I seem to be losing my sense of wonder

Yesterday I worked with my collegue, me at my desk near London, him in the Pennsylvania sunshine, producing code for a Texan university. We chatted, shared code, pushed updates to servers on two continents.

We were using technology that is according to Arthur C Clarke, magic in any previous human generation.

And I never even noticed.

Co-ordinating humans over vast distances is really no different to doing it in two adjacent rooms. Treat people as craftsmen doing a professional job, individuals capable of coming together for a shared vision, encouraged by peer accolade and pressure.

and don't forget to stop and smell the flowers once in a while. It's a wonderful life.