One of the stranger note cards is just a list of numbers.
212 New York. 415 San Francisco. 650 Palo Alto.
408 San Jose. 312 Chicago. 206 Seattle.
310 Beverly Hills. 213 downtown LA.
202 DC. 305 Miami. 512 Austin.
Why memorize area codes in the smartphone era?
Because a phone number is a biography.
A 650 at an Austin dinner means Valley money that moved here.
A 212 means old-school New York.
A 305 in Texas tells you where their heart still lives.
Say Palo Alto, huh? when the number flashes.
You just started a conversation nobody else at the table could.
Details: Larry Chiang: @LarryChiang
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