Google barge revealed: Artistic structure with 'fish fins'

The entire "what is that barge in the bay?" story line seems like a carefully constructed PR campaign, and I for one am opting out.

Well that's somewhat underwhelming.

I wonder if this is the realization of idea for creating more space in extra ordinarily expensive SF bay area. This barge can very easily serve as new office/commercial space in the city where every inch counts. A barge of this size can accommodate roughly 500 office workers as per my rough quick and dirty back of the envelop calculation. The cost of the "land" is simply the cost of the barge which is made using recycled shipping containers. I bet this would be magnitude cheaper than cost of actual land in same nearby area.

Any moment I expect to hear that Google has hired Henry Winkler to jump this thing in a leather coat.

>Exactly who is By and Large? That’s a little unclear, but it’s reported to be firmly connected to Google. Some have noted that it looks like a play on the word “barge.”

I thought it was a play on the company from Wall-E?

Do I have join Google+ to get on the barge?

Does this read like a red herring to anyone else? Some of the quoted text sounds like a google-joke:

> “The artistic structure combines innovative architecture with a bit of nautical whimsy,” says the proposal, “creating a surprising environment that inspires conversation, community and ‘a-ha’ moments.”

This is why I try and avoid speculation. A portable Google store? What a let down. Here I was imagining massive portable data centres.

Awesome! Wait for the ads there!