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January 15, 2005

Delicious Monster and their virtual office

I got my dad a copy of Delicious Library for Christmas. It's a real cool program that lets you catalog your books, films, and whatever else by scanning its barcode. It goes out and gets all the data it needs from Amazon and elsewhere. Apparently the next version will be able to share libraries between friends, so my dad and I can browse each other's libraries whenever we want.

Anyway, turns out the guys who built the program use a coffee shop in Seattle as an office. They pipe into the wireless Internet connection, suck down caffeine, and network with each other using Rendezvous.

I can see this becoming more and more prevalent as time goes on; if you're some start-up of smart cats with laptops, why spend the money on rent when you don't have to? Of course, it all depends on what your business is selling; ephemeral computer data tends to lend itself to a virtual office more than, say, selling shoes.

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On January 15, 2005 4:49 PM, lillerant said:

Holy Christ that thing rocks! With organizational powers like that, I'm almost tempted to shell out for the Mac Mini...

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On January 15, 2005 5:17 PM, Warren Frey said:

Yeah, it's pretty damn cool. My dad has a HUGE library of books, and though I've pared down, I'm no slouch myself. It makes organizing your stuff fun, much as it buurrnnnnssss usssss to say it.

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