As a non-Australian (currently living in Singapore), I find Colony to have a negative connotation. I hope you guys don't see yourselves as a colony anymore. Silicon Beach was emphasizing the positive side of the location, and I think that's a good direction to go.
Just my 2 cents. On 5 Oct, 2012, at 9:03 PM, "Dean Collins" <d...@cognation.net> wrote: > I can tell you that Americans wont understand Silicon “Gully” > > My vote would be for Silicon Colony as that would make sense to Americans and > also resonates with the issues the Australian startup community are facing > eg. isolationism > > > > > > Regards, > > Dean Collins > Cognation Inc > d...@cognation.net > +1-212-203-4357 New York > +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial). > +44-20-3129-6001 (London in-dial). > > > From: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > [mailto:silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael > Guilfoyle > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 8:48 AM > To: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Need a new nickname to replace "Silicon Beach" > > Silicon Colony > > ValleyDownUnder > > On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 10:44 PM, Alwin Chin <alwin.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > Do we have to carry the silicon brand? How about something Australian like... > > Opal Valley? > > Lets just not perpetuate the Iron ore/fossil fuel export thing. "Iron > ore valley"... Shudders > > Alwin > > On 05/10/2012, at 10:35 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiff...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Silicon Sails? ;-) > > S. > > > > On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 10:28 PM, Shane Greenup <sh...@rbutr.com> wrote: > >> Silicon Dioxide? > >> > >> Shane > >> > >> ------------------------------------ > >> http://www.rbutr.com > >> http://www.ShaneGreenup.com > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On 5 October 2012 08:23, Alison Lee <alison....@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Silicon South? > >>> > >>> On Friday, October 5, 2012 3:06:32 PM UTC+10, Matto Rochford wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Folks, I wish it were otherwise, but "Silicon Beach" is not going to > >>>> happen. > >>>> > >>>> LA is sometimes referred to as Silicon Beach and now this Reuters > >>>> article: > >>>> > >>>> Rio bets it can be Brazil's 'Silicon Beach' > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/business-it/rio-bets-it-can-be-brazils-silicon-beach-20121005-273ei.html > >>>> > >>>> In a three-way tussle with LA and Rio to be rightfully and universally > >>>> known as Silicon Beach, Sydney and/or Australia will not win. > >>>> > >>>> So it's time for something else like Silicon Gully or [Whatever] Valley > >>>> or something else that alludes to Silicon Valley but with an > >>>> internationally > >>>> recognised Australian/Sydney flavour. > >>>> > >>>> Again, I wish it were otherwise. > >>> -- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > >>> Australia mailing list. 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