Author Archives: Vlad

Windows Mobile 6 SDK “Refreshed” & Codename Quandry

Mobility
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Folks over at msmobiles.com, pretty much the best blog covering Windows Mobile, are talking about a refresh for Windows Mobile 6 SDK. We just kicked off Shockey Monkey mobile agent coding today so this comes at a really good time but … Continue reading

Shockey Monkey R2: Concepts & Changes

Shockey Monkey
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As mentioned previously, this post kicks off a week of reintroducing Shockey Monkey to the SMB/ITPRO channel. Over the past year or so I’ve had an honor and a priviledge to learn more about IT consulting than any person ever … Continue reading

I fought the law and the law won.. Goodbye gaypile

Vladville
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Untitled document Who would have thought that humping a gorilla would be the red button? Let’s review the illustrious career of the Vladville blog offending the audiences worldwide: The SBS Show thong.. Creating a gaypile category dedicated to the partner … Continue reading

Next Up: The Week of The Monkey

Shockey Monkey, Vladville
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Close to 7 months after the official launch of Shockey Monkey, I have caught up with all the deployments. There are just a few dozen people left that I’ll be working on through the weekend (and god help you if you email … Continue reading

Crackdown Complete (spoiler)

Misc, Vladville
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Now I’m not in a habbit of discussing political stuff on this blog but this totally freaked me out today. As you may know, I’ve been playing Crackdown for the past three weeks. I think I’ve sinked well over 40 … Continue reading

VladCast Episode 3

Vladcast
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VladCast 3, weekly view of SMB ITPRO world; who cares about Web 2.0? – Mark Stanfill covers SP2 on SBS2003– Karl Palachuk publishes Relax Focus Succeed– Book a room for Jeff’s ITPRO conference by May 4– WWPC Small Business Symposium … Continue reading

Why Linux Evangelists Fail

IT Culture, Linux
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Untitled document Because too many hobbyists discussing politics are misrepresenting themselves as IT professionals and Linux evangelists. Nearly every IT Pro I know has used Linux or currently uses Linux – whether they like it or not is not up … Continue reading

The one conference I wish I could go to this year

IT Culture
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Honestly, it would be Mix 07. I’ve been saving $$$ and hoping PDC (Microsoft Developers Conference) comes to life again but the web development is just too hot to ignore and I wish I had at least gone to this … Continue reading

Vlad’s School of Customer Service

IT Business
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Tip #2: Do not ridicule your customers right to complain by an outpour of sympathy and promises both of you know the organization cannot live up to. Case and point, one of our larger companies decided to put their eggs in … Continue reading

Strange Monday & Goings On

Vladville
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Today has been a strange, strange Monday. I’ve been swamped over the past week working on Shockey Monkey now that the major work on ExchangeDefender v3 has been completed. And not to hit Microsoft again but god it’s great working on my … Continue reading