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Meanwhile Silicon Beach soldiers on and the weather is looking mighty fine this time of year . . .
by jboggan 13y ago
Meanwhile Silicon Beach soldiers on and the weather is looking mighty fine this time of year . . .
- beachstartup 13y agohonestly the 9+ months of summer we've had is starting to get a little tiring. i want to start wear my hoodie again.
- eshvk 13y agoI am assuming I am missing the sarcasm or you don't live in San Francisco. We have barely a month of continuous sunshine and most of it is not during summer time. It is fog, fog and more fog. Edit: nvm, I didn't know what Silicon Beach stands for. LA obviously has way better climes than SF.
- swang 13y ago"Silicon Beach" is in LA
- hkmurakami 13y agoSanta Monica to be exact. It's really quite a nice place I must admit, despite being a SV lifer.
- steveklabnik 13y agoIt's pretty okay, but I'm moving from Santa Monica to the Mission tomorrow... And I actually prefer Brooklyn to both. That said, I think there's good stuff going on in all three places, and all three have their problems.
- berberous 13y agoWhat's the tech scene out there like? It's 30 degrees here in NY :(
- hkmurakami 13y agoLots of media/content space companies from what I've gathered in the few months living here.
- calciphus 13y agoAgreed. Santa Monica is is a solid spot for media startups or a handful of mobile apps. Some good work being done in the recommendation / metasearch space, and a handful of crowdfunding startups. Safe to assume everyone funding you has ties to Hollywood, since that's the majority of the VC money down there.
- hkmurakami 13y agoAnd that's a perfect way to differentiate themselves from SF/SV, much like how many of the most prominent fashion startups have been born from NYC. :)
- jboggan 13y agoWell I took a phone call this morning on the beach while drinking some excellent Groundworks coffee . . . it was almost too hot in a t-shirt and jeans. Weather is niiiiiiice in Santa Monica. The tech scene is healthy and not frothy. Google Venice is a large presence, as is Factual (my employer), Hulu, Snapchat with their sweet Venice boardwalk office, and assorted others (http://siliconbeachla.com/ http://siliconbeachla.com/). I like it here because being in a tech startup is very different and cool, unlike in SF/SV where it seems a ridiculous number of people are doing identical work. I moved to San Francisco last year and settled in a nice apartment on Dolores Park; I was hired at Factual to work remotely but came to the L.A. office for the first month to train up. After a week I told them I wanted to stay, and I love SF. It is just . . . really nice here.
- calciphus 13y agoWhich "Silicon Beach" are you referring to? Miami? Santa Monica? Or the original, Santa Barbara (dating back to the mid '90s)?