Man oh man oh man, I have San Francisco fever. I live in Southern New Hampshire, which means the closest hub of startup coolness is Cambridge, next to Boston. While this means I get to enjoy a near-endless supply of Wagamama when I visit my girlfriend in Beacon Hill, it also means I miss out on much of the startuppity feeling one gets from living in say, Silicon Valley, or, for the purposes of this discussion, San Francisco.
But Cambridge is still a happening place. Paul Graham lives there, for example. I have an obsession with Paul Graham bordering on unholy man love (but stopping just short); I love his books and I am still searching for a copy of On Lisp: Advanced Common Lisp that is less than 100 dollars. My co-founders and I pretty much began thinking of applying to YC as a lark to try to meet Paul Graham, but then it turned out we had an actual Good Idea.*
Anyway, the general gist of this rambling nonsense is that Cambridge is a very startuppity place in its own right, and if you walk around Harvard Square for a few minutes you begin to notice a very commercial vibe mixed with a very brilliant vibe. You get the feeling history is being made over behind the walls in Harvard, and even more so down the street at MIT. So if you have even an afternoon free in the Northeast, come check out Cambridge. And shoot me an email or something if it happens to be on a weekend. I'll probably come hang out with you. Now that's a hot ticket.
*Idea not actually proven to be Good yet, just fun to implement.
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