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Office 365 to Partners: “Lower your shields and surrender your clients. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile.” There, I saved you an hour and a trip to Los Angeles for Microsoft WPC. Several years ago when … Continue reading →

Something totally awesome and cool just happened. We launched a product at 9 PM, published a bug hotline, did a live switch in a live environment… and the line didn’t ring once in 6 hours that I’ve been sitting next … Continue reading →

Last week of 2010. Things are slow, nobody is working, there is snow outside, it’s a week after Christmas and.. I dunno, insert your excuse for not wanting to work but this is possibly the only week on the calendar … Continue reading →

Yeah, I know. I don’t care either. I don’t have much to say about it good or bad. I think Microsoft signed the death certificate on this with it’s bravado – if you’re spending 90% of your R&D on the … Continue reading →

Slightly belated Thanksgiving post, with the new kid there is little sleep and even less blogging time. But I wanted to share something personal with you. Most of you have gotten the horror pleasure of watching me try to grow … Continue reading →

I’ve had a few days off waiting for our second child to show up and it’s allowed me a lot of time to reflect on a very busy year and business decisions that lead us to where we are now. … Continue reading →

Greetings from beautiful Southern California and Mickey Mouse! Here is what I want you to think about: What does the technology landscape look like without you? Dream. Think. Share. vlad@vladville.com Most people that read Vladville are in IT industry at … Continue reading →

This week I started a formal process of removing myself from all the critical technical roles I once held at Own Web Now. These days I’m pretty much an “enterprise architect” around here which means I only help point people … Continue reading →

I’m on my way back from Dallas, reading the Wall Street Journal and my tears are just pouring all over the place for a little company called Porsche. Perhaps you’ve heard of them: they don’t make a single car under … Continue reading →

This is my third part in attempting to answer the question behind a highly emotional set of responses I’ve received to this post. Things in the IT world are changing radically and it’s natural for most people to resist change … Continue reading →