Jason Calacanis that published print and online publications. During the dot-com boom, Calacanis was active in New York's Silicon Alley community, and in 1996 began producing the "Silicon Alley Reporter". Originally a 16-page photocopied newsletter, it eventually expanded into a 300-page magazine, with a sister publication called the "Digital Coast Reporter" for the West Coast. Calacanis's socializing earned him a nickname as the "yearbook editor" of the Silicon Alley community. The company also organized conferences in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco focused on the Internet, web, and New Media. With the end of the Dot-com bubble, "Silicon Alley Reporter" failed,
Silicon Glen Silicon Glen Silicon Glen is a nickname for the high tech sector of Scotland, the name inspired by Silicon Valley in California. It is applied to the Central Belt triangle between Dundee, Inverclyde and Edinburgh, which includes Fife, Glasgow and Stirling; although electronics facilities outside this area may also be included in the term. The term has been in use since the 1980s. It does not technically represent a "glen" as it covers a much wider area than just one valley. Silicon Glen had its origins in the electronics business with Ferranti establishing a plant in Edinburgh in 1943. NCR