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[ARTICLE] Telecommuting to a brave new world: the rise of virtual jobs |
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Torley Linden
Enlightenment!
Join date: 15 Sep 2004
Posts: 16,530
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11-01-2005 15:55
"Telecommuting to a brave new world: the rise of virtual jobs" by Peter Svensson in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
CHARTREUSE REGION, Second Life -- Kasi Nafus' clothing store has bucolic surroundings. There's a maple tree in fall colors outside, right across a brook. A little further away, a zebra munches on a bush. If the customers arrive by foot, they have to wade through the brook. They don't really mind, though. The water is not, in fact, real. Nor is Nafus' clothing store. They only exist as three-dimensional representations in a virtual world called Second Life. _____________________
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Torrid Midnight
Work in progress
Join date: 13 May 2003
Posts: 814
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11-01-2005 16:05
Yay!! Congrats Neph!<3 It's a good article.
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Aimee Weber
The one on the right
Join date: 30 Jan 2004
Posts: 4,286
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11-01-2005 16:12
Congrats Neph!!
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Nephilaine Protagonist
PixelSlinger
Join date: 22 Jul 2003
Posts: 1,693
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11-01-2005 16:14
TY! I met the author of the article at the convention, he was a lot of fun to talk to. Very nice fellow.
I also love how they listed the location: CHARTREUSE REGION, Second Life -- YAY SL!!!  (also: the zebra munching on the bush was a gift from starax. <3 ) _____________________
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Csven Concord
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Join date: 19 Mar 2005
Posts: 1,015
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11-01-2005 18:11
Thanks for the link.
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Enabran Templar
Capitalist Pig
Join date: 26 Aug 2004
Posts: 4,506
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11-01-2005 18:16
Wow. SL is getting a metric assload of press lately. What's the deal?
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Cocoanut Koala
Coco's Cottages
Join date: 7 Feb 2005
Posts: 7,903
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11-01-2005 18:22
Equivalent to the South Pacific Island of Tuvalu?
It's kind of weird to think we're spending the same amount on all our virtual lives as a whole island of people is on eating, sleeping, living, EVERYTHING. coco _____________________
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Satchmo Prototype
eSheep
Join date: 26 Aug 2004
Posts: 1,323
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11-01-2005 20:25
Awesome, congrats Neph.
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Burke Prefect
Cafe Owner, Superhero
Join date: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 2,785
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11-01-2005 20:31
Wow. SL is getting a metric assload of press lately. What's the deal? What? Oh, METRIC, yeah. sounds about right. I need to post my virtual resume. |
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Launa Fauna
Dork
Join date: 31 Aug 2003
Posts: 529
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11-01-2005 21:37
wooo yay Nephy!
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Tateru Nino
Girl Genius
Join date: 13 Sep 2005
Posts: 312
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11-01-2005 22:23
Congrats, Neph!
Oh, Enabran? I've lost my conversion table. What's the conversion between a metric assload and an imperial assload? _____________________
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Malachi Petunia
Gentle Miscreant
Join date: 21 Sep 2003
Posts: 3,414
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11-01-2005 23:27
Wow. SL is getting a metric assload of press lately. What's the deal? As for Nephaline, it couldn't happen to a nicer person; for LL - unfortunately - it could not come at a much worse time. _____________________
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