Yearly Archives: 2009

I really shouldn’t be allowed into Fry’s

Posted: 7:52 pm
April 19, 2009
Deals
1 Comment

I’m in Dallas for HTG and decided to come in a day early to go through some stuff. Part of that stuff is a meal at McAllisters, a visit to my bank and a pilgrimage to Fry’s. I call it … Continue reading →

What would you like to know about being successful?

Posted: 7:37 pm
April 18, 2009
Uncategorized
on What would you like to know about being successful?

I’m on my way to the HTG Summit right now and I’m trying to figure out what else I can talk about during my presentation on Monday. I’m doing one of those lunch and learn things that often become monotone … Continue reading →

Hot Plate Blade

Posted: 10:09 am
April 18, 2009
SMB
4 Comments

I’m on my way to Dallas for the HTG Summit. Got a ton of shirts and associated swag, stop by, say hi, bitch about my products and I’ll fix em. The usual. OWN had the pleasure of resurrecting the hot … Continue reading →

TPB Founders Jailed – Microsoft and Adobe lose 99% of their install base

Posted: 8:00 am
April 17, 2009
Awesome
1 Comment

Founders of the popular torrent web site, thepiratebay.org, were found guilty of keeping record and software companies around by making a system that enabled their fans to pirate copyright materials and still make their business models and products relevant. Each … Continue reading →

Mirror Match

Posted: 11:58 pm
April 16, 2009
IT Business
2 Comments

One of the hardest things in business is making business decisions that are clearly against your principles and what you believe in, all for the sake of profits. But as we are seeing with each passing day, the focus is … Continue reading →

Looking for ConnectWise victims

Posted: 10:44 am
April 16, 2009
Shockey Monkey
7 Comments

We’re looking for ConnectWise volunteers / victims to test out our new support system integration. If you use OWN service and ConnectWise, please drop me an email. We need: 1) Access to your ConnectWise system 2) Your system needs to … Continue reading →

Dell Managed Services

Posted: 5:50 pm
April 15, 2009
IT Business
9 Comments

Game… over.

From the horses mouth (SMB Consulting Failure Factors)

Posted: 2:19 pm
April 15, 2009
IT Business
1 Comment

Yesterday I wrote about the fact that there is a lot we can learn from people that failed in business because books are often written by people that win talking about how awesome they are, not by those that fail … Continue reading →

Beating the dead, amotivational horse..

Posted: 2:07 pm
April 14, 2009
IT Business
on Beating the dead, amotivational horse..

Over the past year I’ve brought a lot of focus to the defunct and failing IT shops, for some reason none of my blogging friends in the SMB space have decided to talk about it. Is this merely a case … Continue reading →

The Difference of Effort

Posted: 10:49 pm
April 12, 2009
IT Business
3 Comments

Happy Easter. Happy Easter Bunny Day. Hope you had a wonderful holiday. If you’re lucky, you got Friday off and made it a 3 day weekend. If you’re even luckier, you’re going to take tomorrow off as well. If you’re … Continue reading →