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Silicon Valley Sightings: The Tech Museum of Innovation

January 25th, 2008 | Category: Silicon Valley Sightings

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A few weeks ago, I revisited The Museum of Technology in downtown San Jose, the ‘blue fruit in an orange box’ (see google street map) building sticks out amid the glass corporate buildings and grand hotels. A great landmark for a city centered in innovation. This museum boasts many interactive exhibits, a showcasing of past and previous technology, shows, and even an imax screen for those seeking an enveloping experience of sight and sound. Don’t take my word for it, find out what others say on Yelp reviews.

I had a fun time exploring the exhibit talking about the internet: reviewing some history, catching up on some trivia, and learning about netiquette and abbreviations you should know. (see below)

A bit of trivia for you, the museum is on the site (or close to it) where San Jose’s old Chinatown used to be, but is no more. Also of interest, I used to work at the Fairmont while in college helping with the audio visual work for large conferences. Playing with audio equipment, large projectors, and running around in the catwalks was a lot of fun (and great food for employees).


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(Silicon Valley Sightings is an ongoing PhotoBlog that captures the intersection of Tech Culture in the San Francisco Silicon Valley Bay Area, check out the archives (which now showcase some tech areas in Asia). All photos by Jeremiah Owyang)

6 Comments so far

  1. Adam Gershenbaum February 4th, 2008 2:41 pm

    Jeremiah,

    This is totally OT so I apologize. I am trying to find your entry with your online report card. I want to show it to a friend who is moving to LA looking for some work and want her to make a report card like yours.

    Thanks!
    Adam

  2. jeremiah_owyang February 4th, 2008 5:29 pm

    What online report card? You mean my social media report card?

  3. Adam Gershenbaum February 28th, 2008 12:43 am

    Yep that is what I was looking for.

  4. jeremiah_owyang February 28th, 2008 6:21 am

    Thanks Adam, I keep it sort of tucked away (linked from my profile page) as I don’t want to ’show off’

    http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/about/scorecard/

    I’ll probably revise them in the near future, both the attributes and the numbers

  5. Adam Gershenbaum March 3rd, 2008 8:54 pm

    Well it definitely serves a utility. If I was looking to hire someone in SMM I would be very impressed if someone presented me with a social media report card. Glad you made! I think my friend will do well with hers and it will pay off.

    Adam

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