Comments on: On "How to be Silicon Valley", Part 3 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/05/31/on-how-to-be-silicon-valley-part-3/ Joey deVilla's Personal Blog Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:15:38 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/05/31/on-how-to-be-silicon-valley-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-7677 Anonymous Wed, 31 May 2006 20:32:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/05/31/on-how-to-be-silicon-valley-part-3/#comment-7677 Thanks for the shout-out Accordion guy! We've never met formally but I used to watch you walk by with your accordion at such locations as the Om festival and my old apt in Kensington... As for Canada/Toronto's fashion identity... the real problem that I 've identified so far is that Canadians are in love with the deal, meaning our major markets are south of the border or abroad in Europe and Asia, where people are willing to pay for quality. Our fashion identity is more focused on manufacturing/exporting than consuming our own merch. One of the things I like about our national identity is that you can't put your finger on it... and the way somehow we are both liberal and conservative at the same time, in different ways... =) Thanks for the shout-out Accordion guy! We’ve never met formally but I used to watch you walk by with your accordion at such locations as the Om festival and my old apt in Kensington…

As for Canada/Toronto’s fashion identity… the real problem that I ‘ve identified so far is that Canadians are in love with the deal, meaning our major markets are south of the border or abroad in Europe and Asia, where people are willing to pay for quality. Our fashion identity is more focused on manufacturing/exporting than consuming our own merch.

One of the things I like about our national identity is that you can’t put your finger on it… and the way somehow we are both liberal and conservative at the same time, in different ways… =)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/05/31/on-how-to-be-silicon-valley-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-7676 Anonymous Wed, 31 May 2006 19:18:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/05/31/on-how-to-be-silicon-valley-part-3/#comment-7676 I've always wondered how to do that... I’ve always wondered how to do that…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/05/31/on-how-to-be-silicon-valley-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-7675 Anonymous Wed, 31 May 2006 16:33:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/05/31/on-how-to-be-silicon-valley-part-3/#comment-7675 <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060529.gtfight0529/BNStory/Technology/home" rel="nofollow">I have discovered why we'll never be Silicon Valley</a>. I have discovered why we’ll never be Silicon Valley.

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