From Sonya Labs: Can Startups Be a Pittsburgh Thing? (rustvalley.com):

I’m not sure why the Sonya Labs blog attracted the attention of so many of my friends and colleagues, but it turns out that Shimon was only the first of three people who pointed me at that blog yesterday and today. Interesting. Sonya Labs has a higher profile among geeks who know me than they probably thought they did.

Now, if only they could figure out how to turn that brand-awareness in that very small and very odd market into money…

Rodrigo’s piece about Pittsburgh has sparked some healthy debate in the blogosphere. Check out the ongoing conversation:

• Hacker News | Forget Silicon: How to Be Steel Valley (news.ycombinator.com)
• Why you SHOULDN’T start a tech company in Silicon Valley (Tim Marman’s Loosely Coupled)
• Sonya Labs: Can Startups Be a Pittsburgh Thing? (rustvalley.com)
• NY Times: 36 Hours in Pittsburgh (rustvalley.com)

…and the Fame-O-Meter continues to rise.