Author Archives: Vlad

Office Space Moment of Smallbiz IT Consulting

Posted: 11:10 am
November 18, 2007
SMB
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I must admit that I am more of a fan of conversations that happen out there than I am of the “original” posts, so for a few people I subscribe to the blog comment feeds in addition to the article … Continue reading →

CEO Gig: Optimization vs. Interaction

Posted: 11:11 pm
November 17, 2007
Friends, IT Business, SMB
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This week was supposed to be my first full week of work at the Atomic Tangerine studios.. Monday was a holiday, Tuesday was a sick day and week was more than half over by the time I finished hanging the … Continue reading →

HOWTO: Troubleshooting Mail Delivery

Posted: 4:44 pm
November 16, 2007
Exchange, ExchangeDefender
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One of the most frustrating things I do for living is troubleshooting mail delivery. Not because it’s incredibly frustrating and almost never my fault, but because I tend to get pwned by the most ridiculous “gotchas” of the SMTP. Of … Continue reading →

SMB IT Shops Need A New Messiah

Posted: 10:10 am
November 16, 2007
IT Business, SMB
3 Comments

.. and I ain’t him. Not a day goes by that I don’t talk or chat with someone that doesn’t say “I miss you doing ___”, fill in the blank for “saying it how it is”, “the SBS show”, “calling … Continue reading →

Guest Post: Community CEO, Do you GET it?

Posted: 11:17 pm
November 15, 2007
IT Business, SMB, Web 2.0
1 Comment

It’s Friday, and I figured it was as good of a time for a guest post as any. This time, however, we have someone that obviously doesn’t get it. But that’s not all, while this guy seems to be in … Continue reading →

WordPress Trackback SPAM Annoyances

Posted: 12:48 pm
November 15, 2007
WordPress
7 Comments

One of the worst things in blogging (aside from the constant, unrelenting abuse and hate mail you subject yourself to) is dealing with SPAM. Here you are just talking openly about whatever and someone tries to make money off of … Continue reading →

Picking apart SMTP article

Posted: 11:15 am
November 15, 2007
Uncategorized
1 Comment

Don’t you just love it when you post something that’s meant to help people but it just backfires with even more questions? Such is this morning, woke up to a dozen emails about last nights post.. by the way, thanks … Continue reading →

Fixing OWN: Advanced Mail Server Settings Options for Shared Hosting Clients

Posted: 1:46 am
November 15, 2007
OwnWebNow
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One of the new processes we adopted in the recent Own Web Now fixup that I documented here in a fairly public way is something that Microsoft has been doing for years: Monthly “we suck” festivals. Every month Marie McFadden … Continue reading →

The OverManaged Services?

Posted: 7:45 am
November 14, 2007
IT Business
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This is an impressive next step: AT&T plans to introduce a nationwide program today that gives owners of small- and medium-size businesses some of the same tools big security companies offer for monitoring employees, customers and operations from remote locations. … Continue reading →

Rhesus Insurgency – Return Of The Monkey

Posted: 10:44 pm
November 13, 2007
Vladville
4 Comments

Wild monkey, apparently with an iPod loaded with LL Cool J’s “don’t call it a comeback, I’ve been here for years”, went on a rampage in a low-income neighborhood in India. Does that make it the fourth-world? I digress: “Police … Continue reading →