the transmission of ideas & enthusiasm . . .

this week we had a nice casual visit in berner oberland tuna town from uli & lutz from berlin. the weather was pleasant, so we went for a ride on the paddle steamer blümlialp (which is over 100 years old now, but in wonderful restored condition). good friends | summer weather | beautiful scenery

yet the most important part of the experience were the conversations about ideas, which made me ° think again about the quote from the late president of | IBM |
international business machines, thomas j. watson jr.:

the great accomplishments of man
have resulted from the transmission
of ideas and enthusiasm . . .

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good design is good business . . .

international business machines president thomas j. watson jr.,
at the university of pennsylvania, in 1973

° thomas j. watson jr. | * january 14, 1914 † december 31, 1993 |

1952–71: president of international business machines | IBM |
1964–68: president of the boy scouts of america
1979–81: united states ambassador to the soviet union

° thomas j. watson jr. was born in dayton, ohio, in 1914;
serendipitously, matthew burger grew up in dayton ohio . . .

° think . . . !