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We Read Twitter So Sheryl Sandberg Doesn't Have To
South Park power outage frees workers from Web 2.0

By Paul Boutin, 3:20 PM on Thu Aug 21 2008, 617 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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The power is out in South Park, San Francisco's startup epicenter. Wired and Yahoo Brickhouse — in the same building — are affected. Caffe Centro is down. Jack Falstaff isn't answering the phone. Six Apart, a block away on Fourth Street, is up. Workers are roaming the neighborhood. Got any more data points? Send 'em in to tips@valleywag.com.

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