Yearly Archives: 2008

What would Vlad say?

Posted: 6:23 pm
March 23, 2008
Vladville
9 Comments

So you come here every now and then and read (or listen, or watch) what I have to say. But here is your opportunity to ask whatever you’d like: Karl has invited me to his SMB Books conference call and … Continue reading →

SBSC Crashes, Burns and brings out the yellow flag

Posted: 8:10 pm
March 22, 2008
Microsoft
1 Comment

And you get to see it this Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! Ok, now this is dope! Microsoft Small Business (ie, Eric Ligman) is sponsoring Nascar car #49 and giving SBSC’s an opportunity to put their logo right into the middle of … Continue reading →

How much SPAM is OK?

Posted: 12:52 am
March 22, 2008
IT Culture, SMB
on How much SPAM is OK?

This blog is brought to you by Bud Light. I don’t care what you sell, the last person on the Internet you want to mess with is the guy that runs one of the largest message hygiene networks around. I … Continue reading →

How desperate are you for attention?

Posted: 10:42 am
March 21, 2008
Web 2.0
2 Comments

I am not exactly “beloved” for my opinion of my IT brotherin, the antisocial and borderline sociopath behavior that comes as a result of spending fourty hours a week staring at the monitor and conducting more than half of the … Continue reading →

How many times should you activate a legitimate copy of Vista?

Posted: 1:50 pm
March 20, 2008
Microsoft
1 Comment

Ok, it’s a trick question. Take a look at the following exchange. You should activate an operating system once. Due to the OEM scandals and widespread piracy, Microsoft came up with WGA which has done little to prevent piracy, but … Continue reading →

TwitterFox: Finally, a good Twitter client

Posted: 9:14 am
March 20, 2008
Web 2.0
2 Comments

Ok, so I said that the day I meet a decent twitter client I will actually blog about it. This day has come. For the past week or so, I have been using TwitterFox extension for Firefox and I must … Continue reading →

It’s the bad Vlad!

Posted: 12:29 am
March 20, 2008
Vladville
6 Comments

Ok, so a week ago I took my wife (29) to see a Dr. Seuss movie and they had two Vlad’s in it. Coming to terms with not going to conferences this year means tons of swag piling up and … Continue reading →

SM: Moving the Lists, Ramping Activations & Migrations

Posted: 11:02 pm
March 18, 2008
Shockey Monkey
4 Comments

Time has come to decommission the Shockeky Monkey mailing lists as they have more than served their purpose. Earlier today a new mailing list server has gone online and I will be moving the content/people/etc to it at some point … Continue reading →

Slowdown – Vista SP1

Posted: 3:51 pm
March 18, 2008
Vista
3 Comments

Ok, I know the Service Pack 1 is out and you’re watching it download like a giddy little schoolgirl, but this is a beefy piece of software that should not be applied lightly, especially if you were stupid enough to … Continue reading →

If you gotta be a monkey, be a gorilla

Posted: 4:28 am
March 18, 2008
Shockey Monkey
on If you gotta be a monkey, be a gorilla

Today is a very proud day for me because I can finally say that Own Web Now Corp gave back in a really big way. One of the best things you can hope for in the IT business is that … Continue reading →