Author Archives: Vlad

I cannot stress this enough. It is ALL about the tshirt!

Posted: 9:06 pm
June 9, 2008

Microsoft
7 Comments

Man, it sucks when Vlad is right. The tribe is lighting the torch and this time going after Kevin Beares, possibly the nicest person working at Microsoft. What did Kevin do wrong? He didn’t offer a free tshirt or $10 … Continue reading →

Is this the beginning of the end?

Posted: 1:41 pm
June 9, 2008

Apple, Microsoft
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Apple is coming on strong. Read the live coverage of the WWDC Keynote. Most paralyzing thing for me as a Microsoft Partner? “You’re witnessing the birth of a third major computer platform: Windows, Mac OS X, iPhone” According to the … Continue reading →

Things that piss Vlad off

Posted: 2:08 am
June 9, 2008

SMB
11 Comments

Monday, time for the weekly pep talk. There are really only two things that piss me off about this blog and I’m pretty sure that you won’t be able to guess them. If you scroll through the comments you’ll find … Continue reading →

Shockey Monkey Mail Connector

Posted: 12:49 am
June 9, 2008

Shockey Monkey
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Note: This is not the same thing as the Shockey Outlook which is a Microsoft Outlook addin that allows you to click on the email and promote it to a support request with one click, or one click upload of … Continue reading →

Promote Andy Lees

Posted: 2:16 pm
June 6, 2008

Apple
5 Comments

Over the past year or so I have been trying to offer an amplified voice to the challenges the ITPRO community is feeling around the Microsoft brand. One of my major gripes with Redmond is the near absence of marketing … Continue reading →

How great software gets made

Posted: 1:25 am
June 6, 2008

Shockey Monkey
7 Comments

There is a comment bot (or someone with entirely too much time) that pings me whenever a day goes by without a blog post or a comment. Daily Dose of Vlad. Seriously, if you can’t dig up another source of … Continue reading →

Another Office Alternative: Adobe Acrobat.com

Posted: 10:32 am
June 2, 2008

Web 2.0
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Ok, things are starting to get interesting in the online Office suite game, we’re moving past the AJAXified web pages straight into fully interactive stuff. Check it out, available now: www.acrobat.com; Tagline “Work. Together. Anywhere” Sarah has a great writeup … Continue reading →

Ride the tech wave or drown fighting it…

Posted: 1:55 am
June 2, 2008

IT Business
5 Comments

Running a transparent business can have it’s advantages – every time one of my kids says something in a public forum I can count on dozens of opinions coming back to my inbox. It’s nice to see that we are … Continue reading →

Not singing with the choir in 2008

Posted: 4:04 pm
May 30, 2008

Microsoft
5 Comments

I guess I am going to be the only SMB blogger not to say anything about SBS or EBS this week, wherever the Koolade was spiked I sure wasn’t around to drink it. Microsoft Windows 2003 will be the last … Continue reading →

Disturbing: "The Millennials"

Posted: 9:02 am
May 26, 2008