Personal Musings

I remind myself wineries and olive making farms have been doing this for a long time, and some pay a hefty price and wait for a long time to visit mythical factories like Porsche or Ferrari. So how different is this really, and though I doubt how much brand building for Portugal and for the visited factories this really amounts to, in this new era of so many different types of tourism, what is wrong with industrial tourism?

The presentation starts, a story anchored in process unravels, slide three of a compacted 10 slide presentation starts a conversation that keeps treading away into no man’s land like Alice in Wonderland, soon enough most of them go to the last two pages looking for a conclusion, which is not to-the-point as they expected. The poor presenter in the room, after receiving direction and rehearsing his presentation in detail feels powerless and frustrated. Sounds familiar?

This is precious, and rare, this is not a granted reality to many people, for a number of reasons, though we all deserve it. When we sit, touch each other as we access the levels we are invited into, share the journey of what is going on, experience the art of listening and speaking, it is truly special. But I also value these sort of passing by, next level, light, touch and go moments that tell us we are not alone, beyond friends and family, there are others we grant access to our nest level, and they do the same, even if for a brief glimpse.

For this poke my friend sent my way, I’d say I am more in the camp of asking the questions. As I age and supposedly know more, I find myself questioning what I know, the answers I have. I still talk too much, and may come across as someone that does have an answer for everything, but I aspire to be a question asking reflecting person.

We are all learning to prompt interfaces that will do the dirty work behind, connecting more and more touch points and interfacing with all the stations between us and the destination we asked for, all of it under the concept of simplicity, all access touch-less and friction-less. I think about Ruby again, her choices seem to fall under the “make it hard, make it slow, make it alone”, and I wonder what is the right design direction for such a lifestyle, for such a mindset.

The music changes, no one is looking at the TV anymore, we become the life of the party. No one else does the same, and thy all has swimsuits. We dance, celebrate, drink the champagne, and laugh out loud, on our swimsuits on the 31st of December in Seattle.

I am aware of the online dumping of stuff no one really cares about. I am doing this for me, trying to test my level of resilience, not really trying to prove anything, except that I can. If you are reading this, you probably landed here by chance, welcome. I do appreciate feedback, so feel free.