Rosetta Financials is taking off! I'm still reeling from the life it's taken on. I can only attribute it to a powerful network of brilliant minds. It has gone from an epiphany at my dining room table to being translated for European use in a mere 4 months. Not long ago, that would have taken months, maybe years, of lengthy discussions, complicated programming, mile long charts and graphs, weekly trips to exotic places like Hackensack, and large teams of specialists.

I can't say I miss a lot of the development stage except the teams of people.
That was the part I loved! There's nothing so fun or stimulating as a brainstorming session where the most outlandish ideas become a trail that becomes a product. While virtual meetings are easier to organize and attend, there are hidden rules and restrictions to the spontaneity that a live session doesn't have. You are certainly not going to get sprayed by coffee from someone laughing too hard.

Communication specialists say that the majority of our interactions are non-verbal. So I wonder what we miss and what we gain as our interactions become more virtual, more internet based, and less in-person.