Yearly Archives: 2010

Competing on Price

Posted: 11:57 am
October 8, 2010
Exchange, IT Business, Microsoft
on Competing on Price

In the recent months I have been talking to several of our close partners about the competition, specifically with regard to Microsoft’s BPOS product. Currently, Microsoft has the single biggest advantage in the marketplace for Hosted Exchange and that advantage … Continue reading →

If you could have a do-over..

Posted: 10:11 pm
October 5, 2010
IT Business
on If you could have a do-over..

How much do you think it would cost to build an exact replica of your business? Put it on the paper. Start with the simple stuff like incorporation, legal fees, accounting fees, software and hardware leases (let’s assume that the … Continue reading →

GTD For The Rest Of Us

Posted: 3:42 pm
October 4, 2010
GTD
on GTD For The Rest Of Us

Over the past few weeks I have shared some tips about getting things done and a way in which I’ve had to tweak my personal discipline to make it work. As I said in the previous post, there are disciplined … Continue reading →

Where has all the content gone and how to fix it

Posted: 2:59 pm
October 1, 2010
IT Business
2 Comments

Long time friend, SBS Show guest and a fellow Floridian Sarah Perez recently wrote a very interesting article titled “Social Networking Users are Creating Less Content”; Lot’s of partners that I talk to have also noticed this trend along with … Continue reading →

Navigating the Career Expo

Posted: 1:16 pm
September 30, 2010
Events
on Navigating the Career Expo

This week we had the pleasure of exibiting at the University of Central Florida Career Expo. Lot’s of people that work in Own Web Now’s Orlando office have gone through UCF and we use the KnightLink as a go-to recruiting … Continue reading →

More workplace optimization – No bacn diet

Posted: 9:30 pm
September 27, 2010
IT Business
2 Comments

Everyone is familiar with SPAM. Sadly, it’s still growing exponentially and bigger problem than ever. Thanks to services like ExchangeDefender (sorry kids, ABP) I never get any of it. I average about one per week and I’m by far the … Continue reading →

More on the Weed Method & Demotivation

Posted: 11:37 pm
September 24, 2010
GTD
1 Comment

The GTD thing generated far more commentary than it ever did in 5+ years of this blog when I randomly shared workplace performance optimizing tips. Allow me to offer some more insight: 1. You’re most likely going to fail at … Continue reading →

So how does all this cloud stuff work or make sense?

Posted: 10:42 am
September 23, 2010
Events
on So how does all this cloud stuff work or make sense?

Last month I wrote an apology for my voice giving out during a presentation I did at MSPU that a few of my Vladville readers tuned into. As you recall, I promised I’d make it up to you and today … Continue reading →

Productivity… on weed?

Posted: 8:18 am
September 21, 2010
Awesome
2 Comments

This has been the most productive year I’ve ever had, thanks to getting organized, implementing a lot of GTD processes, unsubscribing from a mountain of newsletters and minimizing distractions. The single biggest piece of productivity enhancement in 2010 has come … Continue reading →

Road Trips

Posted: 12:57 pm
September 20, 2010
Friends, IT Business, IT Culture
on Road Trips

This has been an interesting year, road-wise. I entered the year with one company and all of my hobbies cleared. Now I have 4 companies and another professional hobby (book) and after a ton of traveling this year I have … Continue reading →