Engineering Archive

  • The “Raspberry Pi” is a $35 computer that has been developed over the last few years to be sold into education, and the developing world. The Raspberry Pi is by...

    The Raspberry Pi

    Posted on March 26, 2012 | No Comments
    The “Raspberry Pi” is a $35 computer that has been developed over the last few years to be sold into education, and the developing world. The Raspberry Pi is by...

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  • What is π? By definition, π is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. π is always the same number, no matter which circle you use...

    π Day

    Posted on March 18, 2012 | No Comments
    What is π? By definition, π is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. π is always the same number, no matter which circle you use...

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  • After upgrading to Lion (MacOS X 10.7.3) I encountered a few problems getting Octopress running. The problems I had encountered are due to Lion switching to LLVM-GCC from the default...

    Install Octopress on Lion

    Posted on March 15, 2012 | No Comments
    After upgrading to Lion (MacOS X 10.7.3) I encountered a few problems getting Octopress running. The problems I had encountered are due to Lion switching to LLVM-GCC from the default...

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  • On Wednesday, August 10, Mark Weiss, Sr. Director of Engineering at Magnetic participated in a webinar hosted by 10gen. In the webinar, Mark examined how Magnetic uses MongoDB for their online advertising...

    MongoDB Analytics for Online Advertising at Magnetic

    Posted on August 12, 2011 | No Comments
    On Wednesday, August 10, Mark Weiss, Sr. Director of Engineering at Magnetic participated in a webinar hosted by 10gen. In the webinar, Mark examined how Magnetic uses MongoDB for their online advertising...

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  • Like any engineering profession, software engineering is driven by both theory and practice. The Magnetic interview process reflects this by evaluating candidates’ judgment and experience in building working systems and...

    Practice and Theory: Search Retargeting Company Magnetic Shares its Approach to Hiring Great Engineers

    Posted on April 28, 2011 | No Comments
    Like any engineering profession, software engineering is driven by both theory and practice. The Magnetic interview process reflects this by evaluating candidates’ judgment and experience in building working systems and...

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  • It isn’t hard to explain at a high level what Magnetic does. In the simplest formulation, we use search data to target online advertising across the Internet. That is the...

    Search Retargeting & Magnetic Part 1: The Two Jobs of a Great Engineering Team

    Posted on March 24, 2011 | No Comments
    It isn’t hard to explain at a high level what Magnetic does. In the simplest formulation, we use search data to target online advertising across the Internet. That is the...

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