Adafruit's Limor Fried on Building a Hardware Company in the US | Disrupt NY 2013

[@DPaquette]

She and her company are awesome. Probably the best company I have seen in a very long time.

[@DarioCruzII]

You are so right.

[@RealDealHolyfield2099]

Limor's overwhelming enthusiasm for electronics is the only thing that saves this interview. John Biggs questions are cringe-worthy. What a dope. Did he prepare for this interview at all? His obsession with the toys belittles Adafruit's talent and generous contribution to the world. This guy would waste 20 minutes with Bill Gates talking about Solitaire.

[@altaroffire56]

Even the plushies are open source lol

[@Eryn321]

*raises hand* I was one of the kids that took apart the VCR and Cd player

[@nexrace]

Why can they not get someone who actually knows about the tech stuff & knows how to interview accordingly.

[@hopewise99]

Really nice to introduce electronics to kids

[@abpccpba]

I feel sorry for Ada. The interviewer asked absurd questions " what shall I tell my baby son what this is......................" that is where I stopped watching the oaf.

[@MyBrothersMario]

Tell him it's a resistor, I don't get what would be so hard for the interviewer to understand, they couldn't have chosen anyone worse than that guy for this.

[@reeseyme9613]

that resistor reads 300 ohm with 5% of tolerance.....

[@tehdrek]

I dont get it. Hope one day i will.

[@OlivierLopezCh]

Go here 1:39 Then open this link www.digikey.com/en/resources/conversion-calculators/conversion-calculator-resistor-color-code-4-band And select the same colors as the resistor plushie (Orange, Black, Brown, Gold)

[@nemesisc6122]

On the positive side the interviewer taught us a great lesson: Never let someone tell you cannot do something you have absolutely ZERO knowledge about.

[@roladun]

She is amazing and very inspiring. Lady Limor, thanks for the creative company that opens door of learning for others. Best Regards.

[@paulhughey5632]

lady ada is awesome and yes I have completed many of these kits she offers and all are of good quality

[@JesseJenkins86]

I love the stuffed resistors and capacitors

[@yvairguy]

where is the the solar charge controller?..... can't seem to find it on the website

[@marklowe7431]

Super smart lady. She's successful because she knows exactly what she's doing.

[@lanceseidman]

Limor aka Ladyada is AWESOME! I got in to electronics kind of because of her. She makes you want to do something great or cool and best part? She'll let you show it off on Saturdays on a LIVE Show and Tell, so I can't even say how beneficial she's been to the Maker community as she's our Geek in the Hardware world as Felicia Day is to Geek Culture. I'm actually making money taking my software and applying it to Hardware. I also never graduated HS & self-taught & not homeless.

[@javiersanchezdela-puente7460]

excelente tutorial. pude resetear y enlazar. GRACIAS !!1

[@dittagecoeco2738]

She's a master!

[@stephenjohnson1579]

Good work.

[@lucassalvador3942]

in Brazil a Rasp Pi 2 costs about 100US$ =(

[@javierlam3783]

Lucas Salvador wow serious? issit due to the shipping costs? you could buy a bundle of items fro. adafruit and they will waive off the shipping cost. it may still be a littke pricey but at least you wont be paying for unneccesary stuff

[@lucassalvador3942]

I wish it was shipping costs.. =( The high price is caused by brazilian tax for importation =/

[@lucassalvador3942]

We must pay almost 100% over the product price

[@Grimmdus]

Limor did really well despite this guy having a glazed over bored look on his face the whole time. Doesn't seem like he was the best of choices for the job. Maybe he just doesn't understand the community involved.

[@enilenis]

I've heard many engineers express concern over inaccessibility of components in modern electronics. They think it's going to be a deterrent when it comes to raising a new generation of creative thinkers. I, however think that understanding of the physical structure will be less relevant, compared to understanding of code and raw logic - things that can be learned entirely in the virtual environment through games such as Minecraft. These games will teach kids the necessary logic related skills necessary to control the nearly-autonomous manufacturing machines of the future. It's like driving a car. These days one doesn't have to know everything about internal workings of an automobile to be a successful driver. The car has become a tool of transportation and nothing more. A 100 years ago one had to be a mechanic to run a vehicle. Same with engineering. Knowing code few years into the future will be enough to create electronics. PGA's are a good example of code defining the layout. A chip can shape itself based on a purely virtual set of commands and one can learn how to program them without ever having opened one up, or built a replica. I don't think that kids who are growing up with microelectronics are going to have trouble becoming engineers. Back to Minecraft - I think it's a brilliant and nearly subconscious tool for teaching kids processing and logic. I wish I had such 3-dimensional voxel playgrounds when I was a kid.

[@pixelardigital9130]

i like you works.

[@Philip550c]

the host seems condescending.

[@AxelWerner]

"Flash Player is required to playback this Video" - WTF KZbin ?!?!???!

[@rrr00bb1]

"this is sort of a hot dog? what is it?"

[@SP-li7wn]

Limor is hella cool though

[@ReneeNme]

Adafruit RAWKS !!!

[@cjayroughgarden1520]

So much appreciate their commitment to a solid supply chain. After having many LED strips from other companies fail- sometimes straight out of the box, I've been thrilled to have Adafruit's hardware I can trust! And thanks to all the guys in the comments noting what a twat the interviewer was. Jeez.

[@Hoverbot1TV]

Great interview,

[@SeattleRingHunter]

+Hoverbot1TV yes but the host sucks balls!

[@seanpennvienna]

I think I felt in love with her. I mean in an elecronically way. Honest: I would like to know such a person, who introduces me into this topic so that I can understand and programming open source software like framework etc....

[@maxximumb]

Sean Penn Inspirational and passionate people inspire passion in people they communicate with. It's hard to come away from one of Limor's videos without the urge to create something.

[@hungdt09]

14:25 Did she said : Viet Nam ?

[@iriemonmon]

This host is a joke. There's nothing wrong with software entrepreneurship, and we really do need to take hardware seriously. Sadly, he couldn't take his own advice. He isn't listening to her and keeps cutting her off to run his mouth and tell disrespectful jokes. Stop calling her component examples, "toys" and listen to the knowledge she's giving. 🙄

[@Reythscipe]

Hehe shocking

[@ghostson1464]

hey they trying to steal my projects and im afirid if they so i wounldnt know it and if they do and i find out it will be a lawsuit and just for that they are able to steal my ideas in provent me to make a living aka ghost staker

[@jugnu361]

except pink hair.........i admire everything about adafruit....

[@mattdathew2794]

the host was fine.... it seems some cry babies are whining over a woman they wud never get in bed with

[@MikeTrieu]

You started so well until you reduced this brilliant engineer to a sexual object. Way to undermine your own argument.

[@hohtz]

Probably you have a very bad taste for women. I will be very frightened if i see her in my bed.