Monthly Archives: December 2007

Comment restrictions removed

Vladville
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I’ve temporarily removed blog comment restrictions, it’s a free-for-all. I figure the next thing I post here will prompt a lot of you to say something so I’m making it easy. Stand by…

I will never, ever, ever do that.

IT Business
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Those lies would make me a great spiritual leader or politician. Mostly because for those roles, the preconceived assumption or fact (depending on who you ask) is that things are now the same way they have always been and always … Continue reading

We Weed You A Merry Christmas

IT Business, Vladville
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On the drive to work today, things were quickly approaching zero. My laptop battery, Florida temperature and of course Katie’s gasoline bar.  Time to make a quick call: be stuck on the side of I4 for over an hour during … Continue reading

Making blogs look better on Windows Mobile

WordPress
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As I continue to tweak Vladville to fit in better with the upcoming Thieving Weasel framework, I decided to put in a little bit of work to make Vladville easier to navigate on Windows Mobile devices. Pulling up Vladville on … Continue reading

The ant and the grasshopper of the networking world

IT Culture
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I have a little Microsoft Partner fable I’d like to share with you: In a Microsoft TS2 event one summer’s day a grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart’s content at the free soda line chatting up … Continue reading

Backing up Windows Home Server away from Home

Windows Home Server
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Now that most of the home data is sitting safely on the Windows Home Server it’s time to think backup strategy. It’s called a strategy for a reason – disaster is not something you want to experience but it’s an … Continue reading

Building the Windows Home Server

Windows Home Server
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Many of you wrote in (vlad@vladville.com) with questions about the home server hardware I chose after my last Windows Home Server post. Terry Walsh also discussed moving his home server around and the Windows Home Server Blog recently talked about … Continue reading

Twitter, Explained

IT Business, IT Culture, Web 2.0
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Sometimes it takes me a while to figure out the value in certain things. I’m so inundated with stuff that I almost subscribe to the mantra that everything is crap until it proves otherwise. I remember that, after giving Twitter a … Continue reading

How can you get people to read your corporate blog?

IT Business, IT Culture, SMB, Web 2.0
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Got this one in the email today: Hi Vlad, Love your blog! I don’t believe in the community stuff but you always brighten up my day and I would appreciate your advice. I started a blog for my business but … Continue reading

Communications Server: Please don’t take it personal

Friends, IT Business
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Last weekend we rolled out Office Communications server to go along with our existing Exchange 2007 and SharePoint infrastructure. What an awesome, awesome product. Unfortunately, bringing in IM on a wide-scale like this to the entire company calls for some … Continue reading