Can local tech events in these hipster hot spots hold the attention of enough outside audience to make it worth the Discovery Channel's time? We believe it's a gamble - but a very cool gamble. Innovation is what many of us are really excited about the in this new web world, and there's plenty of that going on locally outside of the major business center of San Francisco.

As a tech blog with very little footprint inside Silicon Valley we look forward to reading about the vibrant tech communities in these dispersed locations on Nerdabout and we congratulate these new additions to the ranks of professional bloggers.