Silicon Summer

Below is a collection of every Silicon Summer article by The Information.
Art by Clark Miller
Silicon Summer

A Silicon Valley Summer Camp Wants Kids to Ditch the Canoes for Holographic Coding

By Flora Tsapovsky · Jun 11, 2022 7:00am PDT
Outside, it’s nearly summer. But at Camp Integem, the “holographic AR summer camp,” it can be any season kids want it to be. To be fair, Camp Integem is, in fact, an in-person experience. At 10 locations around the San Francisco Bay Area, for up to $559 per week, kids ages 5 to 18 can learn skills such as character animation, multiplayer game... Outside, it’s nearly summer. But at Camp Integem, the “holographic AR summer camp,” it can be any...
Art by Clark Miller
Silicon Summer

The ABCs of Summer: An Encyclopedic Guide to Silicon Valley’s Time Off

By Annie Goldsmith · Jun 10, 2022 12:00pm PDT
A Silicon Valley summer features the classics, of course—camping, canoeing, baseball and so on. But leave it to the techies to come up with vacation plans that are more, shall we say, innovative than the old standards. Looking for ideas? You could be like Patreon CEO Jack Conte and build a recording studio in your house. Or try wing foiling (it’... A Silicon Valley summer features the classics, of course—camping, canoeing, baseball and so on....