Category Archives: IT Culture

Don’t F with consultants man

Posted: 10:49 am
January 30, 2009
IT Culture, Security
on Don’t F with consultants man

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 →

Something Constructive – Part II

Posted: 5:25 pm
December 20, 2008
IT Business, IT Culture
1 Comment

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 →

Great to Meh

Posted: 12:37 pm
November 12, 2008
IT Culture
2 Comments

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 →

Role Hires

Posted: 11:07 pm
November 6, 2008
IT Business, IT Culture
2 Comments

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 →

Just lie to me Jerry

Posted: 11:00 am
November 3, 2008
IT Culture
1 Comment

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 →

Beyond 2000

Posted: 10:10 am
September 15, 2008
IT Culture
4 Comments

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 →

DRM, because someone has to pay for it

Posted: 11:11 pm
August 13, 2008
IT Culture
3 Comments

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 →

Pampers and Clouds: The end of an IT generation

Posted: 11:11 pm
August 6, 2008
IT Business, IT Culture, Microsoft
6 Comments

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 →

Perplexed by Change in Direction?

Posted: 12:34 am
August 6, 2008
IT Culture
4 Comments

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 →

Focus vs. Passion

Posted: 11:32 am
July 31, 2008
IT Culture
3 Comments

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 →