Yearly Archives: 2008

Being Vlad Mazek

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One of the readers emailed (vlad@vladville.com btw) to ask what it’s really like to be Vlad Mazek. Surely the post about working long hours can’t be real because nobody would believe that someone in my role would work that hard. … Continue reading

There are no rewards for just doing your job

IT Business
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Yesterday was a slow day, with all the 1st of the month stuff wrapped up people tend to sit back, refocus, adjust their appointments and plan for the week ahead so Monday morning doesn’t start on a bad note. It’s … Continue reading

Lucy’s Sail: Shockey Monkey Forever

Shockey Monkey
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After over two years in production, design and testing… The “When it’s done” just became “Done.“ v2 has been in use at Own Web Now for a while and the underlying framework is being used to power all our upcoming … Continue reading

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