Author Archives: Vlad

Monkey Superpowers

Posted: 1:10 am
May 20, 2008
Shockey Monkey
7 Comments

This one is going to be filthy… You’ve been warned. The blog post I wrote earlier today really made me think.. What “ability to work on multitask” really means. Apparently it means I suck at multitasking, at least judging by … Continue reading →

Exchange 2007 & POP3 Access

Posted: 5:41 pm
May 19, 2008
Exchange
1 Comment

Exchange 2007 features a built in POP3 server but by default it is off and will not accept plain text connections. Good luck telling that to a difficult customer who wants to send his password in clear text over the … Continue reading →

What "ability to work on multiple tasks" really means

Posted: 10:50 am
May 19, 2008
IT Business
1 Comment

If you work in IT support, especially on the technology side, you are interruption driven. Simply put, your day is determined more by the events on the network and computers than by your own agenda. There is a slight differentiation … Continue reading →

Not going to WPC this year

Posted: 3:36 pm
May 18, 2008
Microsoft
2 Comments

Time to build that autoresponder, not going to be able to make it to the Microsoft WWPC this year in Houston. Already got two meeting requests, too. This is going to sound very hypocritical, but if you’re not me, you … Continue reading →

PowerShell to the Core (2008)

Posted: 7:23 am
May 18, 2008
Microsoft
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One of the more frustrating things about Windows 2008 Server Core deployments is the lack of .NET and consequently the lack of PowerShell. This is frustrating to those of us that have a ton of servers because now the management … Continue reading →

Brain Drain & Technology Business

Posted: 1:16 am
May 18, 2008
IT Business, SMB
3 Comments

Serial entrepreneurs fail when it comes to making money with a technology business. This is one often overlooked or hidden fact among your garden variety of business topics covered at technology conferences, particularly in SMB where most people are being … Continue reading →

Firefox 3.0 RC1 is out!

Posted: 5:18 pm
May 17, 2008
Open Source
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I’m generally not a fan of beta testing browsers because its hard enough to get reliable rendering even on solid releases but Firefox is worth making an exception for. Today the Mozilla Foundation released Firefox Release Candidate 1 and the … Continue reading →

My note of apology to Microsoft

Posted: 2:41 pm
May 16, 2008
Microsoft
9 Comments

These Microsoft rants are starting to get tiring, don’t you think? I feel like every morning brings in another disappointment from my largest partner, and since they don’t seem to be talking about changing or sending me a cease & … Continue reading →

Ok, now you’re starting to make me feel bad

Posted: 5:02 pm
May 15, 2008
Microsoft
18 Comments

Someone the other day mentioned to me that I’m being unfairly tough about Microsoft lately. So I am going to say something nice and leave the comments wide open and encourage you to provide the end to my blog post. … Continue reading →

Between a rock and a hard place

Posted: 3:10 pm
May 15, 2008
Microsoft
4 Comments

One of the Microsofties and I often argue about Microsofts lack of (inability, unwillingness) advertising in the mainstream media. This is really a double edged sword and any change could potentially piss off a large number of customers or partners … Continue reading →