Everything you need to know about Silicon Roundabout in 10 links

"which started as a government effort to rejuvenate East London" is laughably incorrect. Silicon Roundabout was a jokey term coined (by Matt Biddulph) to describe a bunch of companies working and socialising in the area. That was a few years ago, since then it's become a big PR thing for local companies (mostly co-working spaces) and now government.

Sure, there's tech growth, but an much is from pre-existing companies and people. Gov involvement has brought some attention to the area, but also a lot of sycophants and opportunists.

Another good skeptical read: gigaom.com/2011/11/11/is-london-tech-citys-phenomenal-growth-just-spin/

Re: Everything you need to know about Silicon Roundabout in 10 links

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Post by dsingleton » Mon, Nov 14, 2011, 3:08 PM UTC

barry-cotter wrote: post #2

Upvoted just for this: Interactive map – all companies and startups operating in East London http://www.techcitymap.com/index.html#/

FYI the map is rapidly filling with non-tech, non-startup companies,including galleries, art, fashion, nightclubs, etc.