In Silicon Valley, dropping in at the GooglePlex, tech museums and the
Jobs garage
By Renee Sklarew
Like my college-age daughters, I am in love with my iPhone. And my ardor
increased while I was researching a guidebook. With my cellphone, I
narrated each hike into the Notes app, used Google Maps when I got lost
and the Camera app to capture scenery. As I worked, I wondered how we
got from room-size mainframes to this portable computer-in-my-hand.
So when Southwest Airlines started offering daily nonstops from
Baltimore-Washington International Marshall Airport to San Jose, I
booked a trip with my husband, Eric. After an affordable
transcontinental flight, we landed at Mineta San Jose International
Airport, in the heart of Silicon Valley.
Without a personal invitation from an employee, you can’t enter the
offices of Apple, Facebook or Google, but you can visit each campus on
your own. We like taking tours, so we reserved with a company that
provides personalized ones and explains how Silicon Valley came to be.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/in-silicon-valley-dropping-in-at-the-googleplex-tech-museums-and-the-jobs-garage/2017/07/13/438c2674-6015-11e7-a4f7-af34fc1d9d39_story.html
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First time I saw a technology I'd used -- Silent 700 terminal, I think!
-- exhibited in a museum, I had definitely mixed feelings. Plenty more
of our history is now on display as artifacts. Someday they might have a
stuffed baby boomer system programmer on display.
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Gabriel Goldberg, Computers and Publishing, Inc. [email protected]
3401 Silver Maple Place, Falls Church, VA 22042 (703) 204-0433
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gabegold Twitter: GabeG0
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