A Historical Tour of Silicon Valley

Although the history of television was complicated and multi-faceted, the article makes the statement of invention so blunt that I need to call out that others were involved, not least John Logie Baird:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Logie_Baird

Still, great to see such a thorough tour of so many historic technology locations. Just a reminder/note that we often simplify or omit important details when we collectively create genesis stories.

As the founders of Zapier and many other of you know, the first YC building in Silicon Valley was co-located with Anybots, across the street from the building in the photo:

(scroll down to photo): https://zapier.com/blog/3-dudes-missouri-built-product-found...

here [0] is the plaque in front of the Fairchild site, and a new one [1] they added in 2009. I used to work across the street at SUNW's PAL1 building and liked to walk by the original plaque when walking over to KFC.

[0] https://www.flickr.com/photos/ryjones/23091714371/

[1] https://www.flickr.com/photos/ryjones/23091729811/

Wow I didn't know anything about Piero Scaruffi apart from his music reviews. I also always assumed he lived in Italy.

Take a tour of his website it's really impressive!

Bummer about the Shockley lab is there was an historical marker on San Antonio that was no longer there the last time I passed by. Maybe they killed the sign when they demolished the site, though I can't imagine why.

Wow, I didn't know Scaruffi (I'm not in the US) and his website is amazing. Coincidentally, I found this NYT article from 2006 about his work: "The Greatest Web Site Of All Time" http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/15/arts/15morr.html

This is pretty amazing in its comprehensiveness. Next time startup friends visit the area and want something to do, I will recommend they take scaruffi's tour.

That Kern Ave Fry's site was actually the second location for Sunnyvale Fry's. Fry's Electronics began in the building of a former Fry's Supermarket on Oakmead Ave. east of Lawrence, a bit to the northeast. It looked more like an electronics warehouse inside than a retail store.

I visited SRI a couple times, it was like stepping in the past and the future at the same time.