Monthly Archives: January 2008

Kicking Myself

Vladville
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I seem to be doing a lot of that lately. I still haven’t read Erick’s book but if you’d like a preview of it, get that podcast and the book. Kicking myself about that one because its picking up a … Continue reading

Marketing, Ahead or Behind?

IT Business
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This weeks Businessweek (page 17) is asserting that China must be over because there are so many books written about the bull market there. Apparently, a hot book trend is a signal of a “soon-to-burst bubble” or so they say. … Continue reading

Bored? Learn to Pimp!

Friends
on Bored? Learn to Pimp!

Erick Simpson Conference CallFirst 20 get a free cane and a foam pimp hat. Learn how to sell managed services from the guy that not only sold it to his clients but a bunch of my clients as well. Date … Continue reading

Two business nonsense realities

IT Business
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Just because a project doesn’t make money does not make it an unprofitable project (especially if a project is a part of an overall marketing approach) Just because you made money on something does not make it a business or … Continue reading

Funny stuff in Las Vegas

Microsoft, Misc, Windows Home Server
on Funny stuff in Las Vegas

One thing that I find impressive about Las Vegas is that every time I go back it seems to be a different city. The expansion and buildout is just incredible. People change too. A few years ago you would walk … Continue reading

Brief Moments of Silence

Vladville
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On my way back to Orlando, gotta love free wifi and the new terminal at Las Vegas McCarran. As you may have read, I’ve been without net access for a few days. And without caffeine. And in Las Vegas during the biggest … Continue reading

Bloggers Remorse & Apologies

IT Culture
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The other day someone asked me a question that I didn’t have an immediate response for (yes, it finally happened) and I’ve been weighing it for a few days. Here it is: Do you ever have a case of bloggers … Continue reading

The Dip for IT Administrators – The Power of my Delete Key

IT Business
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Seth Godin is a famous writer behind many (damn near works of art) books on marketing, and one of his latest books, which you can read in an hour, is The Dip. Phenomenal book, get it. One of Seth’s things … Continue reading

MGM in Vegas: Grand disappointment for the business traveler

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In my many business and fun trips to Vegas I’ve had the pleasure of staying at nearly everything the strip has to offer, once even booking a stay at Excalibur on a two day notice. I have to say that … Continue reading

Can we fix these bugs in Annoyarizer?

ExchangeDefender
on Can we fix these bugs in Annoyarizer?

It’s after midnight, I’m on my way to Vegas and I can’t sleep. Bugfix time. So I IM “the coder” and ask if we can work on some bugs in ExchangeDefender SpamMon. Then I dragged a zipped solution over to … Continue reading