A hectic week back in Redmond

My team came here to Redmond to present our progress to out senior executives. The demos and presentations went very well and we came out with a lot of action items and go ahead to push harder and faster with our product ideas.

I have kept my car here so it was very nice to be able to drive myself and know the streets and not be confused. I was tired of sleeping in the hotels so I stayed at friend’s house. I have not been gone for long enough to truly appreciate being back.

Vaughn is applying for B-schools and writing his essays. He had sent them to me to review a few weeks a go but in the frenzy of activities before coming to Redmond I had not been able to read them. Now giving him feedback at the late minute in the game was very hard for him to accept and incorporate. I felt very bad for not being there when he needed me. This for sure will happen to me as well: Out of sight out of mind. It is pretty inevitable. I am going to sign up for a Vonage account so that I can get a US phone number and forward that to my phone in China. This will hopefully make it easier for people to call me and forces me to call people 500 minutes a month. ;-)