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Virtual work at Sun Microsystems is a Wonderland

by @ Friday, November 16th, 2007. Filed under New Paradigms, Open Source, YukYuks

It was the spring of 2006 when The Portable Consultant first posted comments here about Second Life’s virtual world.
That was a playground (umm… for adults, you know - like Vegas).
Now we can go to work in a similar environment.
Sun has recently set up a virtual world for its teleworkers, very much like Second Life.
…and they […]

You’re more famous than you think when you check the sponsored link!

by @ Wednesday, November 14th, 2007. Filed under Search Engines, YukYuks

Feeling unappreciated? …or just unknown?
Try searching on your name and take note of the sponsored links!
Sponsored links based on your search keywords can turn anyone, or any thing, into a hot web commodity.
Cheers,
-pmh
ps: These are from SurfWax.com, a useful meta search engine.
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Dell goes virtual… users go broke?

by @ Wednesday, August 8th, 2007. Filed under New Paradigms, YukYuks

The Portable Consultant just read about Dell’s plans to increase support for virtualization in their PCs.
The article is another case of technology overtaking common sense. While virtualization is indeed a great tool, for certain jobs and in certain situations, the article’s description of users running multiple operating systems sounds like the kind of fantasy usually […]

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