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The phrases "innovation", "tech hub" and "New Jersey"... I don't think so

by cbradford 6y ago

coliveira 6y ago
New Jersey still is a tech hub, but for pharmaceutical technology.
- fennecfoxen 6y ago
  Can confirm, worked with a silly-expensive consultancy for a company with a little process-deviation-reporting-workflow-management tool (with BPMN workflow modeling, because they needed to make my life interesting); it was in New Jersey because allllll their customers were in the area.
david_dan 6y ago
Huh? The Transistor, Unix, Speech Recognition was all invented in NJ
yowlingcat 6y ago
Don't let how easy it is to make fun of New Jersey distract you from how it's an enormous hub for lucrative pharma dollars.
Sebguer 6y ago
What places do you consider to be tech hubs?
riffic 6y ago
Do you not realize what the significance of Bell Labs is? edit: This site is an Eero Saarinen design as well, TIL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs_Holmdel_Complex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs_Holmdel_Complex
- saalweachter 6y ago
  To a certain extent, both Silicon Valley and Hollywood owe their existence to being inconveniently far from New Jersey, a different circuit court, and thus more easily able to ignore the patents of the tech giants in New Jersey.
- aj7 6y ago
  Of course! That's why I posted it! This was the most prestigious laboratory in the world.
- acdha 6y ago
  Not to mention why Raritan Township, NJ was renamed to Edison. I’m not sure sure you could make the case that anything Silicon Valley has produced has had more impact on daily life than what came out of Menlo Park a century ago.
ardy42 6y ago
> The phrases "innovation", "tech hub" and "New Jersey"... I don't think so Don't be so parochial. Who knows what the places you consider to be "tech hubs" now will be in 50 years. I recently learned that Minnesota of all places used to be a "tech hub" during the mainframe era.
- HarryHirsch 6y ago
  And Norwich, NY was once place to a thriving, innovative pharmaceutical company.

The phrases "innovation", "tech hub" and "New Jersey"... I don't think so

coliveira 6y ago

New Jersey still is a tech hub, but for pharmaceutical technology.

fennecfoxen 6y ago
Can confirm, worked with a silly-expensive consultancy for a company with a little process-deviation-reporting-workflow-management tool (with BPMN workflow modeling, because they needed to make my life interesting); it was in New Jersey because allllll their customers were in the area.

david_dan 6y ago

Huh? The Transistor, Unix, Speech Recognition was all invented in NJ

yowlingcat 6y ago

Don't let how easy it is to make fun of New Jersey distract you from how it's an enormous hub for lucrative pharma dollars.

Sebguer 6y ago

What places do you consider to be tech hubs?

riffic 6y ago

Do you not realize what the significance of Bell Labs is? edit: This site is an Eero Saarinen design as well, TIL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs_Holmdel_Complex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs_Holmdel_Complex

saalweachter 6y ago
To a certain extent, both Silicon Valley and Hollywood owe their existence to being inconveniently far from New Jersey, a different circuit court, and thus more easily able to ignore the patents of the tech giants in New Jersey.
aj7 6y ago
Of course! That's why I posted it! This was the most prestigious laboratory in the world.
acdha 6y ago
Not to mention why Raritan Township, NJ was renamed to Edison. I’m not sure sure you could make the case that anything Silicon Valley has produced has had more impact on daily life than what came out of Menlo Park a century ago.

ardy42 6y ago

> The phrases "innovation", "tech hub" and "New Jersey"... I don't think so Don't be so parochial. Who knows what the places you consider to be "tech hubs" now will be in 50 years. I recently learned that Minnesota of all places used to be a "tech hub" during the mainframe era.

HarryHirsch 6y ago
And Norwich, NY was once place to a thriving, innovative pharmaceutical company.