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"OPALescence 2009"
  • OPALescence 2009
  • Robin Hastings
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"Photo by Cliff Landis"
  • Photo by Cliff Landis
  • Hand model: Cliff Landis
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"Distance"
  • Distance
    • Next room over – or across the globe
    • Distributed computing
  • Time-shifting (asynchronicity)
    • Everyone works on their own time zone
    • Common platforms
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"Calendars"
  • Calendars
  • Networking Sites
  • Bookmarking
  • Groupware
  • Wikis
  • Documents
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"All tools/platforms mentioned work on..."
  • All tools/platforms mentioned work on some sort of “cloud” computing
  • Cloud – network of computers that serve as storage (among other things) for online services
  • Why?
    • No single point of failure
    • Accessible anywhere you can access Internet
    • Big brains working on security issues…
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