NotesManaged to do quite a few of these things while I was out in California. "Summer is the time for family and friends to come and visit, so I took a little while and tried to think about things to do and places to eat."FeedEmbedUnfurl
Notes"Those rare creatures who consider themselves Silicon Valley history buffs can rejoice — the “birthplace of Silicon Valley” has reopened for business — this time as a fruit and meat market."EmbedUnfurl
Notes"But in general, the nerds with minimal social lives like me are well down in the Valley, and the cool kids with the trendy glasses and Prada shoes who like to go to parties are in San Francisco"Unfurl
Notes"many such accomplished and ambitious members of the digital elite still do not think of themselves as particularly fortunate, in part because they are surrounded by people with more wealth"Unfurl
Notes"I’ve been through a downturn. It’s not fun. Without the grace of circumstance, friends looking out for each other, and a working knowledge of Usertalk, the 2001 bust would had been a disaster. Sorry for not being a hard-headed Chicago School sort ofUnfurl
Notes"In a few years, things will be beautiful again. The big money will be slumbering away, and the marketing departments will be a distant memory. We can focus, once again, on the technology. And the burgers and beer."Unfurl