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# Compute Midwest - 2016
- URL: https://ckhicks.mymagic.page/compute-midwest-2016/
- Published: 2016-11-07T15:37:06.000Z
- Updated: 2016-11-07T15:37:06.000Z
- Description: These are a few of the notes I took at the Compute Midwest Conference in Kansas City, Missouri on November 2, 2016.
- Author: CK Hicks
- Tags: Blog, conference, progressive thinking, technology

These are a few of the notes I took at the [Compute Midwest Conference](http://computemidwest.com/?ref=ckhicks.mymagic.page) in Kansas City, Missouri on November 2, 2016:

#### Bibop (Hyperloop)

- "Crowdstorm" your ideas. Ask for everyone's submissions to solve something, and do so on a regular basis.

#### Bob (Ethernet)

- Build the simplest solution to solve the problem, then add and/or layer other solutions on top of that first one.
- FOCACA is king! "Freedom Of Choice Among Competing Alternatives" drives the status quo down and breeds innovation.

#### Kaitlin (Mozilla)

- Being mission-driven and focused on big ideas keeps employees involved at multiple levels.
- "Open" means more information, more security via a wealth of knowledge, and more ideas to draw from at any given time.
- "Security" does not mean locking things down and regulating every aspect of your business, product, workforce, etc.

#### Adam (Giphy)

- With the rise of computers, we have traded accuracy for speed in our communication.
- Stories are just information disguised as entertainment. (The lasting value is the information itself.)

#### Jordan (NASA: Mars)

- Sometimes incremental storage (cacheing) is more effective than long-term storage, because at least some of the data survives and can be used to shape future missions if something goes wrong. Take time to store things incrementally.
- NASA looks for: Intellectual curiosity, big picture thinking, the ability to make system-side connections, good communicators, leaders, being comfortable with change, having technical skills, appreciation for process, "proper paranoia" (appropriate to the larger goal), and high self-confidence...just short of arrogance.

#### Danny (Biobots)

- Building with the, "oldest information system" in working with life itself.

#### Davyeon (Shottracker)

- You can't improve what you don't measure! Teamwork means the best idea wins, no stone should be left unturned, and failing fast while iterating faster.
- Products and services need to have customer data to improve. Make your entire team participate in that information gathering.

#### Alex (NASA: AR/VR)

- Real-time data is essential to improvement.