I am really bad with time zones. Embarrassingly bad. I need to blame my passion for some of the confusion.
For example, I grabbed my German friend, Jens Bargmann on Skype, today and wanted to show him the latest version of our product. Jens - forever the perfect gentleman, was silent for a bit and then said, "I need to spend some time with my family...". I checked the time - it was 9.45pm Germany time. Was I embarrassed.
A few days earlier I had messed up again. I called up my colleague Dominik and was wondering why he did not pick up the phone after 2 rings(as he normally does). Dominik picked up the phone and answered in a sleepy voice - "Udayan it is midnight, here.. anything urgent?"
Its difficult. Especially as an entrepreneur you experience these surges of excitement and you need to share that with as many relevant people as possible. Time zones become secondary.
Jens and Dominik are both great friends. They know me and my crazy levels of optimism and excitement. They have been patient enough (-:
But all said and done.. time zones drive me nuts.
Cheers,
Udayan
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