Monthly Archives: July 2008

By George, I think Dell’s got it

IT Business
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For years Dell lead the way of ugly PC manufacturing. Their claim to fame has been the cheapest and most generic PC on the planet, delivered to your doorstep in any variation of ugly you want. Beige, duotone silver, black … Continue reading

Focus vs. Passion

IT Culture
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It wasn’t too long ago that I felt it was my obligation to get into the public brawls with my peers over what was right and wrong, all while my friends tried to pull me back and tell me it’s … Continue reading

Shaking The Money Tree

IT Business
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There are parts of business I truly hate, one of those being collecting money. Yeah, I know, as a CEO I’m supposed to be taking the balance of accounts receivable every month and exchanging it for quarters and nickels and … Continue reading

State of OWN

IT Business
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Summer months tend to be dead for us, and with the tougher economy out there I’m checking our KPI’s every day to see dip in either services or subscriptions. As bad as things seem, we going to have our strongest … Continue reading

iPhone 3G Battery Optimization

iPhone
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Apple has some awesome videos teaching you how to get the most out of your Apple gear. As even Steven Ballmer noticed, Apple is spectacular at defining a narrow feature set and providing a great user experience. But let’s face … Continue reading

Mojave Grumbling

Microsoft
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I know that this is the last place you’d expect to hear this, but we should cut Microsoft some slack. When it comes to advertising that is. I am hearing a ton of grumbling about the recent marketing efforts and … Continue reading

You’ve never been in data center ops if..

IT Business
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You have never been in charge of data center ops if you have never turned to your staff and said: “Can we just burn all this s#it and start over?” What a messed up day. Everything crashed today. Including a … Continue reading

The real reason I dropped Windows Mobile and why you should too

Apple
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Last week I switched my mobile platform from Windows Mobile to iPhone. I have written some fairly nasty things about iPhone and still stand by many of those statements. I will write about this at some length because as far … Continue reading

Exchange 2007 and E-mail Rules Limits

Exchange
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Back in Exchange 2003 times the most frequent complaint users had with Exchange was the 32kb quota on e-mail rules. Even casual users would hit this limit as they tried to organize their Inbox and Microsoft listened to the feedback. … Continue reading

Welcome to the Web 2.0

Vladville
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On tangent to the previous blog posts about V vs. V, what happens when vendors cannot communicate with other vendors? I just went through my “community” mailbox (vlad@vladville.com) and cleared out a few of the usual slimy vendor whoring requests. … Continue reading