Silicon Valley is very forgiving of strangers who just show up at the doorstep. I mean, you can have any hook whatsoever that gets you in. The company you work for can do that like if you’re with a hot startup, like if someone is like, “Oh, I work for Digg.” You instantly say, “OK, that’s that type of person.” It sort of gives you entrance or a membership in a tribe, almost, but you can also create your own legitimacy. You can just start blogging every day, like “Hi, oh, I’m Megan. I write for My Blog,” and then suddenly it’s like, “Oh, OK, that’s great. You’re a blogger,” and that makes sense to people.

Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, loc. 480