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Silicon Valley 100
Silicon Valley 100
02/01/2005 09:19 PM
Silicon Valley 100 is a project by Auren Hoffman. I was lucky
enough to make it on the list. The idea is to make a list of
"connectors" and send them new gadgets and products to test. Newsweek
just did a story about this. I think it is almost like an opt-in
focus group. The obvious criticism would be these companies are trying
to buy "buzz". The difference between this and some buzz creation
companies is 1) it's not stealth 2) they don't tell you what to say. I
checked with Auren and he says that we can write whatever we want
about the products. When I get a product from Silicon Valley 100, I
will state this clearly in any blog post that refers to it and will
say what I think. I realize that the fact that we probably get to keep
most of the products makes it a bit like bribery, but if it's crap,
I'm sure most people will throw it away. I would be most interested in
products that are still not on the market where our feedback could be
incorporated in the product design. Then our feedback could be more
constructive...
Anyway, I'd be curious on people's thoughts.
The first product is a brondell
high-tech toilet seat. I told Auren, that this is one product that
Japan is a world leader in. I blogged this before, but we have over 50% household
penetration. The one in my house and in my office even has anti-stinky
gas-gate like air filtration.
UPDATE: Just uploaded a 5 min 4.3 MB
conversation with Auren Hoffman, the founder of the Silicon Valley
100.
UPDATE 2: Uploaded it to archive.org
too. Maybe I should put my media files there instead since archive
org does the file conversions for me too...
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Silicon Valley, WV
Silicon Valley, WV
04/23/2004 02:48 PMEducation Week Apr 23 2004 6:45PM GMT
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07/15/2004 10:13 PMSilicon Valley 150
Silicon Valley 150
08/06/2004 12:31 AMSan Jose Mercury News Aug 6 2004 5:03AM GMT
The New Silicon Valley: A Dog-Eat-Dog
World
The New Silicon Valley: A Dog-Eat-Dog
World
09/25/2004 09:34 PMOracle's attempted takeover of PeopleSoft can be seen as a harbinger
of many more in a mature industry.
Silicon Valley is back?
Silicon Valley is back?
11/04/2003 07:07 PMI4U Nov 4 2003 6:31PM ET
Silicon Valley Will Never Be Detroit
Silicon Valley Will Never Be Detroit
03/29/2005 04:47 AM Steve Lohr's article in the NY Times begs the question is Silicon
Valley turning into Detroit? Especially when Goldman Sachs calls
2005's IT growth at 4% and remarks that "technology looks to be firmly
in the cyclical category for...
Is Silicon Valley in a slump?
Is Silicon Valley in a slump?
08/07/2004 05:04 PMUSA Today Aug 7 2004 8:07PM GMT
Silicon Valley Bet Looking Dubious
Silicon Valley Bet Looking Dubious
08/30/2004 03:11 AMLos Angeles Times Aug 30 2004 7:11AM GMT
Destination: Silicon Valley
Destination: Silicon Valley
09/10/2004 06:41 PMCalcutta Telegraph Sep 10 2004 10:16PM GMT
The return of Silicon Valley
The return of Silicon Valley
04/27/2004 04:33 AMCyber India Online Apr 27 2004 9:02AM GMT
Onshoring To Silicon Valley
Onshoring To Silicon Valley
02/16/2004 11:57 AMThanks to everyone (and there were a lot of you) for submitting this
story from the San Jose Mercury News talking about
fore
ign companies "onshoring" jobs - basically, opening up an office
and hiring people in Silicon Valley, because of the various benefits
of the location: lots of smart people, lots of other companies for
partnering and selling, and easy access to venture capital. While the
numbers are small compared to offshoring, it brings up the point we've
been saying for a while. Despite the naysayers, there are jobs where
a physical presence in a certain location makes a lot of sense.
ACLU Comes to Silicon Valley
ACLU Comes to Silicon Valley
07/05/2004 08:57 PMThe organization that helps protect the Bill of Rights is looking for
some good people in Silicon Valley.
In the new Silicon Valley, it's a
dog-eat-dog world
In the new Silicon Valley, it's a
dog-eat-dog world
09/26/2004 08:35 PMIHT Sep 27 2004 0:27AM GMT
If You Can Make It in Silicon Valley,
You Can Make It . . . in Silicon Valley
Again
If You Can Make It in Silicon Valley,
You Can Make It . . . in Silicon Valley
Again
06/05/2005 10:45 PMFor high-tech entrepreneurs who hit it big in the 1990's, once isn't
enough.
Silicon Valley is the best place ever in
the whole world
Silicon Valley is the best place ever in
the whole world
05/27/2004 07:54 AMInspired by Google, the high-tech capital's boosters have decided that
it's boring to be pessimistic.
Bangalore closing gap on Silicon Valley
Bangalore closing gap on Silicon Valley
07/29/2004 04:31 AMZDNet UK Jul 29 2004 8:50AM GMT
Is Bangalore bigger than Silicon Valley?
Is Bangalore bigger than Silicon Valley?
07/28/2004 04:40 PMSome say the offshore-outsourcing capital is on the verge of
overtaking Santa Clara County as the world's biggest technology hub.
The Softer Side of Silicon Valley
The Softer Side of Silicon Valley
04/04/2005 07:03 PMCIO Insight Apr 4 2005 11:26PM GMT
A story about big Silicon Valley
companies
A story about big Silicon Valley
companies
05/21/2004 07:03 AM
In 1990 we were licensing the UserLand IAC Toolkit to other
developers. Our first and only licensee was Claris, an Apple
subsidiary run by Bill Campbell, Yogen Dalal and John Zeisler. Their
products included MacWrite, MacPaint, Hypercard, maybe Filemaker? Not
sure. They were a friendly company, nice guys. I'd meet with them from
time to time to talk about how apps would work when they could be
connected by a scripting system. I was working on such a system, the
software that would become Frontier. (When it's open sourced you'll
see that the toolkit is still in there.)
Anyway, Apple decided to compete with our scripting system, and
began by creating a clone of our interapplication communication
toolkit. They were having a big sales meeting in Hawaii to demo the
new stuff, but sadly it wasn't ready. So our friends at Claris demo'd
our software, and told everyone it was Apple's.
How inconvenient it would be for our competitors to actually
have to implement the software they were going to use to compete with
us. Heh. Sorry for the sarcasm. That's big Silicon Valley companies
for you. A smaller company might have been embarrased that they didn't
come up with the idea themselves and had to use a developer's product
and had to lie about it, to their own sales people. Maybe they would
even be ashamed.
Reminds me of a Michael O'Donoghue song that Doc Searls posted on
his blog on 2/12/03.
I'd like to give the world a
hug
And tell it jokes and stuff
Then pull its pants down to its
shoes
And chase it through the rough
I'd tie it up with bonds
and straps
And check its purse for change
Then leave it out at
Moose Grin Hall
With our cousin who's
deranged.
Also reminds me of the HL Mencken quote. When someone says it's
not about the money, it's about the money.
So of course, when they say Don't Be Evil -- they're being
evil. 
Staking a Claim in the Silicon Valley
Staking a Claim in the Silicon Valley
06/05/2004 02:26 AMNew York Times Jun 5 2004 6:15AM GMT
Why frugal is the new Google in Silicon
Valley
Why frugal is the new Google in Silicon
Valley
07/24/2004 07:35 PMSunday Herald Jul 24 2004 11:18PM GMT
Bangalore Beats Silicon Valley
Bangalore Beats Silicon Valley
01/06/2004 11:47 AMA dome in a home in Silicon Valley
A dome in a home in Silicon Valley
04/22/2004 09:23 AMSan Francisco Chronicle Apr 22 2004 1:50PM GMT
How one Silicon Valley partnership
soured
How one Silicon Valley partnership
soured
04/03/2005 07:58 AMSan Francisco Chronicle Apr 3 2005 10:36AM GMT
VC investments in Silicon Valley rise
VC investments in Silicon Valley rise
01/28/2004 05:24 AMNDTV Jan 28 2004 9:03AM GMT
Silicon Valley slump: No end in sight
Silicon Valley slump: No end in sight
08/14/2004 02:54 PMElectric New Paper Aug 14 2004 5:38PM GMT
Bangalore may be gaining on Silicon
Valley
Bangalore may be gaining on Silicon
Valley
07/29/2004 11:39 AMSan Francisco Chronicle Jul 29 2004 3:14PM GMT
Google IPO Seen as Salve for Silicon
Valley
Google IPO Seen as Salve for Silicon
Valley
04/30/2004 06:29 AMBoston Globe Apr 30 2004 10:25AM GMT
The Walking Dead of Silicon Valley
The Walking Dead of Silicon Valley
01/08/2004 08:49 PMSlashdot Jan 8 2004 10:32AM ET
The fading light of Silicon Valley
The fading light of Silicon Valley
03/28/2005 03:23 AM
If Steve
Lohr is right and Silicon Valley's brightest days are behind it,
it will have been their own fault. Technology isn't stagnant, we're
going through a rebirth, the deals being being floated are incredibly
rich, for the right people this time, and not in Silicon Valley. Not
for the carpetbaggers, not for the imitation impressarios, rather for
the technology that's making the difference and the people behind it.
Last week I wrote about insiders and two
-tier communities. That's Silicon Valley. The hubris of financiers
thinking they could do it by paying nothing for technology, nothingj
for ideas. Yeah Hollywood is corrupt, and they want to tie up tech to
serve their purposes, but they are still turning out product that
some people want. Can you say the same for Silicon Valley?
Imho, it's become another gray metropolis, the ideas long gone,
replaced by corporate strokers and lap dogs.
It's still the most welcoming of climates, a temperate haven,
warm in the winter, cool in the summer. The garden you can grow in a
SV back yard is one of the most diverse and nourishing anywhere in the
nation, that's why Valley real estate is holding its value. Its got
great schools, roads, shopping, even culture. What it's missing are a
heart and a purpose.
Fringes vs. Basics in Silicon Valley
Fringes vs. Basics in Silicon Valley
03/14/2005 06:16 PMElectronic Arts plans to announce this week that it will begin paying
overtime to some workers. Those workers would no longer be eligible
for options or bonuses.
Silicon Valley looks for signs of
rebound
Silicon Valley looks for signs of
rebound
08/08/2004 05:31 AMPhiladelphia Inquirer Aug 8 2004 8:06AM GMT
Clover Park goes to Silicon Valley
Clover Park goes to Silicon Valley
08/22/2004 09:02 PMstuff.co.nz Aug 23 2004 1:37AM GMT
Silicon Valley staff 'gloomiest' in US
Silicon Valley staff 'gloomiest' in US
08/09/2004 01:15 PMOffshore anxieties
Q&A: Trip Hawkin's Third Act in Silicon
Valley
Q&A: Trip Hawkin's Third Act in Silicon
Valley
09/25/2004 09:47 PMNewsweek Sep 26 2004 0:08AM GMT
Good Morning Silicon Valley
Good Morning Silicon Valley
04/09/2005 12:57 AMSan Jose Mercury News Apr 9 2005 4:57AM GMT
Longhorn Event in Silicon Valley
Longhorn Event in Silicon Valley
12/02/2003 03:11 AMSilicon Valley Event: want to see Longhorn? Vic Gundotra (General Manager of Longhorn
Evangelism) will be demonstrating Longhorn at the SD Forum Windows
SIG on Wednesday night.
Be careful, though. Vic is the guy who got me excited about
Longhorn. He might do the same to you too. I'm sure the Silicon Valley
audience will be skeptical, though. As they should be. Anyone gonna
blog it?
Silicon Valley pioneer gets honor
Silicon Valley pioneer gets honor
06/12/2004 06:19 AMSan Francisco Chronicle Jun 12 2004 10:23AM GMT
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