What do crickets have to do with tech…or food, for that matter? Disrupting the food market (or the food chain, for that matter) is one of the newer trends to emerge from Silicon Valley – see Hampton Creek Foods, which is developing a plant-based egg replacement, or Rob Rhinehart’s Soylent food replacement. Bitty, a new…

Back in the good old days (OK, in 2006), it was cheaper to rack up a weekly street cleaning parking ticket than to pay for long-term parking at SFO. But oh, times have changed – SF’s DPT can hit you up for $100 if you leave your car in the same spot for 3 days…

It’s no surprise that we’re big fans of travel here at 2905(miles) HQ – but we’re not always the best planners. When it comes to snagging a decent flight itinerary at a decent price we know some of the usual tricks of the trade – clearing our cookies and browser caches between searches, buying tickets…

New Yorkers know the benefits of a good doorman, but it’s rare to find a staffed apartment building in San Francisco. For those packages that you can’t have delivered to your office (or the ones you don’t want to schlep home), Doorman offers a decent alternative. Instead of having your packages sent to your home…

These days, it seems like everything is available as a service – but here’s one that’s actually useful (and practical) on a daily basis – especially if that day happens to be rainy or extremely hectic. Instacart is a grocery shopping and delivery service, currently serving the San Francisco and Chicago areas (with other cities…

Despite its well-known bike culture and homegrown biking apparel brands – Chrome, Mission Workshop, Betabrand and Levi’s Commuter line were all born here – San Francisco’s offerings for lady cyclists has lagged behind gear made for men. Founded by local bicyclists Ilana Siegelman and Meghan Murphy, Iladora originally launched its “perfect bike pant” project through…

This is a company that takes hardware seriously – and literally. Founded in 2010, the company launched their C-1 concept last year – a self-balancing, fully enclosed electric two-wheeler designed for urban streets and tight parking spaces. Resembling something like a motorcycle combined with a space capsule, the two-passenger vehicle shows off the company’s engineering…

Almost everyone (not just the ladies) can agree that a well-fitting, cute bra is indeed a great thing. But the process of finding the right bra and the right size can be a downright terrible experience, wrought with pushy saleswomen wielding measuring tapes and stern stares. Now that we’ve entered the era of online personal…

While internet radio and music-on-demand services (including SF’s own Pandora and Rdio) are gaining legions of fans and subscribers, it’s not always the best deal for musicians – as noted by everyone from David Byrne to Thom Yorke (who recently removed Radiohead’s entire discography from Spotify). Loudr is trying to give musicians (and especially independent,…

Food voyeurism just stepped up its game. If you’re no longer satisfied with drooling over your friends’ Instagrams of their latest locally-sourced, seasonally-inspired meal, the Chefs Feed app lets you get up close and personal with the minds (and taste buds) of some of San Francisco’s most buzz-worthy chefs (don’t worry, New York – they’ve…

If you’ve heard of Girls Who Code, you’re probably thinking: “Wait – they’re in New York City!” And you’d be right – this groundbreaking organization was founded last year in Manhattan by Reshma Saujani, the City’s former Deputy Public Advocate. Girls Who Code aims to achieve gender parity in the computer science field by encouraging…

Sure, we all use LinkedIn. But the professional social networking site sometimes lacks….a certain sense of personality, especially when it comes to referring your actual friends (and not just personal connections) for a job. YesGraph bridges that gap, using both Facebook and LinkedIn to help you identify your legitimate social connections – as well as…