# 01 May 2008, 07:55AM: Designed For Me:
The Crooked Timber folks talking about the skill of management.
One point in that discussion: communication of academic concepts to non-academics requires serious empathy. Gotta work on that. In fact, gotta work on my presentation in defense of my master's thesis, which is this Saturday around 11 am.
# 01 May 2008, 05:02PM: Musings:
On a colleague sitting alone in a conference room with low lighting, sternly focused on his laptop screen: "He looks so hard-core in there. Like he's checking checkboxes in a web app to decide who to kill."
# (1) 01 May 2008, 09:41PM: Sportswomanship:
Just the facts, mostly; more facts and story. There's a parable here, along the lines of the story of walking with Jesus and leaving footsteps on the sand.