Yearly Archives: 2012

To hire or not to hire remote workers?

Posted: 12:25 pm
February 24, 2012
Boss
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The question about remote employees comes up a lot and “remote work” is simply the norm these days, regardless of your opinion of it. I only say that it’s an opinion because of the connotation that some of the older … Continue reading →

You can’t try to get organized

Posted: 12:37 pm
February 23, 2012
GTD, Shockey Monkey
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My phone has been on fire since the last blog post. I wanted to address the biggest question we get about Shockey Monkey (and really all of our solutions) and what that question means to me based on the track … Continue reading →

Flipping The World of SMB Marketing

Posted: 1:06 pm
February 21, 2012
IT Business, IT Culture, SMB
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Disclosure: This is a massive pitch. Please don’t misunderstand though, it is not meant to sell you or convince you – it’s a direction that I’m going in and if you’d like to hop onboard with me, you’re quite welcome. … Continue reading →

Lowest Common Denominator

Posted: 12:07 am
February 20, 2012
GTD
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I had an interesting week at work last week. More about that later. Right now I wanted to offer a little bit of realistic take on some of the criticism in general. Some stuff is only popular because it caters … Continue reading →

Valentine’s Day At Work

Posted: 10:11 am
February 14, 2012
Boss, Humor
7 Comments

This is meant to be funny. If you don’t have a sense of humor don’t read this. Today is one of my favorite days – nobody is on a diet, it’s cool for guys to buy a ton of roses … Continue reading →

What would you like to know?

Posted: 9:44 pm
February 10, 2012
IT Business
2 Comments

The vlad@vladville.com mailbox has been flooding for weeks with questions about Shockey Monkey & ExchangeDefender – good news, it means you guys are busy! I figure I’d open up the suggestion box a little and offer answers to any questions … Continue reading →

Lifecycle of Ineffectiveness

Posted: 12:46 am
February 5, 2012
IT Culture
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Before you read this: This isn’t Vartruth or Channel Watchdog, I’m not trying to single anyone out or make it a personal hit. That said, you will certainly see the similarities between these descriptions and people/companies you have met. Your … Continue reading →

Are we not competitive or not stupid enough to be slaves?

Posted: 10:56 am
January 22, 2012
IT Business
6 Comments

The answer to this question is relative to where you live and what your socially acceptable norms are. For example, the French look at Americans as people who are so fast paced and frenzied that never get to enjoy the … Continue reading →

Shockey Monkey’s open letter to the IT community

Posted: 4:17 pm
January 19, 2012
Shockey Monkey
3 Comments

Hello community, Vlad here. I wanted to take a moment to openly write about some of the questions that I have received in private that I feel should be a matter of public knowledge. Things are going great, we’re enabling … Continue reading →

The Difference Is In The Effort

Posted: 3:25 pm
January 10, 2012
Boss
4 Comments

Every year I do something stupid that doesn’t involve sitting in an Aeron chair. I run a Disney Goofy Run – Half marathon (13.1 miles) on Saturday followed by a full marathon (26.2 miles) on Sunday. Well over 40 miles … Continue reading →