It’s Friday, so let’s talk about something besides Autodesk Forge. This is a blog post that I have wanted to write for years. Now if I can just get people to read it.
I commute to the Autodesk office in San Francisco via ferry. The ferry terminal in Alameda (where I live) is called Gateway Alameda. It gets its name because years ago before the Bay Bridge opened in 1936, the Southern Pacific railroad terminated at that location. Passengers wanting to continue to San Francisco then boarded a ferry. The railroad stop was considered the gateway to San Francisco.
Today the ferry service is operated by the Blue & Gold Fleet. I normally take the 6:00 am ferry and get to my desk at 6:30 am since the San Francisco Ferry Building is just across the street from our One Market Street office. To get home, I catch the 4:30 pm, 5:20 pm, or 5:45 pm ferry. It’s about a 5-minute drive from Gateway Alameda to my home. So it’s really not a bad commute at all.
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