It ain't what you don't know: it turns out that the millennium is not. So much for our love affair with 'facts.' (astronomical clock may differ)(Front Line)

Article Abstract:

The 1997 calendar of the western world points to the fact of the millennium's arrival in 2.5 more years. However John Mosley, an astronomer at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, CA thinks that calculations based on Jesus' birth makes the calendar year 2000, factually a little late.

Analysis, Millennium, Jesus Christ, Calendars, Chronology, Historical, Calendar

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The virtual water cooler: today's technology is redefining what is meant be be 'at work.' (telecommuting)

Article Abstract:

Telecommuting and the virtual office is a new reality that offers many benefits to both employee and employer. However it is meeting with some resistance from both sides. Suggestions on how problems, psychological, and in logistics, can be addressed, are presented.

Management, Telecommuting, Home offices

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Brave new world

Article Abstract:

The goal of researchers at MIT's Media Lab is to create technology that is easy to use, even for people with no computer experience. Founder Nicholas Negroponte believes that services that personalize knowledge will be an important field in the future.

Research, Forecasts and trends, Information technology, Interview, Negroponte, Nicholas P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory

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