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Bay Area vs Randstad

Posted on Tuesday, March 27, 2012

I finally got to overlay my SF-NASA Ames commute on a map of the Dutch Randstad. This is what it looks like. SF to NASA Ames/Moffett Field is comparable to the distance Amsterdam-Delft. I did a fair bit of Amsterdam-Delft commuting when i was living in Amsterdam while studying in Delft so it's no surprise that the distances are comparable. It sorta felt that way. Been doing the SF-Moffett Field commute for 2 years now, and it started to show...

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Amsterdam-Delft commute


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The Digital World is Clearly Winning

Posted on Monday, March 26, 2012



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The future is process, not a destination
Bruce Sterling

Everything is ultimately becoming information technology
Ray Kurzweil

Data is the Intel inside
Tim O'Reilly

There is only one machine and the web is its OS
Kevin Kelly

The medium is the message
Marshall McLuhan