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The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. So yes, I’m alive. I’ve been buried in financials and project planning as we both have some huge announcements this fall as well as stuff that will come down early next year. … Continue reading →

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 →