silicon valley

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,

The Tech Workers Helping to Unionize Big Tech
about 35 people, most of them software engineers, many from household-name tech companies in Silicon Valley, sitting in a run-down union hall in the Tenderloin, talking about the evils of capitalism and organizing the workers from below to take on the bosses.

Eat, Game, & Sing in San Francisco This Spring!
It’s Springtime in San Francisco, which means it’s time to put your phone on silent for a while and step out into our fair city to sing, eat, and play with the wonderful people and programming on offer. Whether in the flesh or on a live stream, the journalists and

We wanna send you and a friend to see Jimmy O. Yang from HBO’s Silicon Valley!
Jimmy O. Yang is a standup comedian, actor, Funny Asian Dude. Jimmy currently stars as Jian-Yang, the Asian guy that refuses to leave the house on HBO’s smash hit Silicon Valley. As a standup, Jimmy performed on The Arsenio Hall Show and received a rare standing ovation. As a more

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

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,

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