Silicon Valley Culture

  • A kinder, gentler Dottie Downturn

    Shamed by her own vituperation, Salon's queen of dot-com barbs vows to be more compassionate. Maybe.
    By Dottie Downturn August 24, 2000

  • "I Want to Blow Up Silicon Valley"

    You can never go home again, an indie film warns, especially if your town's been overrun by techies.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski July 14, 2000

  • So where's the dot-com movie?

    Badly dressed geeks clutching stock options are a tough sell, but Hollywood's still a day late and an IPO short.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski June 13, 2000

  • Of greed, technolibertarianism and geek omnipotence

    Paulina Borsook talks with Thomas Scoville about her new book, "Cyberselfish."
    By Thomas Scoville May 4, 2000

  • Time warp

    In "Cyberselfish," Paulina Borsook denounces high-tech culture as pitiless, egotistical and libertarian. She was right in 1996.
    By Brad Wieners May 4, 2000

  • Silicon Valley's pinup boys

    Venture capitalists and start-up founders slip into something comfortable for GQ.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski May 3, 2000

  • Zen and the art of start-ups

    A Silicon Valley rebel gets spiritual about making money in "The Monk and the Riddle."
    By Katharine Mieszkowski April 26, 2000

  • Dot-com party madness

    Forget about return on investment. Bay Area tech companies spend $1 million a month on food, drink and music in exchange for "buzz."
    By Damien Cave April 25, 2000

  • "AllThePornYouCanEat.Com"

    The increasingly humorless dot-com industry inspires a DIY revolution -- and lots of witty domain names.
    By Kaitlin Quistgaard March 23, 2000

  • Buck's: The breakfast spot of champions

    The Woodside diner that's all the rage with VCs and journalists makes a perfect party locale for "The Nudist on the Late Shift."
    By Janelle Brown June 25, 1999

  • Searching for silicon soul

    "The Nudist on the Late Shift" and "The Silicon Boys" sift the valley's culture for something more than wealth and greed.
    By Andrew Leonard June 25, 1999

  • Geek gourmands

    A group of chief technology officers gathers for a grand dinner and to contemplate what makes a good geek.
    By Andrew Leonard June 18, 1999

  • A new mecca for Silicon Valley

    A new mecca for Silicon Valley By Simon Firth The Tech Museum is full of innovative wonders -- just don't expect to see the Valley's darker side represented
    By Simon Firth November 2, 1998

  • Do loose lips sink chips?

    Nondisclosure agreements are a way of life in Silicon Valley -- where everyone calls them "meaningless" but signs them anyway.
    By Janelle Brown June 30, 1998

  • Customer disservice

    By Simon Firth April 30, 1998
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