The technology corridor of the West Coast has long resonated with stories of the single minded focus on the user.

FORBES: East Coast vs. West Coast: A False Distinction

In New Hampshire, the most rapidly growing group of independents are highly-educated professionals (many of them refugees from Massachusetts and its taxes) who work in the technology corridor that includes Nashua and Route 128.

ECONOMIST: A declaration on independents

It's a busy morning on Wednesday on the committee corridor, with the Science and Technology Committee (at 9.15am) holding a follow-up session on forensic science follow-up, with witnesses from the Crown Prosecution Service, the Criminal Bar Association and the Law Society.

BBC: Week ahead in committees