So many Design Houses are are in Northern California or New York or Southern California. And these are great areas. We've all heard their nicknames - Silicon Valley (Northern California), Silicon Beach (Southern California, especially San Diego), Silicon Forest (Pacific Northwewst/Seattle), Silicon Desert (Utah), as well as I-128 (Boston), Research Triangle (North Carolina), and Silicon Mountain (Colorado). There are others, but the point is that the today there are opportunities for high technology to thrive in a multitude of locales.

pingVision chose Boulder, Colorado, as its home. There is something about the altitude and the climate; where 330 days of sunlight and blue skies that invites a kind of creativity that we find appealing. Then there is the University of Colorado at Boulder with its student population and environment of learning that makes Boulder an ideal place for our work.

Being so close to nature and recreation helps us recharge our psychic batteries through hiking, skiing, snowboarding, rock climbing, parasailing, mountain biking & road cycling, or just taking in so many mountains.

But it is the natural light that streams through the windows that adds brilliance to colors and details to textures.

As we grow, we will add other locations to serve our Clients, but Boulder will always hold a special place ... at least for me.

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