I got to thinking about this quote by Carol Reichel while I was in North Myrtle Beach, S.C., enjoying a rain delay to my vacation. The pause combined with the balanced perspective that a successful family vacation usually adds encouraged me to wax philosophically about a variety of technology-related topics. Goes by too fast .
Technology is a lot like a vacation.
Done right, you plan for it and imagine how it will be executed. The goal is to have improved in some way as a result of the experience. For a vacation, that improvement can be reconnecting with family, relaxing, and catching up on your reading. For technology projects, that improvement can be better information, understanding what makes your business and its people tick, or even learning from missteps. Most people approach time off with passion.