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In a friends-locked post recently, one of my friends discussed how people don't actually read what you write, but instead construct a virtual text from your title, a few fragments, and their own preconceptions.

A few minutes ago I realized something analogous happens when people don't hear what you say. It's all the worse when what you say isn't a very accurate reflection of the thoughts inside your head. And worse still when your primary focus is being witty, not transferring information.

I care very deeply about her. However, I find it very difficult to articulate that feeling to others. Not to her, fortunately, and that's reassuring. But it never comes out right when I try to explain it to anyone else.

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Unrelated to that I had a (rather constructive and informative) rant building but it would have been better if I had had it about 48 hours ago so I could have presented it in a meeting. Perhaps it's more of a disquisition than a rant.

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I've come to believe that this whole "learning" ting, which can be about academic lessons, or from social conversations, is trickier than I had previously thought.

Yeah, it also seems that sales and marketing needs to work this way.

Apropos of a conversation we had at P. F. Chang's, here's the link to the writeup of the brown rice sushi place I mentioned:

Homma's Brown Rice Sushi, Palo Alto, CA:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/r_ness/7246.html