Is Silicon Valley Back?: "Caution: This post contains no actual facts. But so far this week I've had at least four well-placed people tell me—with an uncharacteristic quiver of excitement in their voices—that Silicon Valley is back. Not on its way back. Right here, right now, it's back. Sure, people have been saying that since, oh, the day after the NASDAQ irrevocably tanked in April 2000. The big difference is that the people I've talked to this week actually seem to believe what they're saying." —Fast Company