Please join us in welcoming [Sophi Kravitz] to the Hackaday crew. She is coming on board to crank on the 2015 Hackaday Prize. You may remember a post from a few weeks ago when we were in search of a person with a skill set that could only be described as mythical. [Sophi] jumped at the chance and it is immediately clear that she belongs here.
[Sophi] walks the walk, and talks the talk. She’s an EE and has worked with art installations, built props and FX for movies, and tackled jobs that some might consider ‘more serious’ engineering challenges. Her passion for electronics has led her to evangelize education on the subject by working with student programs, and she recently served as a Hacker in Residence with Sparkfun. Her love of the hardware community already has her promoting hacking by immersing herself in Hackerspace culture and organizing events like the Bring a Hack meetup at Maker Faire New York.
We have big plans for the 2015 Hackaday Prize which will be announced soon. In the meantime, anyone attending the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) next week can meet up with [Sophi] and find out about the plans we’ve made so far. She will be at CES to represent Hackaday along with [Mike Szczys] and [Sarah Petkus]. We’re planning an impromptu meetup for anyone interested. Reply to this Tweet to tell us you’ll be there and we’ll make sure to get you the details when we have them. And of course, if you want to get your hands on some Hackaday stickers track us down during the conference. Check out our CES Twitter list to make more connections.
Good pick. Congrats Sophi!!
Yes, awesome background. The perfect choice.
this is great, congrats!
Congratulations, Sophi!
wonderful! can’t wait to see what the hackaday prize brings this year!
Perfect choice! Welcome, Sophi, and congrats!
Congrats Sophi!
This sounds like a good fit.
Now, write up something mythical ;-)
I’ve been working with Sophi for two days now and am already stunned with awesomeness. So glad to have you with us Sophi!
So glad no one asked her to marry them.
(Geeks, sigh…)
They were probably too deep in to an article on beer hacks..
Great choice!
Welcome aboard
Sophi is the perfect pick for the job! Glad to have you aboard!
Congrats to Sophi!
An attractive, female EE? Fuck off. I don’t believe it.
Also, Congrats and welcome :)
You guys approved this message?
We approve mostly every non-spam comment. Joys of not-censorship, or something like that.
The comments go up instantly though so how do you “approve them”
@domino:
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Looks like HAD found the perfect person to join the tean! Good on ya Sophie, I look forward to seeing the mythical 2015 prize :)
Awesome! There is a really great interview with Sophi on Embedded-
http://embedded.fm/episodes/2014/11/18/goldfish-fetch-my-slippers
Listened to that episode some time ago and Im not feeling it. English major, late barely EE but still cant figure out accelerometers.
on the other hand its a social manager position, and Im an asshole.
I’m glad you figured out what your problem is so that I didn’t have to break the news to you.
Congrats you mythical unicorn of Hackness.
Congrats Sophi, so happy for you! -JC
Welcome aboard, just a tip to make you fit in better, don’t worry about facts or proper spelling. B^)
Congrats Sophi, now to add it to the myriad of other ongoing things :-) You’ll do great though :-)
Congratulations! Awesome meets awesome.
A chick, yay!
Congratulations Sophi!
Well done, Sophi!