History of Silicon Valley

[DamnYuppie]

This is an awesome lecture given by Steve Blank. It dives into how Silicon Valley was started due to WWII. He has some great info on how we and the Germans conducted electronic warfare during the war and some of the innovative ways we spied on the Russians in the Cold War.

Overall it was really interesting and entertaining. It is about an hour long but well worth the time.

 

[jcfd2201]

Re: History of Silicon Valley

Thanks for sharing that. It was really pretty interesting to me since I grew up there as a kid. My maternal Grandfather actually worked for a couple of those companies before I was born and as a small kid. My paternal Grandfather was actually one of "those" college professors. I remember as a kid there was a radar station on Mt. Umunhum and I now have to believe that there was more to the story of why it was placed there.

 

[maxpower220]

Re: History of Silicon Valley

Man, I thought this was going to be about fake boobies.

 

[DamnYuppie]

Re: History of Silicon Valley

LOL, not quite but that would probably be very entertaining as well!