Careers: A self-described Dilbertesque Pointy-haired boss writes in to Advice Line seeking perspective on a common management dilemma — having to supervise one employee while still managing to complete his own ‘real work.’ Bob Lewis cuts to the point: “Even when you have too little time, you still have to decide where to invest it.” Figuring that out, though, isn’t so easy. Best of the blogs: The only thing that Matt Asay does not find interesting about IBM’s social networking intentions for Lotus Notes is the foundational technology. “If you’ve ever used Lotus Notes, you’ll understand what I’m talking about. It’s as old and creaky as IBM,” he writes in IBM makes kid software for grownups. But as is the case with Big Blue’s competitors, Mr. Asay asserts, “you’re out of luck if you just want a little piece of the grand vision.” Video: Linux creator Linus Torvalds speaks with Computerworld Australia at the Linux.Conf.AU.07 in Sydney, about his role in Linux today. “I concentrate on the technology and the vendors do the support that I would be horrible at,” Torvalds explains. Watch the interview. The news beat: Microsoft makes available its AJAX tool, formerly known as Atlas, which it describes as a free framework for building interactive Web experiences. Both Microsoft and OpenOffice.org release toolkits pushing their document file formats and, thus, their respective suites. And Sun Microsystems returns to quarterly profitability after more than a year in the red. Technology Industry