9.12.03

Kevin Kelly -- Cool Tools

Kevin Kelly -- Cool Tools: "Here are my recommendations for cool tools. I include books, gadgets, software, videos, maps, hardware, materials, websites or gear that are extraordinary, little-known, or reliably handy for an individual or small group. I depend on friends and readers to suggest things they actually use. Particularly welcomed are old items that you still dote on after years of use. "

Chatwin's Notebooks - Net obscuria

Moleskine notebooks - The History: "Moleskine is the legendary notebook that the European artists and intellectuals who made twentieth-century culture used: from Henri Matisse to the turn-of-the-century Parisian avant-garde, from Louis Férdinand Céline to Ernest Hemingway. Writer-traveler Bruce Chatwin picked up this tradition and made it famous."

3.12.03

3 Critical Competencies

E-Buzz 11/23-03 — In the Classroom: "When pressed to come up with a handful of competencies that might be important across industries and positions, McGrath cites three competencies in particular that she sees as frequent needs: managing paradox, building broad influence, and building perspective."