Comments on: Boulder #2 CyberCity in the US

By: bfeld

bfeld — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:54 +0000

That is probably true and a good / interesting observation. Just more evidence that how you cluster the data causes the lists to tell you what you want them to.

By: bfeld

bfeld — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:54 +0000

via email from a blog reader: "Actually, clustering San Jose and "silicon valley" together is probably that only thing that prevents this list from looking like a list of bay-area cities south of San Mateo. Where do you think boulder would rank if Mountain View, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale, Cupertino and Menlo Park were counted as individual cities in addition to San Jose? It would probably move from 2nd to 6th…"

By: Zach_Beauvais

Zach_Beauvais — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:54 +0000

It's an impressive city, isn't it? I've heard the wireless is brilliant too. If only there was a way to replicate the heady mixture of a laid-back coffee-culture, eco-friendliness and technological savvy from Boulder to the lovely hills of Shropshire, especially the coffee and tech… Oh well.

By: Steve Place

Steve Place — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:53 +0000

And Huntsville only counts because in that town there's NASA and nothing else.

By: steve_bergs2127

steve_bergs2127 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:53 +0000

Interesting that the Boston area didn't make the list. Maybe they couldn't come up with a Route 128 analog to Silicon Valley.

By: Zach_Beauvais

Zach_Beauvais — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:56:13 +0000

By: Brad Feld

Brad Feld — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:07:06 +0000

That is probably true and a good / interesting observation. Just more evidence that how you cluster the data causes the lists to tell you what you want them to.

By: Brad Feld

Brad Feld — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:06:40 +0000

via email from a blog reader: “Actually, clustering San Jose and “silicon valley” together is probably that only thing that prevents this list from looking like a list of bay-area cities south of San Mateo. Where do you think boulder would rank if Mountain View, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale, Cupertino and Menlo Park were counted as individual cities in addition to San Jose? It would probably move from 2nd to 6th…”

By: Steve Bergstein

Steve Bergstein — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:56:51 +0000

Interesting that the Boston area didn't make the list. Maybe they couldn't come up with a Route 128 analog to Silicon Valley.

By: Steve Place

Steve Place — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:24:30 +0000

And Huntsville only counts because in that town there's NASA and nothing else.