Ask HN: Is there a good book on IT/Silicon Valley history?
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Well Patrick Collision, the founder of Stripe has an interest in silicon valley history. He maintains a list of recommended books on this topics on his personal website here-
https://patrickcollison.com/svhistory
Not a book but excellent history nontheless "Triumph of the Nerds" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115398/
Another great video is American Experience: Silicon Valley
One 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)
One 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)
Not comprehensive by any means, but The New New Thing, by Michael Lewis, tells an interesting story about Jim Clark, and his role in founding Silicon Graphics, Netscape, myCFO, and Healtheon (later called WebMD).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_New_Thing
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_New_Thing
Heard good things about The Silicon Boys, although it seems a bit dated.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1274944.The_Silicon_Boys
not a book, but an excellent story about the valley's early days: Something Ventured https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_Ventured http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1737747/
Not a book, but the computer history museum has a silicon valley exhibit.
_Fire In The Valley_, by Paul Freiberger and Michael Swaine.
Accidental Empires
Currently reading this book. Although not a great fit for "history", but it is a great story kind of book with a few good points of advice here and there.
Nerds 2.0.1, by Stephen Segaller
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?