Welcome to Bookmarker!

This is a personal project by @dellsystem. I built this to help me retain information from the books I'm reading.

Source code on GitHub (MIT license).

Valley of Genius: The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley (As Told by the Hackers, Founders, and Freaks Who Made It Boom)
by Adam Fisher
June 4, 2019 - June 4, 2019 (read/silicon-valley-etc)

Fisher, A. (2018). Valley of Genius: The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley (As Told by the Hackers, Founders, and Freaks Who Made It Boom). Twelve.


Twelve, 2018. 512 pages. Hardcover. 9781455559022

0 28
31

No terms yet!
p.426
it's the service economy, but it’s in your own ho…
Scott Hassan: That same type of technology will b…
p.395
it’s hard to manage anarchists
Blaine Cook: Rabble was pretty bored of working a…
p.347
then I’ll kind of get that fire back in my belly
Ray Sidney: I got burnt-out. I was not feeling ve…
p.341
Google AdSense arbitrage
Douglas Edwards: And it wasn’t just advertising f…
p.330
we put them together in a very haphazard way
Guy Bar-Nahum: We took all these code bases, and …

xi
0 / 1
xi

Preface

0 / 1
1

Silicon Valley, Explained
The story of the past, as told by the people of the future

0 / 3
1

Silicon Valley, Explained
The story of the past, as told by the people of the future

0 / 3
17

The Big Bang
Everything starts with Doug Engelbart

0 / 0
17

The Big Bang
Everything starts with Doug Engelbart

0 / 0
27

Ready Player One
The first T-shirt tycoon

0 / 1
27

Ready Player One
The first T-shirt tycoon

0 / 1
43

The Time Machine
Inventing the future at Xerox PARC

0 / 1
43

The Time Machine
Inventing the future at Xerox PARC

0 / 1
56

Breakout
Jobs and Woz change the game

0 / 1
56

Breakout
Jobs and Woz change the game

0 / 1
74

Towel Designers
Atari’s high-strung prima donnas

0 / 2
74

Towel Designers
Atari’s high-strung prima donnas

0 / 2
85

PARC Opens the Kimono
Good artists copy, great artists steal

0 / 0
85

PARC Opens the Kimono
Good artists copy, great artists steal

0 / 0
94

3P1C F41L
It’s game over for Atari

0 / 2
94

3P1C F41L
It’s game over for Atari

0 / 2
104

Hello, I’m Macintosh
It sure is great to get out of that bag

0 / 2
104

Hello, I’m Macintosh
It sure is great to get out of that bag

0 / 2
118

Fumbling the Future
Who blew it: Xerox PARC—or Steve Jobs?

0 / 1
118

Fumbling the Future
Who blew it: Xerox PARC—or Steve Jobs?

0 / 1
129

What Information Wants
Heroes of the computer revolution

0 / 0
129

What Information Wants
Heroes of the computer revolution

0 / 0
139

The Whole Earth ’Lectronic Link
Welcome to the restaurant at the end of the universe

0 / 0
139

The Whole Earth ’Lectronic Link
Welcome to the restaurant at the end of the universe

0 / 0
150

Reality Check
The new new thing—that wasn’t

0 / 0
150

Reality Check
The new new thing—that wasn’t

0 / 0
162

From Insanely Great to Greatly Insane
General Magic mentors a generation

0 / 2
162

From Insanely Great to Greatly Insane
General Magic mentors a generation

0 / 2
179

The Bengali Typhoon
Wired’s revolution of the month

0 / 0
179

The Bengali Typhoon
Wired’s revolution of the month

0 / 0
193

Toy Stories
From PARC to Pixar

0 / 0
193

Toy Stories
From PARC to Pixar

0 / 0
205

Jerry Garcia’s Last Words
Netscape opened at what?!

0 / 2
205

Jerry Garcia’s Last Words
Netscape opened at what?!

0 / 2
221

A Fish, a Barrel, and a Gun
Suck perfects the art of snark

0 / 0
221

A Fish, a Barrel, and a Gun
Suck perfects the art of snark

0 / 0
235

Culture Hacking
The cyberunderground goes mainstream

0 / 1
235

Culture Hacking
The cyberunderground goes mainstream

0 / 1
251

The Check Is in the Mail
eBay’s trillion-dollar garage sale

0 / 0
251

The Check Is in the Mail
eBay’s trillion-dollar garage sale

0 / 0
268

The Shape of the Internet
A problem of great googolplexity

0 / 0
268

The Shape of the Internet
A problem of great googolplexity

0 / 0
283

Free as in Beer
Two teenagers crash the music industry

0 / 0
283

Free as in Beer
Two teenagers crash the music industry

0 / 0
305

The Dot Bomb
Only the cockroaches survive… and you’re one of the cockroaches

0 / 4
305

The Dot Bomb
Only the cockroaches survive… and you’re one of the cockroaches

0 / 4
320

The Return of the King
iCame, iSaw, iConquered

0 / 1
320

The Return of the King
iCame, iSaw, iConquered

0 / 1
337

I’m Feeling Lucky
Google cracks the code

0 / 2
337

I’m Feeling Lucky
Google cracks the code

0 / 2
349

I’m CEO… Bitch
Zuck moves to Silicon Valley to “dominate” (and does)

0 / 0
349

I’m CEO… Bitch
Zuck moves to Silicon Valley to “dominate” (and does)

0 / 0
371

Purple People Eater
Apple, the company that cannibalizes itself

0 / 0
371

Purple People Eater
Apple, the company that cannibalizes itself

0 / 0
387

Twttr
Nose-ring-wearing, tattooed, neck-bearded, long-haired punk hippie misfits

0 / 1
387

Twttr
Nose-ring-wearing, tattooed, neck-bearded, long-haired punk hippie misfits

0 / 1
402

To Infinity… and Beyond!
Steve Jobs in memoriam

0 / 0
402

To Infinity… and Beyond!
Steve Jobs in memoriam

0 / 0
421

The Endless Frontier
The future history of Silicon Valley

0 / 1
421

The Endless Frontier
The future history of Silicon Valley

0 / 1