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Story Behind “The Secret History of Silicon Valley” Part IV (2009)

26 points by ra 13y ago

mholt 13y ago
What's with the hidden "74HGZ" text at the end of the first paragraph?
- fnordfnordfnord 13y ago
  Also appears here: http://steveblank.com/category/secret-history-of-silicon-valley/page/2/ http://steveblank.com/category/secret-history-of-silicon-val...
- sblank 13y ago
  some old tracking codes I embedded 4 years ago from some defunct analytics system I can't remember.
greenyoda 13y ago
The entire 15-part series - "The Secret History of Silicon Valley" - can be found here, along with a a video presentation and a lot of background material: http://steveblank.com/secret-history http://steveblank.com/secret-history It's the story of how Silicon Valley got its start doing government contracting during WWII and the Cold War.
redthrowaway 13y ago
Re-titling this submission really removed a lot of information from the title. I get the desire to discourage editorializing, but it'd be nice if, when the mods change a title, they ensure the new one is not worse than the old.
- ra 13y ago
  I totally agree. Lately, most of my submissions get retitled to the on-page title, thereby removing the reference / context to HN. For information the original title was from SBs tweet, here: https://twitter.com/sgblank/status/359847947296440321 https://twitter.com/sgblank/status/359847947296440321
- skilesare 13y ago
  I agree....the whole reason this was interesting was because there is a connection between blank, a lot of readers, and the Snowden case.
fnordfnordfnord 13y ago
I should be asleep but this has caught my interest. "These next series of posts chronicles the untold story of how one professor returning from one war decides to enlist Stanford University in waging the next one and by accident, laid the foundation for Silicon Valley, venture capital and entrepreneurship as we know it today." http://steveblank.com/2009/08/03/the-secret-history-of-silicon-valley-part-vii-we-fought-a-war-you-never-heard-of/ http://steveblank.com/2009/08/03/the-secret-history-of-silic...

26 points by ra 13y ago

mholt 13y ago

What's with the hidden "74HGZ" text at the end of the first paragraph?

fnordfnordfnord 13y ago
Also appears here: http://steveblank.com/category/secret-history-of-silicon-valley/page/2/ http://steveblank.com/category/secret-history-of-silicon-val...
sblank 13y ago
some old tracking codes I embedded 4 years ago from some defunct analytics system I can't remember.

greenyoda 13y ago

The entire 15-part series - "The Secret History of Silicon Valley" - can be found here, along with a a video presentation and a lot of background material: http://steveblank.com/secret-history http://steveblank.com/secret-history It's the story of how Silicon Valley got its start doing government contracting during WWII and the Cold War.

redthrowaway 13y ago

Re-titling this submission really removed a lot of information from the title. I get the desire to discourage editorializing, but it'd be nice if, when the mods change a title, they ensure the new one is not worse than the old.

ra 13y ago
I totally agree. Lately, most of my submissions get retitled to the on-page title, thereby removing the reference / context to HN. For information the original title was from SBs tweet, here: https://twitter.com/sgblank/status/359847947296440321 https://twitter.com/sgblank/status/359847947296440321
skilesare 13y ago
I agree....the whole reason this was interesting was because there is a connection between blank, a lot of readers, and the Snowden case.

fnordfnordfnord 13y ago

I should be asleep but this has caught my interest. "These next series of posts chronicles the untold story of how one professor returning from one war decides to enlist Stanford University in waging the next one and by accident, laid the foundation for Silicon Valley, venture capital and entrepreneurship as we know it today." http://steveblank.com/2009/08/03/the-secret-history-of-silicon-valley-part-vii-we-fought-a-war-you-never-heard-of/ http://steveblank.com/2009/08/03/the-secret-history-of-silic...