Tag Archives: san francisco

Thoughts on group ownership with unfunded startups

Posted on August 14, 2008 by kfarr

Good news! Steve and I finally released our website, VidSF.com, to the public. More good news! We had a great initial meeting with content producers. We recruited them via craigslist and we made absolutely clear that a) we are unfunded … Continue reading →

Posted in internets, media, tech | Tagged boot, bootstrap, bootstrapped, san francisco, sf, startup, strap, unfunded, vid, vidsf | 5 Comments

When should public transportation systems be private?

Posted on July 10, 2008 by kfarr

A recent episode of Russ Roberts’ EconTalk podcast featured a wonderful intersection of interests: economics, public policy and public transit. One of Russ’ academia friends, economist Michael Munger, speaks at length on the program about the public transportation system quality … Continue reading →

Posted in econ, politics, transit | Tagged brt, city, econ, economics, econtalk, effectiveness, geary, macro, micro, mike, munger, muni, planning, policy, project, public, roberts, russ, russ roberts, san francisco, sf, talk, transit, transportation | 3 Comments

Belated driving summary

Posted on June 21, 2008 by kfarr

Here’s a summary of my cab shifts from last weekend. I picked up an older guy from the Kaiser. I’d guess he was 60+. I have a hard time judging ages, especially those +/-5 years from mine. He was heading … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi, work | Tagged cab, california, castro, cinch, city, driving, dutch, francais, France, french, gas, gasoline, gay, gay bars, haight, hills, history, indiana, kaiser, lawyers, netherlands, nob, nob hill, polk, prices, richmond, russian hill, san francisco, seward, sf, stern grove, sunset, taxi, taxicab, the city | 1 Comment

Taxi driving: conferences + tourists = seasonal demand

Posted on June 12, 2008 by kfarr

My shifts were busy and lucrative this past weekend. Two big conferences were in town: the Apple WWDC and some sort of diabetes convention. Two special events — the Haight Ashbury Street Fair and the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon — … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi, work | Tagged alcatraz, apple, ashbury, ball, bocce, boules, cab, cabbie, conference, demand, diabetes, driving, escape, fairs, France, french, haight, obama, pétanque, san francisco, sf, street, summer, taxi, taxicab, tourists, transit, triathlon, visitors, wwdc | Leave a comment

Driving: Lawyers, reporters and crackheads, oh my.

Posted on June 4, 2008 by kfarr

Sunday was a busy and good day, buoyed by City events and nice weather. Monday and Tuesday were a bit slow. As usual, I picked up a few lawyers going to or from work. (Work seems to always be the … Continue reading →

Posted in media, taxi, work | Tagged addict, bavc, bayvac, blog, blogging, ca, cab, cabbie, california, Canada, cocaine, com, crack, crackheads, cray, dot, driving, drug, drugs, internets, law, law school, lawyers, local, market, media, news, Philippines, reporters, reporting, san francisco, school, sf, soma, south, south of market, startup, taxi, taxicab, television, tender, tenderloin, tendersoma, tourism, tv | 3 Comments

Cab driving: earnings update

Posted on June 4, 2008 by kfarr

Time for an earnings update. My earnings floor — the lowest take-home pay I can expect — is increasing from the record lows of the winter. In other words, it’s rare this time of year to see a shift that … Continue reading →

Posted in econ, taxi, work | Tagged average, ca, cab, cabbie, california, cents, chart, cluster, dollars, driver, driving, earnings, euro, gas, gas prices, graph, historical, how, how much does a cab driver earn, inflation, many, mean, median, mode, money, much, pay, prices, san francisco, sf, shift, summer, take-home, taxi, taxicab, tourist | 2 Comments

Station Manager of 91.7 KALW San Francisco reaches out to listeners.

Posted on May 29, 2008 by kfarr

During my Tuesday shift I was pleasantly surprised to hear a radio station manager speaking directly to listeners for an extended period of time about the state of the station. In the past, I’ve heard station managers speak during pledge … Continue reading →

Posted in media | Tagged 88.5, 91.7, alternative, am, bbc, broadcast, coverage, events, fcc, fm, harry shearer, kalw, kqed, local, media, modulation, national, news, npr, public, public radio, radio, regulation, san francisco, service, sf, sfusd, views, world | Leave a comment

Muni strikes again.

Posted on May 29, 2008 by kfarr

I wouldn’t be doing my Civic Duty if I didn’t link to yet another Municide. This time the culprit was an articulated standard coach (non-trolleybus) 71-Haight/Noriega heading inbound on Market at 6th. A 77 year old female pedestrian was struck … Continue reading →

Posted in transit | Tagged articulated, bus, coach, crossing, death, double, general, haight, hit, island, line, lrt, market, muni, noriega, ped, pedestrian, safety, san francisco, sf, single, stop, street, strike, struck, transit, transportation, trolley, xing | Leave a comment

Working Memorial Day

Posted on May 28, 2008 by kfarr

I started 3am Memorial Day Monday. It was more like a Sunday than a Monday, with plenty of people still partying the night away. A friend sent me a tip that there was a big after party around 6th and … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi, work | Tagged bar, cab, club, dancing, day, drinking, driving, drunk, gay, memorial, orgies, orgy, partiers, party, pills, rushin', rushing, russian, san francisco, sf, shift, soma, taxi, taxicab, tourist, visitors | Leave a comment

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