I've lived in the Bay Area now for over a decade and one thing I still can't get used to is the standard "NorCal Business Idea Conversation" (NCBIC). Whether you are at the ball game, or taking a hike, a passing around a bong in some loft in the city, the conversation always ends up talking about potential business ideas. This recent editorial by David Pogue is a classic example of a bad NCBIC, filled with bad ideas that will go nowhere fast. Oh, yeah, a cold and flu tracking site. Sign me up!
I've gone so far recently as to complain about it mid-conversation with folks. "Come on, can't we talk about NASCAR or Football, or something, anything other than lame half-assed Web 2.0 ideas?"
I think it's just ingrained in the culture around these parts. The NorCal natives are all cool and don't really do that NCBIC thing, but the imports, which are far and away the majority of the people here go NCBIC crazy. Probably because they came here to make money, like the gold rush, and have no interest in staying long term. Hell, I don't see myself retiring here. Not with housing prices as high as they are and gas prices the highest in the country.
I've submitted NCBIC to the UrbanDictionary. We will see if they pick up on it.
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