non-linear conversations

A few days into San Francisco and I have mused and ruminated a little....

Fog, fog and fog everyday with little flashes of sunshine from time to time is the order of the day here. When questioned, the native response is "the marine layer". This somewhat terse and cryptic phrase leaves one none the wiser and certainly doesn't transform the invisible Golden Gate bridge into a visible one.

I have decided that the Internet can be a really bad thing. Once upon a time, spending a week in San Francisco with meetings and spedning time with the people in the company and stuff would occupy the totality of the stay. With Internet, you add your european job to the US visit and try to accomplish both. This is not good.

I also understand why I like SF. Unlike Silicon Valley, SF has interesting buildings in addition to people. I have a private theory that, just prior to the tech boom, somebody rounded up all the interesting and original architects in California and shot them, leaving only those architects capable of thinking in simple rectangles or cubes behind.

OF course, the other bizarre thing about San Francisco is that there are moving vehicles that are not private property (ye olde trams)