Author Archives: Vlad

Stopping WordPress Trackback SPAM

Posted: 11:28 pm
July 3, 2007
WordPress
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Spamming is a hard job. Spamming blogs is even harder. I’ll save you the colorful description of what I think of the people that do this, and as of late a particular site (universityupdate.com) has been a big thorn in … Continue reading →

It’s Road Trip Time

Posted: 10:34 pm
July 3, 2007
Events, OwnWebNow
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It’s road trip time. I’ve wrapped all the projects, all the to-do’s, all the “can you get this done” and for once I am hitting the road without a single backlog, on-hold, pending or waiting situation on both the home and … Continue reading →

Vladfire 25: Julian Sharp

Posted: 10:09 pm
July 3, 2007
Vladfire
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Finishing the big series from last years World Wide Partner Conference, almost a year to date is Julian Sharp of Vigence.com. Vigence won an award for Microsoft Partner of the Year at Microsoft World Wide Partner Conference in 2006 for … Continue reading →

Social LA & Denver and Weird World Partner Conference

Posted: 10:13 pm
July 2, 2007
Friends
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As I mentioned earlier, I will be in Los Angeles this week and in Denver next week. I’m going to have enough downtime in both places and would like to meet some of our partners, so if you’re in the … Continue reading →

The definition of sales success

Posted: 9:13 pm
July 2, 2007
IT Business
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You know you’re becoming a spectacular weasel when you try to make a joke and end up closing a sale in the process. True conversation with a large Australian firm: Vlad: <list of unlikely technical possibilities to get the job … Continue reading →

VladCast Episode 7 – Betas, WWPC, iPhone

Posted: 1:36 pm
July 2, 2007
Vladcast
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VladCast 7, after a pretty bad flu, is finally on the air. I checked my stats, got almost 2,000 regular listeners (RSS) so I’m pretty happy with how its growing – talk about loving the voice! So what’s in store this week, 10 … Continue reading →

How many blogs should I be reading?

Posted: 11:44 am
July 2, 2007
Vladville
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Interesting question from a fan of Vladville: How many blogs should I subscribe to and how often should I read them? Though the answer can vary slightly depending on who you are, how much spare time you have and how informed … Continue reading →

Parsing Email & Standards

Posted: 11:36 pm
July 1, 2007
Shockey Monkey
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I’m by no means a newbie when it comes to parsing email but for the past few days I’ve been looking at the application contents of email messages and really wishing there was a standard, or perhaps a standard most … Continue reading →

iPhone: iEat my own words

Posted: 3:18 pm
July 1, 2007
Mobility
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Majority of the Internet has spent the last few weeks, and to a remarkable degree, the last few days overhyping the release of the iPhone. The usual Apple marketing at its finest, gullible fanboys in lines, lack of shaving and … Continue reading →

Ten reasons why your SMB shouldn’t blog

Posted: 11:28 pm
June 30, 2007
Vladville
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I usually keep this kind of filth off Vladville but I figured since its a slow weekend this might break the iPod monotony: Ten reasons why your SMB shouldn’t blog1. Nobody is going to read your blog. 2. Nobody is … Continue reading →