Why Silicon Valley can’t be copied anywhere else [Links]

Silicon Valley Can’t Be Copied [MIT Technology Review]: ” Valley firms understood that collaborating and competing at the same time led to success—an idea even reflected in California’s unusual rule barring noncompete agreements.”
Apps Contests are Stupid [Chief Seattle Geek Blog]: “[A]pps contests are not just overdone – there are just so many of them – but actually are becoming counterproductive, turning off developers and governments.”
The strange ruing of Civic Hackathons [Medium]: “There was serious doubt that civic hacking would take off because it requires people with highly-billable skills to work for free. But guess what? Some people feel a profound civic compulsion.”
Beyond Code in the Tomorrow City [Next City]: “Code for America Won’t Build the App that Will Save Our Cities, And Why That’s Okay.”