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In another 5 years they'll finally get around to producing a show about Silicon Valley now. About how the silicon became fabless and offshored. About how India

In another 5 years they'll finally get around to producing a show about Silicon Valley now. About how the silicon became fabless and offshored. About how Indians took over Koreatown, how all the buildings along the 101 stretch went up then empty. About how the pioneers settled down while the goldrushers came in wanting a piece in San Francisco even though the 49ers came down to Santa Clara. About how the old campuses went away and got replaced by higher density condos since no one could afford houses. About how there were the rich and the other half scrambled. About what happens in the middle of the night in those Sunnyvale corporate parks. About how it's just really bitter and sweet as home.

doktrin 14y ago
>About what happens in the middle of the night in those corporate parks Your office park sounds much more interesting than mine (Menlo). After 9 PM it's crickets all the way down.
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- PakG1 14y ago
  What makes you think that it's anything interesting? Maybe it's more like a Waiting for Godot deal. The fact that you know there are crickets there would indicate that you are there doing something. :)
ThePinion 14y ago
Hello! Fellow Alaskan? Have you heard about Mike Judge's upcoming show on Silicon Valley? I actually kind of assumed that's why this documentary was released at this time http://betabeat.com/2012/12/silicon-valley-finally-gets-the-tv-treatment-it-deserves-from-the-dude-who-wrote-beavis-and-butt-head/ http://betabeat.com/2012/12/silicon-valley-finally-gets-the-...
kickingvegas 14y ago
You've hit a nerve touching on the hidden stories of Silicon Valley which may never get told. (But should.) It's 10:33pm, and I'm just getting back home in San Francisco after spending the day working in San Jose, driving down 101 in the morning, coding, and then driving back after working out at the immense 24 Hour Super Sport off Zanker Road. It's been 7 years since I've really worked back in the South Bay, now making my living building iOS apps. I first got here in 1997 working on building EDA tools as part of the silicon ecosystem that is mostly gone now, punctuated by the different signs on the same buildings you see driving along 101. Different signs. It can be overwhelming to think about all the changes in Silicon Valley since the mid-1970's, about all the stories of the different people here who contributed to that change, with Moore's law the only thing keeping and driving us together. As an example I like to relate, most lay people at best see those past efforts distilled and watered-down in the form of their smartphones today. For those of us who've been at this for a while, we can see the full panoply of life in Silicon Valley embedded in these things.
- huhtenberg 14y ago
  Dude. You should try your hand in writing. The second paragraph would've made an excellent opening to a SnowCrash-like book.

doktrin 14y ago

>About what happens in the middle of the night in those corporate parks Your office park sounds much more interesting than mine (Menlo). After 9 PM it's crickets all the way down.

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PakG1 14y ago
What makes you think that it's anything interesting? Maybe it's more like a Waiting for Godot deal. The fact that you know there are crickets there would indicate that you are there doing something. :)

ThePinion 14y ago

Hello! Fellow Alaskan? Have you heard about Mike Judge's upcoming show on Silicon Valley? I actually kind of assumed that's why this documentary was released at this time http://betabeat.com/2012/12/silicon-valley-finally-gets-the-tv-treatment-it-deserves-from-the-dude-who-wrote-beavis-and-butt-head/ http://betabeat.com/2012/12/silicon-valley-finally-gets-the-...

kickingvegas 14y ago

You've hit a nerve touching on the hidden stories of Silicon Valley which may never get told. (But should.) It's 10:33pm, and I'm just getting back home in San Francisco after spending the day working in San Jose, driving down 101 in the morning, coding, and then driving back after working out at the immense 24 Hour Super Sport off Zanker Road. It's been 7 years since I've really worked back in the South Bay, now making my living building iOS apps. I first got here in 1997 working on building EDA tools as part of the silicon ecosystem that is mostly gone now, punctuated by the different signs on the same buildings you see driving along 101. Different signs. It can be overwhelming to think about all the changes in Silicon Valley since the mid-1970's, about all the stories of the different people here who contributed to that change, with Moore's law the only thing keeping and driving us together. As an example I like to relate, most lay people at best see those past efforts distilled and watered-down in the form of their smartphones today. For those of us who've been at this for a while, we can see the full panoply of life in Silicon Valley embedded in these things.

huhtenberg 14y ago
Dude. You should try your hand in writing. The second paragraph would've made an excellent opening to a SnowCrash-like book.