Author Archives: Vlad

Dealing with investment fear

Posted: 1:57 am
October 7, 2008
OwnWebNow
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It takes a strong gut to look at the financial investment statements these days, even more so to start ramping up the training, hiring and R&D in these tough economic times. And if it’s really looking tough you probably have … Continue reading →

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Posted: 1:28 am
October 5, 2008
Vladville
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Two more days till the first issue, gonna be big. http://www.vladville.com/signup.php -Vlad

So this is something big…

Posted: 6:08 pm
October 3, 2008
SMB
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Royal Oak, MI, October 3, 2008:  Amy Babinchak and Eriq Neale, MS MVP’s, Authors and Speakers,  have teamed up in a new business venture to provide remote support services to IT professionals. By formalizing and centralizing the remote support services … Continue reading →

In Seattle

Posted: 1:51 pm
October 3, 2008
Vladville
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If you happen to be in Downtown Seattle this weekend, track me down.. I’ll be at the SBS UG meeting tonight to talk about a new community project, out drinking with the boys later tonight, and tomorrow morning/afternoon just hanging … Continue reading →

Coming back to work..

Posted: 8:58 pm
October 1, 2008
Vladville
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Starting with next week I am coming back to work full time (and then some) from my paternity leave. Depending on the little monkey’s sleep schedule I might be putting in a lot more hours in odd hours of the … Continue reading →

Dweeb Wars

Posted: 8:23 pm
October 1, 2008
Vladville
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Take a room full of MVPs and give them a bunch of interconnected servers for lab purposes. Take away Internet access. What happens next? Monkeys launch a mailbomb at each other. It’s the equivalent of a slap fight, for geeks. … Continue reading →

Finish Him

Posted: 2:51 am
October 1, 2008
Microsoft, OwnWebNow
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tan dan tan dan tan dan tan dan.. Moooortaaaalll Kommmbaaaaat! Never in my life have I imagined I would see a live human reenactment of the final move in a Mortal Kombat video game. As I’ve mentioned previously, I’m in … Continue reading →

SBS 2008 PSS Training

Posted: 7:28 pm
September 29, 2008
Uncategorized
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So I’m up here in Redmond with a bunch of SBS MVPs taking part in the SBS training. Apparently this is the PSS deep dive, the type of training the Microsoft PSS reps get on the product. So technically, at … Continue reading →

Understanding Panic

Posted: 7:54 pm
September 28, 2008
IT Business
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You know we are in trouble when even Bush can’t dumb it down just how messed up the financial systems are. When I explain to people the business of banking I get a range of epiphanies from “oh, so this … Continue reading →

The Cost of Free

Posted: 11:02 pm
September 27, 2008
SMB
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Let’s face it, times are hard. Depending on where you are geographically, times are really hard to depressing. We’re doing incredibly well (September on course to be the biggest month on record ever) but we saw this thing coming and … Continue reading →