New York Times bestselling author @amcafee shares provocative, insightful stories from iconic and lesser-known tech companies in conversation with @carlbass. Sign up. https://t.co/JSdoMEDE4B
#TheGeekWay #CHMLive
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Here's the link to my upcoming talk with @amcafee at the @ComputerHistory Museum https://t.co/0kO36Y3Cs2
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Watch the program here! Join us live at 7 p.m. What if the most important innovation in tech isn’t what companies make but how they make them? New York Times bestselling author Andrew McAfee will...
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Humans are capable of creating both breathtaking innovations and astonishing bureaucratic dysfunction. Join @amcafee and @carlbass on 12/14 to learn how #TheGeekWay can serve as a handbook for thriving in a faster-moving world. https://t.co/MSgUriw5mz
#CHMLive
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A great shop visit this week from @jhirschtick -- almost certainly the most influential person in the world of CAD and engineering design software @solidworks @onshape
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Today’s statement by @OaklandNAACP regarding crime in #Oakland… “Oakland residents are sick and tired of our intolerable public safety crisis that overwhelmingly impacts minority communities. Murders, shootings, violent armed robberies, home invasions, car break-ins, sideshows,
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Twitter is busy solving for the unknown, Israel is devolving, there's a war in the Ukraine and the US is a political mess but ...
The "bear" necessities of safety! Thanks to this California resident for reminding everyone that safety on our roadways should be a priority for everyone! #SlowfortheConeZone #MoveOver #MoveOverLaw #TrafficAlert #safety #safetyfirst #Caltrans
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