Re: what's up?

[Aaron Swartz <xx@aaronsw.com>]

no, you're right. i have not been doing a particularly good job
keeping up with people lately.

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Carl Malamud <xxxxxxx@media.org> wrote:
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> On Jan 27, 2009, at 11:05 AM, Aaron Swartz wrote:
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>> yes, apparently. not money issues, just personnel reshuffling
>>
>> who besides becky is talking to you about it? did my post get picked up
>> somewhere?
>>
>
> nope.  just becky ... she showed me the post.
>
> it would make this kind of a transition easier if you also let your people
> know, one-on-one, where they are ... "e.g., I have x months of money for
> you, this will not affect your work on the project, etc..."
>
> communication is, by far, the hardest part of leadership.  Group stuff is
> important and must be done, but I find the one-on-one to be far more
> important since at the day, life is all about people, not institutions.  :)
>
> Carl
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