silicon valley

08 Feb 2018

Where to Pick-Up Tech Bros in San Francisco

With all the dating apps and services these days, it’s never been easier to get connected with hot tech bros in San Francisco.  But if you want to do it the old-fashioned way, where you go outside into public and talk to actual people, then this is the listicle for

Alex Mak - Managing Editor 0
01 Sep 2017

Has Burning Man Become Silicon Valley?

This originally appeared in my Broke-Ass City column in the SF Examiner  By now the dust is doing anything but settling in Black Rock City. Minds and other flammable things are exploding while a sense of all out revelry, exploration and wonder descends on some 70,000-plus people. In a way,

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
27 Jun 2017

The Tech Workers Helping to Unionize Big Tech

By Matthew Gerring If you need more proof that nothing in politics is predictable anymore, look no further than the April 2017 meeting of the Tech Worker’s Coalition — about 35 people, most of them software engineers, many from household-name tech companies in Silicon Valley, sitting in a run-down union hall

Alex Mak - Managing Editor 0
13 Feb 2012

The Myth of the Dream Job

  Some of you are broke because you are waiting for your dream job to come along. Or, you may be broke BECAUSE you are in your dream job, and the money doesn’t matter. Congratulations, you’ve achieved something that so many of us pine for daily. I know this is

Robin Hardwick - Cost-Conscious Connoisseur 0
18 Jan 2012

Chinook Book Now Offers Mobile App: Green Deals in the Bay

I know there are tons of coupon books that overwhelm your inbox with daily deals everyday, but this one is something you will actually want to check out. Chinook Book saves you money on products and offers that truly make a difference. By becoming more environmentally aware here in the Bay Area,

Heidi Smith - The Ultimate Scavenger 0
07 Mar 2010

Cheap Drinks — Yelp Drinks Week!

I hope you’re paying attention because THIS IS IMPORTANT: Today is the last day of San Francisco’s Yelp Drinks Week.  Twenty-five participating bars and restaurants are selling selected drinks for half off.  That’s halfway to FREE.  Get on that shit! Yelp says that these deals are good all day “until

Rebecca Pederson - Cheap Date 0