6 articles tagged with tech hubs
There's something surreal about taking a conference call while watching southern right whales breach in the distance, their massive forms silhouetted against the setting sun over Table Mountain. That was my reality last fall during a week-long business trip to...
When most tech enthusiasts think of industry hubs, Silicon Valley and Seattle dominate the conversation. Yet nestled just west of Portland sits Hillsboro—the heart of what locals proudly call the 'Silicon Forest.' As someone who spent two decades in the...
The rhythmic clacking of train wheels across continents has always represented more than mere transportation to me—it's the percussion soundtrack to cross-cultural innovation. When my consulting firm assigned me a month-long project comparing tech ecosystems from Texas to Central Asia,...
As I stood at El Alto airport, 4,150 meters above sea level, my lungs immediately registered the thin Andean air while my eyes absorbed the sprawling terracotta cityscape cascading down the canyon below. La Paz—a place where pre-colonial traditions and...
Standing on a narrow cobblestone street in Balat, I watch as morning light filters through laundry lines strung between vibrant Ottoman houses. The call to prayer echoes across Istanbul's seven hills, a technological innovation of its time that still connects...
The corridors of innovation that stretch from San Francisco's SoMa district to Seattle's South Lake Union represent more than just a collection of gleaming corporate headquarters—they're living laboratories where tomorrow's urban solutions are being prototyped today. As someone who's spent...