Topic: Northern California

Web Traffic

USA Today reports that in the thick of the economic downturn -- which has hit Silicon Valley as hard as anywhere -- remaining dotcom employees in Northern California face an unexpected upside: less-intense traffic for ...READ MORE›

Drilling Dreams and Nightmares

It’s time to harness technology. READ MORE›

Native American culture

The indigenous peoples of the Americas have varying traditions related to weddings and thus wedding dresses. A Hopi bride traditionally would have her garments woven by the groom and any men in the village who wished ...READ MORE›

Electric Cars in Hawaii: The Future of Transport or Just Another Monorail?

The technology of networked electric cars is right on. The business model for it is still unproven. Will a firm called Better Place change that?READ MORE›

• The Smart Garage: Crossroads of the New Green Economy

International Pizza Expo

Say it ain't dough: Even pizza isn't immune from the crusty economy. "The downturn is definitely affecting us," admits Peter Cooperstein, a Pizza Expo regular whose 11 Amici's East Coast Pizzerias in Northern California ...READ MORE›

Vacaville Honda Gets Named Best New and Used Car Dealer for Fifth Year

Bay Area Honda dealer, Vacaville Honda, voted best New and Used Car Dealer by Vacaville Reporter for the fifth year in a row. This award is voted on by the public.READ MORE›

Vacaville Honda Gets Named Best New and Used Car Dealer for Fifth Year

Bay Area Honda dealer, Vacaville Honda, voted best New and Used Car Dealer by Vacaville Reporter for the fifth year in a row. This award is voted on by the public.READ MORE›

Why You Should Start a Company in... Los Angeles

The City of Angels also includes the kind that invest.READ MORE›

Almost Genius: What the iPad Really Needs? Velcro

A new video shows how the iPad could well replace every device in your home.READ MORE›

Technology Transfer Student

Stanford's Mary Watanabe focuses on finding business partners to adopt homegrown technologies and tools.READ MORE›

With $350M Infusion, Tesla Adds Minivans, Crossovers, and Fleet Vans to Line of EVs

Tesla Motors--they made that cute all-electric Roadster no one actually owns--wants you to know the money they received from the government is NOT the same money that bailed out Detroit, but rather a loan from the DOE to accelerate ...READ MORE›

Today in Most Innovative Companies

News of note from our Most Innovative Companies, including Hulu, PG&E, and Huawei.READ MORE›

The Geothermal Drama Continues as AltaRock Energy Stops Drilling

As we discussed a few months ago, drilling for geothermal energy is a process that is fraught with complications. In June,  startup AltaRock Energy announced plans to use a controversial method to drill for geothermal energy in ...READ MORE›

What VCs Want: Insights from Silicon Valley's Harvard Business New Venture Contest

What's on the minds of the Sand Hill Road crowd? Their questions at a recent business plan contest reveal interesting insights.READ MORE›

Neuroscience Sheds New Light on Creativity

What neuroscience reveals about how to come up with new ideas.READ MORE›

• 10 Rules of Effective Brainstorming
• Ponzo Scheme
• Iconoclasts

Work Space

I adore alternative work spaces. And while they don't always succeed, they're always worth trying. Eventually, someone will crack the code. The newest entrant to hit my radar is the Work Factory in Richmond, Virginia. Equal parts ...READ MORE›

Mobile Millennium Traffic Pilot From UC Berkeley and Nokia

Interesting “study” being conducted for GPS enabled phones by UC Berkeley, Nokia, and NAVTEQ. Called the Mobile Millennium Traffic Pilot, it gathers real time information from GPS enabled telephones for traffic congestion updates. ...READ MORE›

" One Double Cap, Decaf, Wi-Fi, Skim. To Stay."

What do you get when you cross the nation's fastest-growing coffee-shop franchise with one of the most aggressive wireless-network providers? The future of wireless computing -- and a good cup of coffee. Last August, Starbucks teamed ...READ MORE›

Christian Tate

The Wharton School at University of PennsylvaniaREAD MORE›

Off Line, On Life

The title of this post refers to an epiphany I had over the New Year's weekend. The realization was about my relationship with technology, namely, I was exhibiting some of the symptoms of technology addiction. And I wasn't the only one in my family with email and Internet issues. My wife, who doesn't own a smartphone, would, by her own admission, be checking her email or surfing the Web when she should have been paying attention to our daughters. Clearly, neither of us have perfected the in-the-present art of Zen parenting. For those who follow my Psychology of Technology blog posts, you know that I write about the dangers of letting technology take over our lives and the importance of maintaining control over our technology use. But, I must confess that those ideas had been, up to New Year's weekend, more theory than reality. But I finally got the chance to test my theories cold turkey. READ MORE›

Fast Company Is Hiring a West Coast Editor - Here's How to Apply

Most readers think that Fast Company is based in Silicon Valley, but home base is downtown New York City. Still, a GPS readout of the stories we cover will lead you to Northern California more often than not--which is why I'm looking ...READ MORE›

Jill Tarter, Director of SETI

When astronomer Jill Tarter was awarded the TED Prize in 2009, she was given the opportunity to make a wish big enough to change the world, and she did: "I wish that you would empower Earthlings everywhere to become active participants in the ultimate search for cosmic company." Now Tarter is laying the groundwork to make her own wish come true.READ MORE›

Gunther Pauli Cleans Up

He built the world's first biodegradable factory. Now, armed with laptops and attitude, Gunter Pauli and his green team plan to outmaneuver Procter Gamble and the detergent giants.READ MORE›

Triple Bottom Line: Clif Bar & Company

The early 90s saw the birth of a lot of great things, Clif Bar is one of them. READ MORE›

Wanted: A Few Good Microbes

Problem: How to reduce usage of chemical pesticides. Solution: Develop natural products based on killer bacteria.READ MORE›