Monthly Archives: February 2008

Yay, Florida!

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Just when you’re about to question whether humanity would be better off if Florida burned and sunk into the ocean, few good stories make me feel like we aren’t about to fall back into the stone age. First, the Florida … Continue reading

Distance From The Herd

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Earlier tonight I was chatting with a friend of mine and we were comparing and contrasting some of the truly ridiculous individuals in our business. Such total outright whores that pretend to be one thing but the money trail reveals … Continue reading

Where is the buzz and why (or why not)?

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on Where is the buzz and why (or why not)?

Over the past two years all the buzz in the SMB has been about conferences, new products, managed services. This year, not so much. Few folks have covered their intentions to hit the NOLA conference, which would be the only one I … Continue reading

Vlad(tm) PR shuffling

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I need to adjust my public contact information ahead of some very important releases, both commercial and philanthropic. In a nutshell I want to make myself a little more available and offer a guaranteed response. So here we go: Public … Continue reading

Make it easy for people to pay attention to you

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Marketing oneself is a very suttle thing. You don’t need to wear a striped suit with question marks all over it and yell at the TV for people to pay attention to you. You don’t even need to read every … Continue reading

Fired from Yahoo UI? I want you.

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Fired from Yahoo!? Looks like the entire Yahoo Design Team is gone! If that includes you and you have familiarity with jQuery and ExtJS I’d like to talk to you. Please let me know if you’re looking for a job … Continue reading

Monkey in the land of Not So Free

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on Monkey in the land of Not So Free

Today is a bittersweet day at Casa de Vlad. On one hand, I am stoked that yet another product of mine is going worldwide as a commercial success. On the other hand, it’s deployment is guided by a political/trade compromise … Continue reading

Hackintosh upgrade to Mac OSX 10.5.2

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The other day Apple pushed up the 10.5.2 upgrade, which meant another exciting day of hacking around the Mac to figure out how it works. I’ve blogged about building the hackintosh, upgrading it to 10.5.1, and here is how you … Continue reading

Where does determination go?

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on Where does determination go?

Last Friday I recorded a podcast on motivation and forcing yourself to get stuff done. Unless you’re a totally disaffected screwup, self-motivation is easy. The reality of the situation is that even though it takes only takes you to motivate … Continue reading

When the bad days just don’t stop

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Ever feel like you’re at the odds with the world and your streak of bad luck just doesn’t seem like it’s ever going to end? Tough day? Feeling bad for yourself? Well, get over it. No matter how bad your … Continue reading