Month: March 2013

  • Allergic To Humans

    Sometime ago, I was in a meeting where one of the engineers asked the sales manager whether there was an update from a prospective customer.  This question of curiosity was met with ferocious opposition as the sales manager launched into a tirade about how we’re not just going to go after any customer but we’re going to…

  • The Asymmetry of Importance

    In California, I started going to a barber near our office on a regular basis instead of finding some cheap place to get a haircut.  So each time I went, it was with the same barber and not the usual stranger hacking at my head. So, at each haircut, I remembered the barber and our…