Monthly Archives: April 2010

How to overcome Unmotivated Distraction

Posted: 8:30 am
April 27, 2010
IT Business
1 Comment

None: Before you overreact and consider this to be a hit piece about you (yes, you reading this post) try to understand that this is a challenge that almost all professional people face. Over the past few weeks I’ve been … Continue reading →

Autotask Live Focus

Posted: 1:10 pm
April 26, 2010
Events, ExchangeDefender, IT Business
2 Comments

Last week we sponsored the Autotask Live conference and hung out with a few hundred Autotask users, integrators and sponsors in Miami. As usual, Autotask staff pulled off an awesome event and I’m amazed at the extent that they are … Continue reading →

Vlad vs. Double Down

Posted: 10:13 pm
April 25, 2010
Awesome
3 Comments

One thing I’ve learned in blogging is: given a large audience, no matter what you say, you will offend someone. Yesterday I posted a hint that we’re opening a UK office and since then I got some hate mail about … Continue reading →

The Three Miracles

Posted: 2:55 pm
April 24, 2010
ExchangeDefender, OwnWebNow
4 Comments

Yesterday I observed three things which on their own would amount to a miracle – and I feel compelled to share it with you. Like any other business, we have our ups and our downs, but to see how much … Continue reading →

Autotask UnLive: Introducing OranguTime

Posted: 11:24 am
April 20, 2010
IT Business, IT Culture, Programming
4 Comments

Back from Miami (if you’re still there please go say hi to Travis Sheldon) but I have one more thing to talk to you about if you’re using Autotask: OranguTime! What the heck is OranguTime? Well, if you’ve ever used … Continue reading →

Autotask Live: Extending & blending the platform

Posted: 4:41 am
April 19, 2010
ExchangeDefender, Friends, IT Business
10 Comments

If there is anything I’ve learned in my 13 years in this industry, it’s that when you do nice things for people they tend to repay you more than you ever expected. We’ve been fortunate enough to be on the … Continue reading →

It’s pimpin, pimpin…

Posted: 3:41 pm
April 15, 2010
IT Business, Programming
on It’s pimpin, pimpin…

Starting Sunday, you’re going to see some interesting announcements involving ExchangeDefender, Own Web Now and some new software and solutions we’re launching. Frankly, I think some of you will be surprised by some of the stuff that we’re doing. People … Continue reading →

How not to give a ….

Posted: 10:36 am
April 14, 2010
IT Culture
12 Comments

I’ve gotten a lot of praise over the few howto articles this year, glad you’re enjoying them. Really, it’s all just a bunch of common sense mixed with experience that isn’t common sense until someone tells you or you learn … Continue reading →

Don’t call it a fat client, call it big boned ;)

Posted: 10:52 pm
April 12, 2010
Programming
on Don’t call it a fat client, call it big boned ;)

Pardon the scribble, but most of you that have talked to me during Q1 expressed a great bit of interest in this. So, as I usually do, I’ve delivered. Or will by Monday AM in Miami 🙂 If this seems … Continue reading →

How To Remove Yourself

Posted: 2:01 am
April 10, 2010
Uncategorized
1 Comment

This week I started a formal process of removing myself from all the critical technical roles I once held at Own Web Now. These days I’m pretty much an “enterprise architect” around here which means I only help point people … Continue reading →