Category Archives: Boss

Is it illegal to beat children?

Awesome, Boss
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Sometimes work-life separation (for those of you that believe make belief fables) bites you in the most annoying of ways. Little dude on the right is my youngest son and is a replica of me in every annoying little detail … Continue reading

Sacrifice. Work. Thrive.

Boss
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The last post was a bit gloomy, sorry it brushed some of you the wrong way. That’s the ugly truth, business isn’t fair but it’s also not about behaving reprehensibly at every opportunity to make a dollar. If you’re a … Continue reading

My Business Rules

Boss, IT Business
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As of February, ExchangeDefender is over 16 years old. In that time I’ve made many mistakes and learned a lot of lessons the hard way. One of the blessings in business is to live long enough to have the time … Continue reading

The Sum of all Bullshit

Boss, GTD, Humor, IT Culture
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Friends, readers, Chinese email harvesting bots and random DDoS attackers, welcome. I am about to introduce you to the one thing.. no.. the biggest thing that bothers me about business and those that fail at it. They go hand in … Continue reading

It’s a race.. and speed matters.

Boss, GTD, IT Business, Shockey Monkey
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On Monday I posted the following Facebook update: By Wednesday, all of the code, bugfix and testing were in place and Shockey Monkey was rocking the 2013 version of clippy. Whether you loved or loathed Clippy, the idea was brilliant … Continue reading

XD LiveOnline! Workshop Q&A

Boss, Events, IT Business
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This is regarding the blog post I made on Monday announcing ExchangeDefender’s XD LiveOnline! Workshop training series. To sum it up, it’s a free 4 hour at-your-desk training seminar for MSP business owners and employees. Our ExchangeDefender and Shockey Monkey … Continue reading

Free Business Training

Boss, GTD, IT Business
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As ExchangeDefender and Shockey Monkey grow in scope and start getting used by more than your average IT firm, we are finding that more and more of our partners and clients are desperate for practical business and business technology training. … Continue reading

Cloud Fail

Boss, Cloud, IT Business
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Sometimes you are just dead wrong. Despite the best intentions and a lot of good technology, insight, research and demand for your service.. you fail miserably. I talk a lot about the stuff ExchangeDefender does great and here is one … Continue reading

Social Motivation

Boss, Gadgets
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I have written about this subject before but it’s hard to get motivated to get out of the rut sometimes. Couch is more comfortable than pavement, large cheese pizza is more filling than a salad and bad behavior is so … Continue reading

Live or Lose

Boss, Uncategorized
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I am currently sitting in a movie theater at 3:30PM watching Identity Thief and writing this blog post. I am able to peal out of the office for 90 minutes because I worked until 1AM and the fun resumed at … Continue reading