Yep. I grew up on Long Island and my first experience with NYC was Penn Station. Miserable. Now I live in Westchester and go through Grand Central, where you know the track, the train is there, and the train doors are open 20 minutes before it is scheduled to leave. So much nicer!

The layout and lack of tracks. I grew up on Long Island and for many years penn station was my only experience with a major metro commuter train station. so I kind of thought the crammed in feeling feeling crushed was just the way it was. Now I live in Westchester and on metro north trains, the train doors open 20…

I can't comment on French trains- the biggest stations I was on we're Rome, Florence, and Amsterdam. All were very comfortable. The only surprise for me was that two of them weren't handicap accessible- no ramps at all... But that's a different conversation.

it's not the lack of stairs and escalators but a lack of platforms. Grand Central handles close to the same amount of people as Penn Station does. And if the train goes into the lower level of GCT, there are one set of stairs that goes to the main concourse (I am not including grand central north). And it is crowded,…

But that is because as of right now, Google's hardware is a cellphone which is entry into the android platform. With that they get a share of every purchase in the Google Play store, which is pretty deep right now... so they can afford to lose money on the phone itself. Since Google Glass is such a new thing, even…

I have been to European train stations too... while yes, you do need to wait for a train until 5 mins before you leave.. you aren't crammed in a lobby area to do so- the waiting areas are pretty comfortable with benches and such. Also, if you know you have 20 mins before your train arrives, you can go back outside,…

I've been on the trains in Europe... there was never the mad rush and crammed in feeling in any station I've been to like there is in Penn Station. European train stations were way more comfortable and open.

You really think any consumer release would have been ~$300? Even a mid-level cellphone off contract is around $550. And that's including the fact that cellphones have been out for years and are near commodity status. This is a brand new category of devices... it would have probably been about $750 on the consumer…

When you compare Penn Station to any other major train terminal in the world- at least in the "1st world" cities- Penn Station is awful in terms of functionality. The fact that there aren't enough tracks for LIRR so you see a ginormous crowd standing around a giant board waiting to see what track their train will…

You know, if they can get the price down to, say, $300, it would do so much better. Because then you are at a price level where consumers aren't committing it to be a part of their everyday life, but be something to use in special cases.

There are actually two ways to get at least partially across town on 42nd- the 7 train and the Shuttle.

That's really cool! I wonder if it would be possible to change to stand to be a folding kickstand sort of deal? If so this would make an amazing portable monitor for a laptop. I know it is a fully functional computer the way it is now, but how cool would it be to sit in a coffee shop or library with an old school…

I know. But it won't be nearly as seamless looking. Considering this would seem like a pretty common use-case, would be nice if it is was built in, or available as an upgrade.

Wow really cool. It's too bad they couldn't make a version with a tv tuner in it... this seems like the perfect start for an htpc

Oh man- is the Aladdin the same as the game for SNES? I remember that game being so easy EXCEPT for that damn avoiding the lava on the magic carpet level

Kate, in the future when you post about New York, clarify between city and state? I live in New York State and this law seems to only in New York City so doesn't affect me. Wouldn't know that from this post.

Yep, and the ability to parse through really cryptic and bad documentation. I still love this one...

Something else missed in the article and the comments is to think about the future. When in college and you write a program for a homework assignment, it can be as messy as you want because you'll never look at it again once it is submitted.

too late :-(

unless you live/work in NYC... Amazon Prime Now ftw! They just added my work zip code (10036) yesterday. Just remember to include a roll of wrapping paper in the order