Comments on: The New Geography of American Innovation

By: David Coronado

David Coronado — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:22:35 +0000

You should think about presenting this at as an illustrated poster at the next annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers in DC. Our meeting will be held April 14-18, 2010. This would probably look great as a density map.

By: Photo Friday: Cake, Tech, Yogurt in the #epicenter | Ted Eytan, MD

Photo Friday: Cake, Tech, Yogurt in the #epicenter | Ted Eytan, MD — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:19:02 +0000

[...] As you can see, Washington’s startup and innovation community is growing and active. Recent data supports this – Patenting activity by Metropolitan Regions, 1976 to 2007, shows that Washington, DC is #3 in the nation in patenting activity, (far) behind San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clar…. [...]

By: Reyn Bowman

Reyn Bowman — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:26:36 +0000

I seem to remember during a creative assessment some time ago that there was difficulty in fully ascertaining the location of origin for all patents because often they were filed by patent attorneys officed in another locale? Is that still true?

By: Wil

Wil — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:48:38 +0000

California became the most creative place in the world about seventy-five years ago. Why? Great weather for year around activities, lots of space (in the old days), plenty of fruits, nuts, flakes,from all over the world accumulated in the state, and big , fast money from the entertainment industry, and high tech. A perfect formula for a creative environment. When the California state government finally does collapse, it will create better opportunities than ever, as all of the needless regulations no longer will apply, and freedom prevails again.

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By: Michael Wells

Michael Wells — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:44:57 +0000

Wow. It’s Silicon Valley and also ran. DC & Pittsburgh, while in the top 10, barely beat the national average. If you take the thesis from Rise, then San Jose and San Francisco are one region and even larger.

The others are scattered, although all but Austin, Rochester and Pittsburgh are coastal cities and even they are all inland in coastal states.

This would counter the idea that somehow California is totally on the ropes, with 3 (or 2) of the top 10 innovation

Any way to get info on other areas, like Portland?

By: Creative Class: The New Geography Of Innovation | Lies My Gantt Chart Told Me

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:30:41 +0000

[...] Friday, July 17, 2009 By jarie Creative Class just has the best graphs this week. Check out this one. The number of issued patents in Silicon Valley is 4x any other large metro area. What an amazing [...]

By: AchieveAlign — the location of innovation

AchieveAlign — the location of innovation — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:32:24 +0000

[...] like reading richard florida quite a bit. his latest post at Creative Class looks at the geographies of innovation. which means … we’re getting closer. we are [...]