Yearly Archives: 2008

Corporate Democracy is a Myth

Vladville
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Reprinted without permission from The Icahn Report, it’s that important that you read it as big or as small as you are as a CEO. The truth of the matter is, once you go public it’s no longer your company, … Continue reading

Here you go..

System Admin
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For quite some time we in the IT industry have enjoyed a great reputation as problem solvers, designers, creators, architects of peoples IT dreams, if you will. It’s not an easy job, it’s not a low skills job and you … Continue reading

Firefox 3 Download Day

Open Source
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Firefox 3.0 is being released today and the folks over at Mozilla want to set a Guinness Book World Record for most downloads! So aside from being a fantastic browser you also get to be a part of history! Check … Continue reading

Eating Lunch Alone

IT Business, Misc
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This week, I will be eating lunch alone at Annies down the street. I intend to sit there by myself with a little paper notebook and brainstorm all the ways in which we suck as far as our organization is … Continue reading

Yup, still love my job!

Vladville
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I’m fairly proud of this weekend mostly because I got a lot of things done. It really goes back to Friday when I didn’t take my usual DFWVF and instead worked with one of the new guys on some new … Continue reading

The Fear of Honesty

SMB
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Every now and then I get that tap on the shoulder, someone wants to chat with me in a dark corner and ask if I am about to offend people with what I say, think, believe and do. You see, … Continue reading

Why change? Dell is Direct.

SMB
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I’m going to try something new. I am going to write an eloquent post, in much the same way that I run my business and project my values through it. There is a lot of discussion again about Dell being … Continue reading

Damn it feels good to be a gangster…

Microsoft
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After over a decade of sending money to Redmond in dumptrucks it is finally starting to trickle back. Damn it feels good..    Now, I’m not going to lie, the first thing I thought of when I got this was … Continue reading

Hacking OWN support

OwnWebNow, Shockey Monkey
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For the past two days I have been working on hacking OWN support, or to put it more specifically, trying to do proactive technical support for questions you haven’t asked yet. While this problem is easily fixed by saying “RTFM” … Continue reading

Today we all got a little richer

Microsoft
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Today Yahoo announced that they have ended talks with Microsoft over the possible takeover. They adopted a strategy of teaming up with Google which makes them unattractive for any other takeover speculation which may put lawsuits that wanted Microsoft’s bank … Continue reading