BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : OCTOBER 23, 2000 ISSUE
BUSINESS WEEK E.BIZ -- THE DIGITAL LIFESTYLE Culture Quest Do You Belong in San Francisco or Silicon Valley? SAN FRANCISCO: -- You are seriously considering getting another tattoo. -- Because you attend dot-com parties nearly every night, the contents of your refrigerator at home include flavored vodka and three kinds of mustard, but no food. -- You own 23 pairs of pants; 18 of them are black. -- Your new eyeglasses are a shape that you learned in seventh grade called a ''parallelogram.'' -- You've had three dot-com jobs in the past two years. Recently, you said to a colleague that your malaise ''might just mean I've been here too long.'' SILICON VALLEY: -- You have programmed your Palm device to change channels on your TV and open your garage door. -- Your nutritional needs are well-handled by Starbucks, Chili's, that frappe juice drink place, and those little sample stations at Costco, where you shop twice a month. -- Your checklist for a new car includes: Built-in child safety seats, Slurpee-resistant upholstery, and extra AC plugs for your phone, laptop, MP3 player, and the kids' VCR. -- You divide your phone messages into two piles: ''Urgent'' and ''Return from car while stuck in traffic.'' -- The guy in the next cubicle just got a more comfortable chair. You're wondering if your bosses really appreciate how easy it would be for you to find another job. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP					RELATED ITEMS EBIZ Contents for issue dated Oct. 23, 2000 ``The Valley? Oh, Yuck'' TABLE: Culture Quest INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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