This morning's commute and other commuting stories

This morning I did the thing where I took the slightly earlier train that goes slightly faster and skips my usual train station. I took the opportunity to get off at Palo Alto station and ride the 25 minutes to work. Beautiful morning, pleasant bike-friendly roads with traffic blocks and cetera.

I used to love going to see customers when I worked in SF. Our office was just a block and a half from the Caltrain station at 4th & King and most customers were a walk or a short ride away from station further south. Went to so many companies before they got big (or disappeared completely).

(One of the founders of Hotmail [or HoTMaiL as it still was then] lived in the same apartment block and I remember chatting to him about it. He was keeping his cool as they sold to Microsoft a few months later for $lots).

Sometimes I wonder how different my life would have been if I'd stayed there and not moved back to the UK.