Lingering Job Insecurity of Silicon Valley

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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 PM
Education Week Apr 23 2004 6:45PM GMT

Silicon Valley 150

Silicon Valley 150 08/06/2004 12:31 AM
San Jose Mercury News Aug 6 2004 5:03AM GMT

"?? ??? ?? ????????? Silicon Valley"

"?? ??? ?? ????????? Silicon Valley" 07/15/2004 10:13 PM

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...

Silicon Valley is back?

Silicon Valley is back? 11/04/2003 07:07 PM
I4U Nov 4 2003 6:31PM ET

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 PM
For high-tech entrepreneurs who hit it big in the 1990's, once isn't enough.

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 PM
IHT Sep 27 2004 0:27AM GMT

The New Silicon Valley: A Dog-Eat-Dog
World

The New Silicon Valley: A Dog-Eat-Dog
World 09/25/2004 09:34 PM
Oracle's attempted takeover of PeopleSoft can be seen as a harbinger of many more in a mature industry.

Destination: Silicon Valley

Destination: Silicon Valley 09/10/2004 06:41 PM
Calcutta Telegraph Sep 10 2004 10:16PM GMT

Is Silicon Valley in a slump?

Is Silicon Valley in a slump? 08/07/2004 05:04 PM
USA Today Aug 7 2004 8:07PM GMT

Silicon Valley Bet Looking Dubious

Silicon Valley Bet Looking Dubious 08/30/2004 03:11 AM
Los Angeles Times Aug 30 2004 7:11AM GMT

The return of Silicon Valley

The return of Silicon Valley 04/27/2004 04:33 AM
Cyber India Online Apr 27 2004 9:02AM GMT

ACLU Comes to Silicon Valley

ACLU Comes to Silicon Valley 07/05/2004 08:57 PM

The organization that helps protect the Bill of Rights is looking for some good people in Silicon Valley.

Onshoring To Silicon Valley

Onshoring To Silicon Valley 02/16/2004 11:57 AM
Thanks 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.

The Walking Dead of Silicon Valley

The Walking Dead of Silicon Valley 01/08/2004 08:49 PM
Slashdot Jan 8 2004 10:32AM ET

Clover Park goes to Silicon Valley

Clover Park goes to Silicon Valley 08/22/2004 09:02 PM
stuff.co.nz Aug 23 2004 1:37AM GMT

Good Morning Silicon Valley

Good Morning Silicon Valley 04/09/2005 12:57 AM
San Jose Mercury News Apr 9 2005 4:57AM GMT

Fringes vs. Basics in Silicon Valley

Fringes vs. Basics in Silicon Valley 03/14/2005 06:16 PM
Electronic 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.

Piercing a Silicon Valley stereotype

Piercing a Silicon Valley stereotype 02/17/2004 08:27 AM
CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh finds that generalizations about latte-sipping, tofu-snacking liberals lead to a misleading reading of the political map.

Google IPO Seen as Salve for Silicon
Valley

Google IPO Seen as Salve for Silicon
Valley 04/30/2004 06:29 AM
Boston Globe Apr 30 2004 10:25AM GMT

VC investments in Silicon Valley rise

VC investments in Silicon Valley rise 01/28/2004 05:24 AM
NDTV Jan 28 2004 9:03AM 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.

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 AM
Inspired by Google, the high-tech capital's boosters have decided that it's boring to be pessimistic.

Bangalore Beats Silicon Valley

Bangalore Beats Silicon Valley 01/06/2004 11:47 AM

A dome in a home in Silicon Valley

A dome in a home in Silicon Valley 04/22/2004 09:23 AM
San Francisco Chronicle Apr 22 2004 1:50PM GMT

The Softer Side of Silicon Valley

The Softer Side of Silicon Valley 04/04/2005 07:03 PM
CIO Insight Apr 4 2005 11:26PM GMT

Silicon Valley escapes stereotypes

Silicon Valley escapes stereotypes 02/17/2004 11:43 AM
ZDNet Feb 17 2004 3:31PM GMT

East End trounces Silicon Valley

East End trounces Silicon Valley 09/27/2004 08:57 AM
Computer Weekly Sep 27 2004 1:10PM GMT

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.

Is Silicon Valley Similar to Detroit?

Is Silicon Valley Similar to Detroit? 03/28/2005 03:23 AM
New York Times Mar 28 2005 6:47AM GMT

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 PM
Newsweek Sep 26 2004 0:08AM GMT

Silicon Valley WebGuild Talk

Silicon Valley WebGuild Talk 04/12/2004 08:50 PM
Ben and I will be speaking about weblogs and our products at the Silicon Valley WebGuild on Wednesday, April 14th...

Dublin as Wireless Silicon Valley

Dublin as Wireless Silicon Valley 12/19/2004 03:18 PM
I'm definitely feeling that my impending move to Dublin will put me in the right place at the right time: Government and corporate leaders in Dublin are hoping to establish Dublin as a center for the wireless industry where companies form a community that develops and furthers wireless technology. Some big companies that already have offices in Dublin or Ireland are backing the idea, including Intel, Lucent, O2, Esat BT and Bell Labs Ireland. It's hard to know if this initiative is merely wishful thinking on the part of city leaders hoping to spur an increase in business, but there's no doubt that there's still a lot of high-tech work being done in Dublin as well as some cutting edge wireless development. A bit of a boost from the government and some marketing could just spur it along even further....

How one Silicon Valley partnership
soured

How one Silicon Valley partnership
soured 04/03/2005 07:58 AM
San Francisco Chronicle Apr 3 2005 10:36AM GMT

Silicon Valley slump: No end in sight

Silicon Valley slump: No end in sight 08/14/2004 02:54 PM
Electric New Paper Aug 14 2004 5:38PM GMT

Longhorn Event in Silicon Valley

Longhorn Event in Silicon Valley 12/02/2003 03:11 AM

Silicon 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 looks for signs of
rebound

Silicon Valley looks for signs of
rebound 08/08/2004 05:31 AM
Philadelphia Inquirer Aug 8 2004 8:06AM GMT

Economy is cyclical, and so is Silicon
Valley

Economy is cyclical, and so is Silicon
Valley 02/22/2003 07:04 AM
Big, vibrant companies were created or came to maturity during the boom, including Cisco Systems, eBay, Google, Palm and Yahoo. ...
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