Elvis fans have Graceland. Michael Jackson fans have Neverland. IT-geeks have Silicon Valley.

Next week I’m going to Silicon Valley, California and it is my Graceland. Since my teenage years I’ve been fascinated by Silicon Valley. All the new exciting computer and electronics stuff came from there, and the area was often mentioned in the tech magazines I read. So since my teenage years The Valley has inspired me to work with IT and electronics, but still I haven’t been there yet.

Next week I’m going to change that, and I have a couple of meetings there with people working in the area. I’m curious to learn more about Silicon Valley and what it’s like to do business from The Valley. I decided not just to be the ordinary tourist and just drive by the well-known companies like Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Cisco etc. I have to meet people who are living and working in The Valley in order to really get an impression of the Silicon Valley-way of doing business.

I’ll get back with comments from the trip later…