Yearly Archives: 2008

Damn Ostriches

SMB
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Nothing makes me happier than getting ignorant emails asking me to take my blog posts down. It’s your choice to be ignorant, if everything is OK and you’re determined there is nothing wrong out there, just stick your head in … Continue reading

It was nice while it lasted..

Gaypile
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The American economic prosperity, let it rest in peace. 1776 – March 17, 2008. JP Morgan buys Bear Sterns for $2/share. Federal Reserve drops interest rate on bank loans to 3.25%. Asians flushed down the toilet too. Poof.

The coming age of marketing accountability

Gaypile, Web 2.0
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Integrity matters. Humble pie is tasty. For close to a decade, Internet used to be an awesome place for deceitful sociopaths. That kind of environment, full of anonymity and unaccountability, is a great breeding ground for some spectacular outright shameful … Continue reading

I am not the bunny Vlad that makes the cookies!

Misc
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So what kind of a Vlad am I? The person with the most original comment/answer wins an iPod! Multiple answers allowed, contest not open to OWN employees/friends/family, ends Wednesday, March 19th.

Ouch, the death of SBSC

IT Business, Microsoft, SMB
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Due to the popular and seemingly angered demand, here is a blog post for you today. In the few years that I’ve posted here on nearly daily basis I’ve encouraged you to take these rambling, incoherent, grammatically and politically incorrect … Continue reading

BB in 1 Week with Monkey & Weasel

OwnWebNow, Shockey Monkey
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After two years of pushing this stuff forward by myself (and a few thousand partners) the time has finally come to put the Own Web Now monster behind The Monkey and The Weasel and let it out of my direct … Continue reading

Time based Outlook 2007 rules

Exchange
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Every now and then time-dependant rule questions come up and today I took a few minutes to figure them out. The good news is, Exchange 2007 transport rules make this easy and seamless. The bad news is, Outlook 2007 can … Continue reading

Determination over Awareness

IT Business
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Over the course of the past week, two of my very dear friends Karl and Marx have blogged about how they will not let the negativity over US economy interfere with their business direction this year. Among the notable quotes: … Continue reading

Is Shrink-Wrapped Software Dead?

Web 2.0
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The latest issue of Time (March 17) questions whether we’ll soon see the end of commercial software installed on the PC in favor of web-based apps that do pretty much the same thing. Except for free and without the associated … Continue reading

Man of the Year

Vladville
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This is the biggest badass I have ever seen. He just ran a half-marathon, at age 101, drinks beer, smokes and stays out late. Among the quotes: And Martin likes running, “but not as much as I like my beer,” … Continue reading