Silicon Valley: Stop whining and give constructive ideas

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Ideas from Silicon Valley to B'lore:
Sangam to throw light

Ideas from Silicon Valley to B'lore:
Sangam to throw light 09/24/2004 12:05 PM
Silicon India Sep 24 2004 3:19PM GMT

Gmail: Stop the Whining!

Gmail: Stop the Whining! 04/20/2004 12:29 AM
Opinion An unfounded sense of entitlement brings out the whiners and government hacks.

From Therapy's Lenny Bruce: Get Over It!
Stop Whining!

From Therapy's Lenny Bruce: Get Over It!
Stop Whining! 05/03/2004 07:26 PM
Dr. Albert Ellis demonstrates his no-nonsense, confrontational, obscenity-laden technique. Call it stand-up psychotherapy.

Silicon Valley, WV

Silicon Valley, WV 04/23/2004 02:48 PM
Education Week Apr 23 2004 6:45PM GMT

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 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

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

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

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

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...

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.

Destination: Silicon Valley

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

Silicon Valley is back?

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

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.

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.

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

Staking a Claim in the Silicon Valley

Staking a Claim in the Silicon Valley 06/05/2004 02:26 AM
New York Times Jun 5 2004 6:15AM 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

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

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?

$1.5B portfolio in Silicon Valley goes
to market

$1.5B portfolio in Silicon Valley goes
to market 04/18/2005 01:56 AM
bizjournals.com Apr 18 2005 6:09AM GMT

Schwarzenegger Vows to Aid Silicon
Valley

Schwarzenegger Vows to Aid Silicon
Valley 11/16/2003 01:49 PM
AP via The Ledger Nov 16 2003 12:34PM ET

Silicon Valley back on track

Silicon Valley back on track 06/24/2004 12:53 PM
PC Magazine UK Jun 24 2004 5:05PM GMT

Silicon Valley (Version 2.0) Has Hopes
Up

Silicon Valley (Version 2.0) Has Hopes
Up 06/21/2004 10:10 PM
Eager entrepreneurs are saying that Silicon Valley is back. But the modest comeback that is occurring is nothing close to the boom of the 1990s.

Silicon Valley pioneer gets honor

Silicon Valley pioneer gets honor 06/12/2004 06:19 AM
San Francisco Chronicle Jun 12 2004 10:23AM GMT

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

Bono rides into Silicon Valley

Bono rides into Silicon Valley 06/16/2004 07:03 AM
Roving rock pundit turns venture capitalist

Torvalds leaves Silicon Valley

Torvalds leaves Silicon Valley 06/14/2004 03:38 AM
Silicon.com Jun 14 2004 8:16AM GMT

Schwarzenegger vows to aid Silicon
Valley

Schwarzenegger vows to aid Silicon
Valley 11/16/2003 03:58 PM
AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer Nov 16 2003 2:34PM ET

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.

Lingering Job Insecurity of Silicon
Valley

Lingering Job Insecurity of Silicon
Valley 03/09/2004 12:22 AM
New York Times Mar 9 2004 4:52AM GMT

Silicon Valley escapes stereotypes

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

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.

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.

Bangalore Beats Silicon Valley

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

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

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
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