Yearly Archives: 2008

Mission: Distraction

Vladville
on Mission: Distraction

Hey, everyone is entitled to be wrong… Having a job “on the Internet” can be particularly difficult because the source of distractions far outweighs the sources of inspiration and information, even when you have the work ethic not to follow … Continue reading

Evolution: Move over MSP, it’s the age of DSPs

Vladville
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Vista is a fiasco. Microsoft went from building software to building vapor clouds. Rampant speculation that Microsoft is doomed without leadership. The biggest spotlight is on a hyper-closed smartphone and online hangouts. And the front page of the Wall Street … Continue reading

Why is everyone so interested in my pocket?

Microsoft
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It seems like we can’t let a week go by without someone being interested in my pocket. What is even more surprising is that they all want it to be open. First the Android from Google promises the world to … Continue reading

We’ve never met, have we?

Awesome
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From the mailbag: “So is your blog just a collection of your innermost feelings you can’t say out loud in real life?” 🙂 Why yes, I’m generally shy and reserved in real life.

It’s not war, it’s just automation

Misc
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Why is it that we like to bitch and complain about the way things are but are completely unwilling to change our circumstances? If that’s not bad enough, why is it that so many people expect someone else to swoop … Continue reading

XP – Year later, same objections

Microsoft
on XP – Year later, same objections

This subject has been beaten into the ground and is still being brought up, day after day, one vendor after another just cannot stop selling the Windows XP heroin that the addicts are screaming they want at the door: So … Continue reading

Please blog more so we don’t have to learn…

System Admin
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Is it just me or has the age of RTFM, labs and testing passed away? This is perhaps one of the areas myself and another very well respected leader in the SMB IT space (not Susan) disagree the most – … Continue reading

The Sunshine State

Misc
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I thought long and hard whether to post this or not. It’s not for the faint of heart, even compared to the usual fun and gun quality of 3rd grade abomination of the English language you find on Vladville. Proceed … Continue reading

Password is password

SMB, System Admin
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Damn CPA’s getting pwn3d all over the place. For the billionth time, when working with someone in the Accounting industry remind them: “password” is not a good password. It doesn’t matter that you have an antivirus installed. Now back to … Continue reading

Patriotic Jackassery Starting To Sting

IT Business
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Once upon a time my greatest joy in Own Web Now was being able to pick up a paper and start pointing at businesses that are our clients. “We got their money, their money, oh their money, too.” There is … Continue reading