When I was a kid, I watched Disney movies. I had this whole alternate "Disney" universe constructed in my head. Cinderalla, Aladdin, Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty, etc.
But importantly, they only existed in my head---and of course, on the screen.
Then I got to visit Disneyland. Suddenly Sleeping Beauty's castle is a real place, and I've been there. I've taken a pull on the Sword in the Stone.
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A couple years ago, long on knowledge about monads and short on portfolio, I found myself in need of a job in the Bay Area. I started working for Zirx, an on-demand valet company. Basically my job was to run around SoMa and pick up people's cars, and later return them to them. The rest of the time, I wandered the streets, waiting for my company-issued phone to summon me.
Imagine my surprise one day when, running from parking a car near 2nd Street, I saw Github.
"Oh," I thought. "I guess that's where that is."
Or Hipmunk, which was recessed behind a grate. Or that building right by the freeway on the east side of 2nd, that has five floors and about ten startups.
So, I don't know. To me---to an extent---San Francisco really is where the Internet is.
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