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Before Silicon Valley, New Jersey Reigned As Nation's Center Of Innovation
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Re: Before Silicon Valley, New Jersey Reigned As Nation's Center Of Innovation
#92Earlier quoted context omitted.
I take the train which is 78-80 minutes, but all told it takes 2 hours door to door.
There is a train service running from the shore area? From the Atlantic City area? I know there's one out of Trenton.
The shore technically encompasses Monmouth County down to Cape May county. There is the North Jersey Coast Line that runs from Bay Head to NYC, but not always direct which requires a change over in Long Branch. This is due to the Long Branch to Bay Head portion not having the newer lines run for the trains.
Re: Before Silicon Valley, New Jersey Reigned As Nation's Center Of Innovation
#93I just stared an internship at Bell Labs Murray Hill. Growing up in Holmdel, I've been a fan of Bell Labs since childhood and feel so happy to be working here. The atmosphere and energy from all the amazing achievements is really palpable. Word is the acquisition of Alcatel Lucent by Nokia has really put Bell Labs back into the public spotlight. Excited to see what the future holds and I hope I can still be a part of…
Do they still have signs marking the places where historic things happened? Like the lab where the transistor was invented, or Claude Shannon's office?
Re: Before Silicon Valley, New Jersey Reigned As Nation's Center Of Innovation
#94For those interested in learning more about Bell Labs I recommend you check out the book "The Idea Factory" ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11797471-the-idea-factor... ).
Just finished it a few weeks ago. One of the better things it does, I think, is show how so many of the people and innovations were intertwined. In truth, getting all of that co-mingling and cross pollination among so many talented individuals is probably one of the Labs' greatest innovations.
Re: Before Silicon Valley, New Jersey Reigned As Nation's Center Of Innovation
#95I don't know what's more sad, the fact that NJ killed its own tech scene or that the revival efforts shining example focus on a "company that helps people make money on videos they post on social media". That's certainly a far cry from inventing the transistor and pioneering radio. Yep, NJ is still (for now) dead to tech. It reminds me of Columbus, Ohio, which used to be a big Internet and tech hub. Now, only burnt e…
When was Columbus, Ohio an internet and tech hub? Are you somehow referring to Batelle? https://www.battelle.org/about-us
Genuinely curious. I used to live in Columbus and knew it mainly for retailers (Express, Limited Brands, etc.), insurance co's, hospitals, some other big co's like Cardinal Health, Batelle, and Ohio State University.
Columbus is bucking the trend in Ohio and other places in the midwest because it's growing. http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2017/01/04/...
They also just had a $1 billion exit for Covermymeds, a tech company in the healthcare field. http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170126/covermymeds-sale-for-1...
Anecdotally, just this weekend I was visiting Columbus and stopped by the old house I rented in Victorian Village. I paid $975/month 10 years ago and the same place is renting for $1875/month today.
Anyways, I'm not here to cheerlead Columbus, just genuinely interested in reconciling the picture I have with the one you painted of "dilapidated warehouses" and an Internet/tech hub that lost its way.
Thanks!
P.S. I see your byline: "most of my comments are designed to provoke a response" so well played iamleppert.
Re: Before Silicon Valley, New Jersey Reigned As Nation's Center Of Innovation
#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
Easy to abuse for both parties.
Yes, but your employer pays you some $100,000 for what is most people's best 8 hours daily. In most cases, whatever an employer did code in his spare time, which is related to the employer's business, would be inspired by or downright copied from whatever he or his coworkers did in the office. If you don't like it, you are free to accept another job offer or to quit and make your own business out of that thing you we…
>If you don't like it, you are free to accept another job offer or to quit and make your own business out of that thing you were thinking of but didn't do because you feared your employer would claim ownership.
This is a thread where people try to understand why a state maintains such boneheaded policies which are actively driving it into the ground. It's not a forum for people complaining about the policies' impact on them, personally.
So, re: "take your ball and go home": everyone already did.
Re: Before Silicon Valley, New Jersey Reigned As Nation's Center Of Innovation
#97Earlier quoted context omitted.
Perhaps, But, I'm wagering that with NYC pricing out anyone but wall st banks, the pressure will build and it will change out of necessity. NJ shall be remade and reborn!
Not with the insane property taxes and other regulatory friction. Highest property taxes in the country. It also has some of the highest auto insurance rates in the country as well. Health insurance is also higher than in neighboring NYC (at least the last time I checked a few years ago.) All of the Democrat candidates for NJ governor want to raise taxes even more. NJ also has the most underfunded public pension syst…
There is almost zero chance that Houston or anywhere in Texas will be the next place to be. These small business studies have been around for a long long time and has hardly any effect. In fact, the gulf between VC funding in Texas compared to Bay Area and NYC are actually increasing.
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/texanomics/article/...
Re: Before Silicon Valley, New Jersey Reigned As Nation's Center Of Innovation
#98Earlier quoted context omitted.
I keep looking for opportunities in Bell Works. I would gladly give up my 2 hour commute from the shore area to NYC to work in Holmdel. I could even ride my bike.
Holy crap. You drive up from the jersey shore to NYC every day??
I know a few people that even take a ferry every morning into NYC as their commute.
Re: Before Silicon Valley, New Jersey Reigned As Nation's Center Of Innovation
#99Earlier quoted context omitted.
"Because the people in power don't want to compete in a market." That's something people forget. Even people and companies who have benefited from the market don't really want to compete and will do whatever they can to not have to compete.
Not having to compete is what got us Bell Labs.
A state-regulated monopoly is what got us Bell Labs, including the requirement that the patent on the first transistors be licensed for a purely nominal fee.
Re: Before Silicon Valley, New Jersey Reigned As Nation's Center Of Innovation
#100I don't know what's more sad, the fact that NJ killed its own tech scene or that the revival efforts shining example focus on a "company that helps people make money on videos they post on social media". That's certainly a far cry from inventing the transistor and pioneering radio. Yep, NJ is still (for now) dead to tech. It reminds me of Columbus, Ohio, which used to be a big Internet and tech hub. Now, only burnt e…
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