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Paul Graham's Silicon Valley

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Where to See Silicon Valley. October 2010 Silicon Valley proper is mostly suburban sprawl. At first glance it doesn't seem there's anything to see. It's not the sort of place that has conspicuous monuments. But if you look, there are subtle signs you're in a place that's different from other places. 1. Stanford University Stanford is a strange place. 2. A surprising amount of the work of the Valley is done in the cafes on or just off University Ave in Palo Alto. 3. The office at 165 University Ave was Google's first. It's important to realize that Google's current location in an office park is not where they started; it's just where they were forced to move when they needed more space. 4.

Palo Alto was not originally a suburb. 5. It's interesting to see the VCs' offices on the north side of Sand Hill Road precisely because they're so boringly uniform. If you go on a weekday you may see groups of founders there to meet VCs. 6. 7. You can't get into Google unless you know someone there. 8. Notes. Red Rock Coffee. Golden Transmission.

Scoble's Silicon Valley

Above SLAC, I-280, and the San Andreas fault, Menlo Park, California. Computer History Museum. OPENSPACE | Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District. University and ramona palo alto. Interstate 280 san mateo. Your Preserves - Los Trancos. Los Trancos Open Space Preserve is a 274-acre area located in the Santa Cruz Mountains above Palo Alto. This is an ideal spot to learn about earthquake geology. The San Andreas Fault, one of the world's longest and most active faults, splits the preserve.

Enjoy the 1.5-mile self-guided tour the San Andreas Fault Trail. Los Trancos Open Space Preserve is situated at about 2,000 feet and always has fresh air scented with pungent bay leaves, sweet grass, and damp woods. Here, visitors will find a pleasant environment of rolling grassland knolls alternating with oak woodland and cool shaded forest. On a clear day, one can spot the gleaming skyscrapers of San Francisco and pick out Mt. The preserve's entrance is on Page Mill Road, 7 miles west of Highway 280 and 1.5 miles east of Skyline Boulevard. Download a map of Los Trancos Open Space Preserve 04/27/2014Geology 101: The San Andreas Fault 05/04/2014Earthquake Walk 05/11/2014Water Music and The Buddha Equestrians Hikers Locate Preserve in Map. 165 university ave palo alto. Stanford university.

Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University. Skylonda. 2900 sand hill road menlo park. Old palo alto. Charleston road mountain view. Castro and villa mountain view.