NS First Meeting Notes

{"cards":[{"_id":"42650c108b645b7282000011","treeId":"4262ca150835c0cd05000007","seq":1,"position":0.5,"parentId":null,"content":"#Recruiting#\n\n- wishlist\n- search\n- screen/recruit\n- onboarding"},{"_id":"42650ca28b645b7282000012","treeId":"4262ca150835c0cd05000007","seq":1,"position":0.75,"parentId":null,"content":"##Wishlist##\n\n`figure out what we want/need`\n\nASK: *`could we put together a survey asking everybody what extra expertise would be helpful?`*"},{"_id":"426526508b645b7282000014","treeId":"4262ca150835c0cd05000007","seq":1,"position":0.875,"parentId":null,"content":"##Search##\n`find people who might be a match`\n\n- networking\n- outbound\n- inbound"},{"_id":"4265a5078b645b7282000021","treeId":"4262ca150835c0cd05000007","seq":1,"position":4.78125,"parentId":"426526508b645b7282000014","content":"###networking###\n- in general make a bunch of nerdy friends\n- meetups, seminars, clubs, electronic stores"},{"_id":"42652ba58b645b7282000016","treeId":"4262ca150835c0cd05000007","seq":1,"position":4.875,"parentId":"426526508b645b7282000014","content":"###outbound###\n- actively look for companies that require similar talent (poach)\n- look for blogs/publications/open source projects for enthusiasts (*and people they know*)\n\n*idea: maybe hire freelancers with some tricky little task and recruit ones that impress us*"},{"_id":"4265c4748b645b7282000024","treeId":"4262ca150835c0cd05000007","seq":1,"position":4.9375,"parentId":"426526508b645b7282000014","content":"###inbound###\n\n- the website could use a little work\n- other ways to draw eyeballs to us and demonstrate culture\n - *\"Culture is to recruiting as product is to marketing\"*\n - blogs posts, StackOverflow, Hackathons, Easter Eggs, company events"},{"_id":"4265c54a8b645b7282000025","treeId":"4262ca150835c0cd05000007","seq":1,"position":1,"parentId":"4265c4748b645b7282000024","content":"Strikingly was a website in our YC-batch.\n\nASK: `do we have a designer onboard? if not, objections to mocking up a page there?`"},{"_id":"426553c58b645b728200001b","treeId":"4262ca150835c0cd05000007","seq":1,"position":5,"parentId":"426526508b645b7282000014","content":"*`idea: a contest where the winner gets their name engraved into the satellite`*\n\n*idea: pretty badass to have a live image of the Earth from one of our satellite's as the homepage background*"},{"_id":"426527e48b645b7282000015","treeId":"4262ca150835c0cd05000007","seq":1,"position":0.9375,"parentId":null,"content":"##Screen/Recruit##\n`trust but verify`\n\nNot sure what the current system is here (though the Wiki does mention one). Evaluating a number of tools that might be a good fit."},{"_id":"4262ca2a0835c0cd05000009","treeId":"4262ca150835c0cd05000007","seq":6064688,"position":1,"parentId":null,"content":"##Onboarding##\n`get them up and running`\nMy onboarding was a little unguided\n\nThis could be a test of an employee... self-starting is a nice trait but if we want to try measuring that we should do it deliberately.\n\n/Users/null/Desktop/IMG_8152.jpg\n\nIn the more general case here are some of the things that I had some question marks on."},{"_id":"4262cab30835c0cd0500000a","treeId":"4262ca150835c0cd05000007","seq":1,"position":3,"parentId":null,"content":"- Don't know what accounts I need"},{"_id":"4262d12b8b645b728200000d","treeId":"4262ca150835c0cd05000007","seq":1,"position":1,"parentId":"4262cab30835c0cd0500000a","content":"*Would like to setup a better password manager*\n\nMeldium was in the same YC batch as we were. $1 million in funding (which doesn't seem like a lot to me but still)\n\nproviders: (*[Meldium](http://meldium.com/)*, *[Last Pass Enterprise](https://lastpass.com/enterprise_overview.php)*, *[Okta](https://www.okta.com/)*)\n\nComparisions\n [comments on producthunt](http://www.producthunt.co/posts/839?utm_content=buffer5eccd&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer)\n [comments on HackerNews](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5282647)"},{"_id":"4264f7e78b645b728200000e","treeId":"4262ca150835c0cd05000007","seq":1,"position":1,"parentId":"4262d12b8b645b728200000d","content":"###Does *Meldium* support the sites we use?###\n\nThis was drawn from the drawn from our [Google Doc](https://docs.google.com/a/nanosatisfi.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Anhn2rCz4RzPdGswV1VuN2RZZk8wWlhmd1pwSjJZU3c&usp=sharing#gid=0).\n\nIf a site isn't supported you can still track and share the password. You just can't automatically login and take advantage of other features.\n\n####Supports####\n\n 99Designs\n Amazon AWS\n Amazon AWS Billing Account\n Apple Developer\n ardusat@gmail.com\n Atlassian Account\n ebay\n Facebook\n FedEx\n GitHub Chef Deployment User\n github CI user\n godaddy dns account\n heroku\n Loggly\n MailChimp\n my.atlassian.com\n NanoSatisfi Youtube\n oDesk\n Send Grid\n Skype for NanoSatisfi\n Sqwiggle\n taskrabbit\n Twitter\n UPS\n UserVoice\n USPS\n Vagrant Cloud\n\n####Doesn't Support####\n\n AdStage\n Afternic\n Apple Account\n Codebender\n Double Telepresence Robot \n Forumatic\n Google App Admin\n Greenhopper Account\n Kickstarter\n MS BizSpark\n myDlink Services\n Newegg\n Opscode Hosted Chef\n SparkFun\n vpn4all\n\n####Don't Know What These Are####\n\n admin @ acc (ardusatCommandCenter)\n Business Cards\n ESRI\n Kubi\n LEMOBC\n space track\n Tracking Toolkit\n\n#### Not a Cloud Service ####\n\n CI server (dev.nanosatisfi.com)\n Comcast Edge Router (new office)\n DCS-2332L\n DS9 File Server (deep space nine)\n ground station bootstrap account\n irc\n jenkins@dev.nanosatisfi.com\n JohnLeguizamo(5GHz) network\n Mac Mini (1 of 2 - Main Room)\n Mac Mini (2 of 2 - Conference Room)\n Mac Mini (sf-intr-mini) (3 of 3) Integration Room\n Nanosatisfi\n nanosatisfi wifi\n Nanosatisfi_guest\n Nanosatisfi_private\n netgear wireless router admin\n Office Subversion Server (10.1.10.217)\n sonic.net router"},{"_id":"4262cdfd0835c0cd0500000c","treeId":"4262ca150835c0cd05000007","seq":1,"position":4,"parentId":null,"content":"- Don't know who to talk to to get them"},{"_id":"426506628b645b728200000f","treeId":"4262ca150835c0cd05000007","seq":1,"position":1,"parentId":"4262cdfd0835c0cd0500000c","content":"Actually I don't really know anyone, their history, or their realm of experience/expertise.\n\nASK: *`is a centralized contact info/bio/expertise page something that'd be valuable to create?`*"},{"_id":"4262ce210835c0cd0500000d","treeId":"4262ca150835c0cd05000007","seq":1,"position":5,"parentId":null,"content":"- Don't know how to get ahold of him/her"},{"_id":"426561a68b645b728200001e","treeId":"4262ca150835c0cd05000007","seq":1,"position":1,"parentId":"4262ce210835c0cd0500000d","content":"Not well acquainted with IRC. Managed to get account but still have to learn. \n\nPutting together a list of features that people want in their communication tool would be interesting. "},{"_id":"4262ce420835c0cd0500000e","treeId":"4262ca150835c0cd05000007","seq":1,"position":6,"parentId":null,"content":"- Don't know what I should be working on"},{"_id":"42655cd28b645b728200001c","treeId":"4262ca150835c0cd05000007","seq":1,"position":1,"parentId":"4262ce420835c0cd0500000e","content":"I got access to Atlassian but it was a little... non-intuitive (at least compared to tools like Trello or )\n\nTraining definitely required.\n\n`the process is a little unclear. for instance I ran into a problem on one of the repos where the code wouldn't build. Not sure where to put this. Like the obc-server instructions fail because there's no wscript file in one of the libraries (which itself is a seperate repo, or needs to be)`"},{"_id":"42655fc08b645b728200001d","treeId":"4262ca150835c0cd05000007","seq":1,"position":2,"parentId":"4262ce420835c0cd0500000e","content":"Wiki shares the problem that plagues all wikis. Stuff is outdated but it's not clear what.\n\nTests stay up to date because they break if the code does. Documentation needs to do the same thing. "}],"tree":{"_id":"4262ca150835c0cd05000007","name":"NS First Meeting Notes","publicUrl":"ns-first-meeting-notes"}}