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gearlog.com - 11/18/2008

Telecommuters No More; Now We're "Cloudworkers"

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Last month, Plantronics held a contest called TeleWho? , "to coin a new, more accurate and relevant term for professionals who work beyond the office." The winner: Cloudworker , sent in by Venkatesh Rao of Ribbonfarm.com . Even though it sounds like Lobot's job on Bespin (he worked for ...

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Here come the cloudworkers
jkOnTheRun — ... companies probably call yourselves teleworkers.  That term has been the de facto standard for almost as long as there have been workers at home.  That and telecommuter.  Not anymore, those are too old school.  The proliferation of cloud computing has seen the birth of the term "cloudworkers".  You know, you folks who keep your head in the clouds while pretending to work at your computer at home.  Sounds kind of new-age, doesn't it? (via Gearlog) ...