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24 alternatives to Make It New: The History of Silicon Valley Design

Katz tells how design helped transform Silicon Valley

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Make It New: The History of Silicon Valley Design launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Valley Speak▲94

   Deciphering the jargon of Silicon Valley

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   A History of Silicon Valley▲71

   The greatest creation of wealth in the history of the planet

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Fearless Genius ▲80

   The digital revolution in Silicon Valley 1985 - 2000

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Screw the Valley▲82

   A coast-to-coast tour of America’s new tech startup culture

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Kern and Burn: Conversations With Design Entrepreneurs▲83

   Candid conversations with 30 leading designers

   2015 · kernandburn.com · its alternatives →

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   Rebooting Work▲82

   Transform how you work (written by a Silicon Valley legend)

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Bloomberg Studio 1.0 - Emily Chang with Brad Stone, Gary Vaynerchuk and Biz Stone▲72

   New media and the making of Silicon Valley

   2016 · bloomberg.com · its alternatives →

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   Ten Faces of Innovation▲64

   Beyond the Devil's Advocate

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Designspiration▲135

   Discover and share design inspiration

   2014 · designspiration.com · its alternatives →

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    The Programmer’s Odyssey▲64

    A riveting history of programming

    2017 · theprogrammersodyssey.com · its alternatives →

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    Designing the Invisible▲69

    Create great web experiences

    2015 · fivesimplesteps.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Building Nexcast Part 1: Schooled by Silicon Valley▲74

    Part 1 of the journey building the podcast app and platform

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Digital Design Talks▲177

    Learn from design leaders from around the world

    2021 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Science of Habit-Forming Products▲166

    (and how to build them)

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Upstarts▲78

    How the companies of Silicon Valley are changing the world

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Discussing Design▲68

    Improving communication and collaboration through critique

    2016 · oreilly.com · its alternatives →

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    TragicDesign▲87

    The real cost of bad design and how we can fix it (book)

    2015 · tragicdesign.com · its alternatives →

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    Design Life - 001: Why We Have a Side Project▲92

    Filling the female design podcast gap

    2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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    Valley of the Gods▲65

    A Silicon Valley story

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Frame Innovation▲63

    Create New Thinking by Design

    2016 · mitpress.mit.edu · its alternatives →

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    Where Good Ideas Come From▲79

    The natural history of innovation

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Design of Influence: How to Craft Products that Move People▲93

    Use social psychology to design engaging digital experiences

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Makers: The New Industrial Revolution▲72

    The front lines of a new industrial revolution

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    Articulating Design Decisions▲64

    Learn to explain your design decisions so people agree!

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