From the feature well: Compiling a list of the all-time dumbest moves he’s seen users make, Oliver Rist is on the prowl for more. Accepted contributions will earn you a snazzy InfoWorld backpack loaded with at least one surprise so secret even Rist himself has yet to be told. I imagine the comments section for this post will be juicier even than the potshots Rist takes at other InfoWorld columnists in this post. Columnists’ corner: Serving as a systems analyst for a Fortune 500 company might seem glorious, but there are some downsides. The expectation that you’ll work 12 hour days that actually start the night before your first day on the job and a boss who gets on your case for being 15 minutes late that first official day, for instance, and being given a pager that gets abused just so said boss can be sure you actually carry it everywhere. Oh, but it gets worse. Our IT Off the Record author chronicles being tracked down at a campground and told to return to work — on his honeymoon. Best of the blogs: Jon Udell shares some encouraging news about controlling our data and examines offerings from a pair of vendors. “In different ways, Root and Sxip are exploring how to build businesses around that idea. Whatever the outcomes, we are bound to learn important lessons,” Udell explains. Hardware: Following up on our review of Sun’s Ultra 20, Paul Venezia props up the hood of the new Ultra 40 and takes a look inside. “A workstation is like buying a house. You hem and haw about similar things, but once the decision is made, it takes significant time to feel at home, not to mention the whole moving process,” he writes. Venezia adds that the Ultra 40 includes just about every high-end component out there and, despite a few quibbles, calls it “the workstation that others will covet, except maybe those with brand-spanking new quad G5s.” Technology Industry