Silicon Valley's Garage Tradition

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Silicon Valley chic | Back to the Garage; Innovation in the old style. Economist, July 7, 2012.
http://www.economist.com/node/21558304

Note:
(a) Palo Alto, California
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California
(Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "tall"; It is named after a redwood tree called El Palo Alto)
(b) For 367, Addison Avenue, Palo Alto, see HP Garage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_Garage
([now] a private museum; The HP garage is not open for public tours, but the property can be viewed from the sidewalk and driveway)

(c) Los Altos, California
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Altos,_California
(Los Altos means "the heights" or "foothill" in Spanish)

Both cities above are within Santa Clara County, California.

(d) Adobe Systems
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Systems
(headquarted in San Jose; founded in 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke, who established the company after leaving Xerox PARC; The company name Adobe comes from Adobe Creek in Los Altos, California, which ran behind the houses of both of the company's founders)

(e) Willow Garage, Inc
www.willowgarage.com
(address: 68 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA; known for the PR2 robot, short for Personal Robot 2)
(f) ZERO1 Garage, located at San Jose
www.zero1.org/programs/garage