The problem with Xplendi was that small instructions never stayed small.
A sentence became a note.
A note became a habit.
A habit became a dashboard line.
A dashboard line became something finance said with a straight face.
This morning, that chain had wrapped itself around the shared checklist.
Yang Ruoqian looked at the chain.
Then he looked at the system panel, which was pretending not to enjoy itself.
Pretending was also one of its talents.
At nine-ten, finance sent a screenshot to the meeting room display.
Yang immediately disliked the font.
The font was clear.
Clear fonts were accomplices.
In the middle of the screenshot sat the shared checklist.
"This was not approved as a product," he said.
"It is not a product," finance said.
"Then why does it have users?"
"Because people can read it."
Yang considered banning reading.
He decided the human resources department would ask too many questions.
