Author Archives: Vlad

Microsoft BOPS fumbles again

Posted: 9:55 am
March 13, 2009
Microsoft
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If Neo only took the blue pill when he was offered the idea of Microsoft hosting everyone would have been happy. Kevin McLaughlin wrote a fantastic story about yet another Microsoft BOPS flop this week: http://www.crn.com/software/215801490 In a nutshell, Microsoft … Continue reading →

Fellowship of The Binary Tree

Posted: 9:45 pm
March 11, 2009
Awesome
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http://digg.com/world_news/The_Silent_Minority_The_Non_Religious Someone provided the following comment at digg: So the next time some mormons/jehovah’s witnesses/christians come to your door preaching the bible, go ahead and pull out your biochemistry/computer science/math text books and preach that ***** loud and proud. Now … Continue reading →

Shuffled

Posted: 9:34 pm
March 11, 2009
Apple
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Today Apple released the iPod  Shuffle upgrade. This has been by far my favorite Apple product and perhaps the most valuable one given price / feature breakdown. We’ve given away hundreds of them to partners, folks reading this blog, business … Continue reading →

What were you thinking?

Posted: 4:12 pm
March 10, 2009
Uncategorized
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Now I’ve come under some criticism from my pals over my (overly accurate) depiction of the Microsoft Partner Program last year. But nobody is immune. Check these winners out: Go Green Or we will feed you to the ugliest printer, … Continue reading →

Bye Bye DSBL – Check your mail servers!

Posted: 1:17 pm
March 10, 2009
Exchange, ExchangeDefender
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At one point last year the DSBL blacklist, quite popular in it’s hayday, lost it’s entire database in a RAID system crash. The name servers kept on answering requests in the meantime. Yesterday, this activity stopped. This means that if … Continue reading →

Going Forward

Posted: 1:05 am
March 10, 2009
Vladville
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In January I ran the WDW Marathon and 26.2 miles, which truly kicked my ass. Having completed my winter tour of flu, cold, stomach bug, AIDS, west nile and possibly other tropical diseases, I got back to my physical training … Continue reading →

Vlad-Share

Posted: 11:52 pm
March 8, 2009
Vladville
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The other day we were recording the SPAM Show with Erick Simpson (MSPU), Bob Godgart (Autotask) and Mark Crall (Tech Care Team) and talking about the Web 2.0 of all things. Show will be published @OwnWebNow at some point this … Continue reading →

Economy 2.0

Posted: 10:55 pm
March 7, 2009
IT Business
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Dire predictions from The Times: “These jobs aren’t coming back,” said John E. Silvia, chief economist at Wachovia in Charlotte, N.C. “A lot of production either isn’t going to happen at all, or it’s going to happen somewhere other than … Continue reading →

Automating Client/User Behavior

Posted: 11:31 pm
March 5, 2009
Google, iPhone, IT Culture, Shockey Monkey
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One of my greater joys in business over the past two years has been the development of our PSA. In the process of studying just how much we suck (and the extent) I’ve really gathered an alarming amount of data … Continue reading →

The Bull Phoenix

Posted: 12:33 am
March 5, 2009
IT Business
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If Karl ever brings over a big enough truck full of money for me to write a book, this will be it’s title. Think of it as a business model that emerges out of the state of utter confusion, complexity … Continue reading →