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Category Archives: IT Culture
There are many people you can screw over in your company and never really notice it. There are even roles with the responsibility of minimizing the impact angry workers can make. Security personnel, data center guards, lawyers, inhumane resources.. But … Continue reading
I’ve been on the road this past week working on the business and trying to finalize 2009 plans and see how everything is moving. Most of my close partners have my cell phone number and are familiar with the DFWVF … Continue reading
One of the more unpleasant parts of running a business is that you get introduced to a ton of business drivel books that pick an outcome and find specific cases to work backwards to somehow prove a theory. People reading … Continue reading
Thanks to the elections in Unites States a fair amount of public discussion has taken place over just who should be the leader. The smartest? The most competent? The most experienced? The toughest? Or someone that reflects the average man … Continue reading
Last week the hard drive on my Dell XPS M1530 got put on life support. Bad blocks, unreadable system files, etc. After an hour of trying to repair Vista and failing on one system file after another I gave up … Continue reading
Growing up, one of my favorite shows was Beyond 2000. I don’t think it played a small part in sending me down the engineering path and constantly trying to hack things into something better. The show was absolutely unbelievable, almost … Continue reading
I don’t know if this is a uniquely American trait, but the sense of entitlement is just huge in the IT space. We want it all. We want it now. We want it free. Does anyone for a moment consider … Continue reading
Geek Squad Dave first gained notoriety in the newsgroups for his very public lack of ability to grasp the basic concepts of vendor and client management and dealing with cost structure changes. After being condemned in public by most of … Continue reading
It means confused, just in case you’re wondering. Why do companies that have been built on going direct suddenly decide to care about the reseller channel? Why do companies that have been built on the reseller channel partnerships decide to … Continue reading
It wasn’t too long ago that I felt it was my obligation to get into the public brawls with my peers over what was right and wrong, all while my friends tried to pull me back and tell me it’s … Continue reading