Ask HN: Is there a good book on IT/Silicon Valley history?
Whenever I read about a technology company or a smart mind in the field, and I surf Wikipedia, I am most often left with a feeling of a very small tech world: some of the most interesting technology we use today has been invented in a garage and then been acquired by a "big tech corporation" which itself was likely been founded in another garage. And people involved in those fields are well known amongst each other.
Of course, the valley plays a big role in that field which leads to even fewer distances between the "stories" and thus, more interconnection between them.
Since I love to read inspiring biographies, I wonder if there is a biography of the industry-a book about the who is who of tech and/or the valley which would make a delightful and inspiring read.
Any ideas?
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[ 3.4 ms ] story [ 40.9 ms ] threadOne oldie but goodie is Silicon Valley Fever (1984) - which goes into how the how things happened to make it the innovation machine for the 60s-80s (electronics, video games, early computers - pre-internet)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_New_Thing