^{Democracy & Technology Blog} Dueling Starbucks Workstations

BEIJING
John Rutledge showed you his “workstation” at the Starbucks just down the drive where we’ve been downing espresso and getting work done. Here’s my office:

The famous Starbucks music mix is pleasant — the first few times around. Now it is burned on my brain, and everytime I hear those adult contemporary and light rock songs, I’m sure I will think of cosmopolitan Beijing.
Here’s the view just outside our “office.”

Not quite Chairman Mao’s Beijing, is it?
-Bret Swanson