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Remote Access dual-boot - it can be done!

Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:19 AM EST

Just imagine that you have a dual-boot system, say at home, and want to access it remotely over the Internet and also want to be able to switch between the two operating systems.

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technology, apple, microsoft, windows, mac, dual-boot, live-mesh, gotomypc, ireboot

Discipline and the Bloggers Opportunity

Seeded on Sun Nov 15, 2009 10:18 AM EST (chrisbrogan.com)

Seeded by Synthesis

It's 4:46AM as I write this. I'm en route to two events today, one in the north of the country and the other at the southern tip. In the middle, I've got work to do on planes that might be cramped.

technology, blogging, social-media, thought-leadership, discpline

Web 2.0 and the Workplace of Tomorrow - Revisited

Tue Nov 3, 2009 10:23 PM EST

By Synthesis

In 2007, I was commissioned by a Fortune 100 company to perform an analysis of their company's operations and suggest means by which they could become leaner and more efficient.

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technology, web-2-0, high-performance-teaming, newsvine, flat-organization, social-networking, virtual-teaming, conflict-resolution, crowdsourcing, what-was-i-thinking

I Want to Have Twins Just to Get Them These T-Shirts

Seeded on Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:25 PM EDT (Gizmodo)

Seeded by Dennis M Wright

It's visual - follow the link.

technology

Facebook offers virtual memorials

Seeded on Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:04 AM EDT (BBC News)

Seeded by Dennis M Wright

Facebook has announced that it will be giving friends and family the option to "memorialise" the profiles of members who have died.

technology

Tedd Riggs, Infamous 'Spam Killer' for Newsvine and RAV Winner is Alive and Well

Fri Oct 16, 2009 2:02 AM EDT

By Robert Blevins - AB of Seattle

Tedd Riggs, a guy who spent so much time reporting spam for Newsvine that he became an institution here, is alive and well. His tireless efforts resulted in a Random Act of Vineness award from Newsvine.

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riggs, tedd-riggs, newsvine-spam-killer, spam-killer

A vision for multi-touch on the desktop that actually works

Seeded on Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:53 AM EDT (10gui.com)

Seeded by Dennis M Wright

The video explains the concept far better than any words. This vision examines the problems with the current mouse based user interface, why early attempts with touch and multi-touch screens have failed and derives a vision for a system that works.

technology

A trillion triangles: New computer methods reveal secrets of ancient math problem

Seeded on Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:01 AM EDT (PhysOrg.com)

Seeded by Synthesis (Clipped by Synthesis)

Mathematicians from North America, Europe, Australia, and South America have resolved the first one trillion cases of an ancient mathematics problem. The advance was made possible by a clever technique for multiplying large numbers.

science, ancient-math, math-problems, university-of-waterloo

Your Google docs: Soon in search results?

Seeded on Tue Sep 22, 2009 10:52 AM EDT (CNET.com)

Seeded by Synthesis (Clipped by Synthesis)

Users of Google Docs and Spreadsheets accustomed to publicly publishing their documents might want to rethink exactly how publicly available they want to them to be. Google on Thursday wrote in a blog post that "in about two weeks, we will be launching a change for published doc …

technology, google, google-docs, google-spreadsheets