Just noticed that my article had been posted on HN.
I am not a historian and just did this as a nostalgic reflection on what I experienced being in and around the Valley for the past 40+ years and then projected it back a decade or so to focus on what seemed a key transition year - 1956 - when Shlockley Labs was formed, HP went public, etc., to use it as a symbolic contrast between the new and the old.
It was just a fun diversion for me, the main goal being to capture a mood. Sorry about the lack of pics.
Okay, I wasn't being entirely serious. ;-) Thanks for the article - as someone who just moved here 6 months ago, it's neat to imagine what things looked like 50 years ago.
I am not a historian and just did this as a nostalgic reflection on what I experienced being in and around the Valley for the past 40+ years and then projected it back a decade or so to focus on what seemed a key transition year - 1956 - when Shlockley Labs was formed, HP went public, etc., to use it as a symbolic contrast between the new and the old.
It was just a fun diversion for me, the main goal being to capture a mood. Sorry about the lack of pics.