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Category Archives: IT Business
Everyone likes to talk about the keys to success. But what about the keys to failure? I’m dealing with my own today. I am sitting here with two people in the the Adobe Connect conference and we’re working on the … Continue reading
Over the past week I have been complaining about burnout and the ongoing audit and process implementation we are doing. This affects everything from payroll to billing to support to documentation to yes, even me. You see, we all have … Continue reading
We’re about to embark on the largest hiring and marketing bump in the history of my little company. With growth come not just pains but the inevitable fix cycle to prepare and execute the company plan. That sounds all nice … Continue reading
Buying the new Dell mini laptop and got prompted to sign up for the Dell’s managed services. See if you can top this: “This service covers your household — all family members and all Dell-branded consumer devices under warranty (excludes … Continue reading
It’s been a rough few weeks for Apple. First the widespread questions about the 3G handsets quality, which turned out to be an issue with the AT&T network. Looming problems with the quality of the iPhone 2.0 Firmware with crashing … Continue reading
… to let someone else change things. One of the most awesome things that we’ve learned from opening up the development process, the feature requests, bug tracking and shortly even community participation is that we are no longer the change … Continue reading
Today’s guest blog post comes courtesy of the page 18-19 of the latest issue of the Harvard Business Review. I think it sounds eerily similar to the attitudes we’re seeing in the IT field these days and felt it was … 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
Yesterday was a slow day, with all the 1st of the month stuff wrapped up people tend to sit back, refocus, adjust their appointments and plan for the week ahead so Monday morning doesn’t start on a bad note. It’s … Continue reading
For years Dell lead the way of ugly PC manufacturing. Their claim to fame has been the cheapest and most generic PC on the planet, delivered to your doorstep in any variation of ugly you want. Beige, duotone silver, black … Continue reading