And the Internet hasn't cut down the need for travel either. If anything, the fact that the Internet has leveled the economic playing field around the world and that it's driving huge investment in developing areas -- Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America -- means that you have to travel more. Two-thirds of our business used to be in the North America. Now less than half of our business is in North America, and more than one-third is in Asia.
True, we get data faster than my father did -- but my father would have said that about my grandfather, and my grandfather would have said that about my great-grandfather, and so on. That's an evolutionary change --
Wait a second. You're wearing an email pager, which your father's CEO never did. How many times has that device gone off since we started this interview?
Three. I've resisted looking at my email to see how important it is. I decided to practice patience and to show you that I have the willpower to get through an entire interview without peeking.
Cheryl Dahle (cdahle@fastcompany.com) is a Fast Company senior writer. Visit Intel on the Web (www.intel.com).
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