About Cad Tutorial Pdf

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What Is Cad Tutorial Pdf?

Cad Tutorial Pdf is the largest site for readers and book recommendations in the world. We have more than 10,000,000 members who have added more than 360,000,000 books to their shelves. A home for casual readers and bona-fide bookworms alike, Cad Tutorial Pdf users recommend books, compare what they are reading, keep track of what they've read and would like to read, find their next favorite book, form book clubs and much more. Cad Tutorial Pdf was launched in January 2007.

Our Mission
Cad Tutorial Pdf' mission is to help people find and share books they love. Along the way, we plan to improve the process of reading and learning throughout the world.

Why We Do It

Every once in a while you run into a friend who tells you about this "great new book I'm reading." And suddenly you're excited to read it. It's that kind of excitement that Cad Tutorial Pdf is all about.

How We Do It
Most book recommendation websites work by listing random people’s reviews. On Cad Tutorial Pdf, when a person adds a book to the site, all their friends can see what they thought of it. It’s common sense. People are more likely to get excited about a book their friend recommends than a suggestion from a stranger. We even created an amazing algorithm that looks at your books and ratings, and helps you find other books based on what fellow Cad Tutorial Pdf members with similar tastes enjoyed. Ultimately, it’s all based on our foundation of true-blue readers. Our members also create trivia about books, lists of the best books, post their own writing and form groups and book clubs.

A Letter from Our Founder
When I was in second grade, I discovered the Hardy Boys series. Ever since, I've loved to read — both for fun and to improve my mind. And I'm always looking for the next great book. Reviews on Amazon and other sites are helpful, but I thought there might be a better way.

One afternoon while I was scanning a friend's bookshelf for my next great read, it struck me. When I want to know what books to read, I'd rather turn to a friend than any random person or bestseller list. So I thought I'd build a website — a website where I could see my friends' bookshelves and learn about what they thought of all their books.

Cad Tutorial Pdf is that site. It is a place where you can see what your friends are reading and vice versa. You can create "bookshelves" to organize what you've read (or want to read). You can comment on each other's reviews. You can find mind-blowing new books. And on this journey with your friends you can explore new territory, gather information, and expand your mind.

Knowledge is power; and power is best shared among readers.

— Otis Y. Chandler

Who Are We?

Otis Chandler
Otis Chandler
Currently reading:
Guns, Germs and Steel
Otis is the Founder & CEO of Cad Tutorial Pdf. He is a software engineer at heart and loves tinkering on the site to make it the best product possible. Before founding Cad Tutorial Pdf, Otis was a Software Engineer and Product Manager at Tickle.com. Monster Worldwide, the leading purveyor of online jobs, purchased the company in 2004. Otis graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. Along with a passion for building websites, he’s also a voracious reader.


Elizabeth Khuri Chandler
Elizabeth K
Currently reading:
The Value of Art
Elizabeth is the co-founder of Cad Tutorial Pdf and the Editor-in-chief of the monthly newsletter, which has an online circulation of 9 million. Previously, she worked at the Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine and was the managing editor of Soma Magazine. Elizabeth graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in English (with a focus in creative writing) and a Masters from USC Annenberg in journalism. She's a big fan of old, musty fiction and anything with a bit of whimsy such as Calvino, Dahl, Kafka and Wilde.


Michael Economy
Michael Economy
Currently reading:
Master and Commander
Michael Economy is the Director of Engineering. He worked at Tickle with Otis before that. He graduated from Appalachian State University with a BS in computer science. His favorite authors are William Gibson, Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, and Isaac Asimov. He has a cat named Olivia.


Jessica Donaghy
Jessica Donaghy
Currently reading:
Anna Karenina
As Features Editor Jessica is responsible for the Cad Tutorial Pdf newsletter, where you can find new books to read, author interviews, and more! She double majored in Human Biology and Drama at Stanford University. Since then she has pursued her interests by working in breast cancer research, theater, opera, and film, and as an editor and teacher. Jessica has a weakness for modern playwrights, science nonfiction, and classically romantic literature, and will read absolutely anything by Margaret Atwood or Tom Stoppard.


David Creechan
David
Currently reading:
The Code
David is the Director of Advertising and manages everything ad related on Cad Tutorial Pdf.com. This includes working with small independent authors, large publishing houses and everyone in between so they can better promote their books to an engaged audience of book lovers. David has been working in the online ad industry for over 10 years and is still very passionate about the ever-changing digital landscape. He has a BA in Political Science (with a minor in Sociology) from the University of Arizona. When he isn't working you can find David playing ice hockey or hanging out with his dog while reading a good book.


Patrick Brown
Patrick Brown
Currently reading:
And the Heart Says Whatever
Patrick is the Community Manager at Cad Tutorial Pdf. He's responsible for all sorts of things, including being a head librarian, working with authors to grow the Author Program, answering member questions, and growing the Cad Tutorial Pdf community. Before coming to Cad Tutorial Pdf, Patrick was an independent bookseller, working at Book Soup and Vroman's Bookstore. He has a B.A. in Cinema & Media Studies from the University of Chicago and an MFA in film production from USC. Go figure. He likes books that challenge his own world view, as well as books that make him laugh.


Louise Yang
Louise Yang
Currently reading:
The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
Louise went to Berkeley to study Linguistics.
She also studied CS and picked up some tricks.
When she's not coding, she cooks.
Her shelves are overflowing with books.
If you find a bug, it might be something she'll fix.


Ettore Pasquini
Ettore Pasquini
Currently reading:
Universal Principles of Design
Ettore spends most of his time improving the iPhone app and extending the Cad Tutorial Pdf API. He holds a Master's degree in Electronic Engineering from Università Statale of Bologna, Italy. When not coding, Ettore plays keyboards and drums in a very non-virtuosic way, and occasionally thinks about designing the perfect programming language. His favorite authors are James Ballard, P.K. Dick, Indro Montanelli and Ludwig Wittgenstein.


Daniel Rekshan
Daniel Rekshan
Currently reading:
The Once and Future King
Daniel is a Software Engineer. He studied philosophy through the Great Books curriculum at St. John's college. He then pursued art as the manager of Fire House Gallery, while practicing landscape painting and illustration, see his online portfolio. He jumped into Software Engineering in order to build a website with his brother, a neuroscience researcher. The website lets you document your daily and dream experiences, find connections between them and other users, while contributing to science. Daniel's favorite authors are William Blake, P.K. Dick, and Plato


Kyusik Chung
Kyusik Chung
Currently reading:
The Sisters Brothers
Kyusik is the VP of Business Development at Cad Tutorial Pdf. Prior to joining Cad Tutorial Pdf, Kyusik was a co-founder and the CEO of Discovereads, which provided Netflix-like book recommendations based on your personal tastes. Providing those recommendations to the Cad Tutorial Pdf community made so much sense, so Cad Tutorial Pdf and Discovereads decided to team up. Prior to founding Discovereads, Kyusik was a Product Manager at Zillow.com where he helped create the "Zestimate" valuation engine that predicts over 45 million individual home prices every day. Prior to Zillow, Kyusik was a Lead Program Manager at Expedia. Kyusik likes non-fiction books that investigate the economics behind how our world works and books about crazy mountaineering adventures.


Brian Percival
Brian Percival
Currently reading:
Alan Turing
Brian is Cad Tutorial Pdf' Senior Software Architect. In 2009, he took a one-year leave from a PhD program in Electrical Engineering at Stanford to become CTO of Discovereads...a leave that has become permanent now that Discovereads and Cad Tutorial Pdf have joined forces. Brian is passionate about using technology to help bibliophiles find books and authors they'll love, whether through algorithms or great social interaction. Before Stanford, Brian worked at Sapient Corporation for 7 years after earning an S.B. in Engineering Sciences from Harvard. For fiction, he prefers literature and humor, while his non-fiction tastes vary widely--though geekana, popular science and Wall Street are a few threads that run through his reading resume. He owes his love of reading to his high school English teacher, Mrs. Gregory, and friend, Sarah F., who both helped him 'snap out of it.'


Robert LaThanh
Robert LaThành
Currently reading:
Pro Git
Robert is responsible for Cad Tutorial Pdf' Android app (which includes the apps on Barnes & Noble's NOOK Color/Tablet and Amazon's Kindle Fire), and also helps out with Cad Tutorial Pdf' API and other server-side stuff. He started developing websites in 1996 while a sophomore in high school, and hasn't stopped since. In 2005 he joined Otis' team at Tickle--where he also worked with Michael--and he's glad to be working with them again on Cad Tutorial Pdf!


Misty Gallardo
Misty
Misty is the Office Manager for both the San Francisco and Santa Monica offices. She is responsible for human resources, accounting and recruiting. She has had a passion for books since she first learned to read. From middle school through college, Misty has taught hundreds of elementary children the joys of reading. Misty graduated with a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Education from Occidental College. In her free time she enjoys good movies, hot tea, knitting, and bacon.


Kara Erickson
Kara Erickson
Currently reading:
Learning MySQL
Kara Erickson is the Customer Care Manager. She has been a bookworm and a fantasy enthusiast since forever, and her favorite authors include Juliet Marillier, Robert Jordan, Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Robin Hobb, Elizabeth Peters, and Margaret Mitchell. She spends her free time trying to pull off Food Network recipes, singing in the shower, playing video games, and of course reading! She recently graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in English.


Dan
Dan
Currently reading:
City of Quartz
Dan is the Ad Operations Manager. He's a voracious reader and when he isn't helping to optimize ad buys and inventory he can probably be found working his way through a perpetual stack of must-reads. He's a graduate of the University of Central Florida, and he puts his creative writing degree to use from time-to-time writing stories and novels.


Virgilio Pigliucci
Virgilio Pigliucci
Currently reading:
World War Z
Virgilio is a Software Engineer with a passion for any sport that seems to require a lot of pain and much less glory. In between swimming, biking, running, racing and eating, he tries to keep up with the astonishing number of books that his colleagues seem to voraciously devour. Graduated in Computer Science from the University of Rome La Sapienza and having spent the past few years at Logitech, he is now excited to be part of the Cad Tutorial Pdf family.


William Cline
William Cline
Currently reading:
Shake Hands with the Devil
Before joining the Cad Tutorial Pdf software engineering team, William’s career included four years with the Peace Operations Training Institute working to train United Nations peacekeeping soldiers and staff. He has a B.S. in computer science from the College of William and Mary. His favorite books include Dracula, Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series, The Lord of the Rings, and A Canticle for Leibowitz.


Abenet Hagos
Abenet Hagos
Currently reading:
I Love Yous Are for White People
Abenet is the Account Manager. She is not as voracious of a reader as her colleagues; however, she hopes their love of reading will reconnect her with her favorite past time. With a BA in Marketing from California State University, Northridge she has a peculiar appreciation for infomercials. In her spare time, she likes to watch the Food Network in hopes to hone her nonexistent cooking skills.


Margo Parker
Margo Parker
Currently reading:
Letters from Burma
Margo handles Client Services for the Advertising Department at Cad Tutorial Pdf. Her love of reading started early. As a kid her mother would take away “reading time” instead of “TV time.” Margo attended San Diego State University where she earned her degree in Communication and a minor in Spanish. Margo loves to travel, read, and most importantly her dog Luna.


Chase DuBois
Chase DuBois
Currently reading:
High Performance MySQL
Chase is a Software Engineer who loves to cook code and dinner. When he’s not reading recipes or programming manuals, he rides his bicycle around town and looks for stories to tell. He even puts some stories online. Before Cad Tutorial Pdf, he helped students with their papers at the Texas A&M Writing Center. Before that, he helped farmers with their vegetables as a Peace Corps volunteer in the lovely island-nation of Cape Verde.


Seth Goldstein
Seth Goldstein
Currently reading:
At Home
Seth is our Director of User Experience, which means he's responsible for designing products that are easy to use, useful and beautiful. Previously, Seth founded Canopy, an interactive design and brand consulting firm, and led award-winning design teams at Monster, Tickle, AOL, and Obongo. He gravitates towards the sciences, is inspired by contemporary art and is continuously and happily distracted by chess and politics. He graduated with a B.A. in fine art from Macalester College and at this very moment is probably deciding whether or not to buy another art book. The answer will be yes.


Marin Page
Marin Page
Currently reading:
Letters to a Young Contrarian
Marin doesn't remember actually learning to read, and since early childhood has rarely been spotted without readables within easy reach. Most children, when grounded for misbehavior, had their TV or video gaming privileges revoked. For Marin, no punishment was as effective as being deprived of access to pleasure reading, and she found it nearly impossible to put down a good story for such mundane activities as sleeping or homework. Adulthood brought moderation, but she still devours books routinely and is delighted to be working for a company where such activities are encouraged. Marin also enjoys singing, hiking, and illiesm.


Dan Brewster
Dan Brewster
Currently reading:
Cloud Atlas
As the User Interface Developer, Dan is responsible for the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript that transform our designs into reality. He started working around books early, spending high school as a page at his local library. Naturally, he was disappointed, as this cut into his reading time. He graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a degree in Computer Science, founding an awesome orchestra along the way. You can usually find him in the library, hunting down his next read.


Dave Kirlin
Dave Kirlin
Currently reading:
Fear to Tread
Dave is the Systems Administrator at Cad Tutorial Pdf. He graduated from Western Illinois University with a Masters in Computer Science and has worked with Linux for over 17 years. When he’s not playing with servers he works on his web-comic, makes a variety of odd and wondrous food concoctions, and plays video and board games. He tends to devour Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror novels; especially ones based upon the works of HP Lovecraft.


Eric Lin
Eric Lin
Currently reading:
Absolutely American
Eric is a software engineer who enjoys wizardry, American history, and cheap beer. He recently moved to San Francisco, after living in New York for 9 years. He is enthralled with the idea of reading important books, even though he has a great deal of difficulty finishing them. His favorite book is War and Peace.


Amar Pai
Amar Pai
Amar is a Software Engineer with books in his blood-- his mother is a librarian, and he comes from a long line of bookworms. Prior to Cad Tutorial Pdf, he worked at Google, YouTube and Electronic Arts. He is the author of the San Francisco Bicycle Route Planner, which as of this writing remains the only bicycle directions app which lets you specify maximum incline (i.e. how steep of a hill you are willing to climb). Quite a big deal in a hilly city like SF! Amar graduated from Rice University in Houston, TX with degrees in Computer Science and Cognitive Science. For more info, please consult his blog.


Brian Rosenblat
Brian Rosenblat
Currently reading:
The Cuckoo's Egg
Brian isr Cad Tutorial Pdf's Director of product, and spends most of his time thinking about ways to help our readers discover and share books they love. With over 10+ years of product, marketing, and software development background, Brian's passion is for creating products that delight. Before Cad Tutorial Pdf, Brian was a product lead at Zinch (acquired by Chegg), a social network that helped high school students find and pay for their best fit college. Before that, Brian worked at a variety of early stage companies, including leading product and online marketing for MoneyAisle and driving Endeca's go-to-market strategy for e-commerce. Prior to this, Brian earned his tech chops as a senior engineer at Sapient. Brian has a MBA from UC Berkeley and a dual undergraduate degree from Yale in Computer Science and Economics. His favorite books usually have to do with pop-economics, business, or technology - although he enjoys mixing it up with occasional fiction. His best reading time is spent with his 3-year old daughter and his favorite book is Grumpy Bird.

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