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Alice Wenner

Alice Wenner

Celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month with the Contemporary Jewish Museum

In honor of Jewish American Heritage Month, Carbon Five has been amplifying and celebrating voices from the Jewish community throughout May. We caught up with our friends at the Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) — a past Carbon Five client — to learn more about how Jewish Americans have influenced Bay Area culture, how the pandemic

Zoe Madden-Wood

Zoe Madden-Wood

Finding the Right Company Fit

One month ago I was on a panel at Grace Hopper, “Startups, Big Companies, Silicon Valley, Government Contractor — What’s the right career path for you?”. I was speaking mostly to software engineers who were just entering their career post-college or transitioning from their first job. I was on the panel with four other talented

J.J. Arnold

J.J. Arnold

Days of Learning: 2015 Spring Summit Diary

This month we welcome J.J. Arnold to the Carbon Five blog. J.J. recently joined us as the office and events coordinator in the San Francisco office. Her first week coincided with one of our semi-annual retreats, and she graciously agreed to write up a diary of her experience. April 21st marked the start of Carbon

Christian Nelson

Christian Nelson

Solid State Disks

I’m a bit of a hardware geek. I tend to keep up on what’s new and neat. I’m a bit conservative when it actually comes to buying the latest and greatest, but that doesn’t stop me from following the trends. I’ve been eyeing solid state disks for the last year or so, speculating that they

Alon Salant

Alon Salant

Aardvark for iPhone on the App Store

We’re excited to see that the Aardvark iPhone app is now available on the app store. Since handing off an earlier version of the app to their internal team we’ve been waiting with baited breath for its release. It has been very well received with TechCrunch claiming it the best way to use Aardvark and

Alon Salant

Alon Salant

2008 Charitable Giving

Every year we donate a portion of profits to organizations and causes selected by the employees of Carbon Five. We neglected to update our site with the list for 2008 until today. Personally, I am particularly psyched to be supporting the San Francisco Bike Kitchen in their move to a beautiful new space at 19th

Alon Salant

Alon Salant

Proud to Support the San Francisco Bike Kitchen

This week the San Francisco Bike Kitchen opens its doors at its new location in the Mission at 650H Florida Street. The SFBK is an entirely volunteer run organization that provides the tools, parts and instruction you need to fix or build a bicycle yourself. Carbon Five is proud to be a Titanium Sponsor of