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Dweeb Wars

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Take a room full of MVPs and give them a bunch of interconnected servers for lab purposes. Take away Internet access. What happens next? Monkeys launch a mailbomb at each other. It’s the equivalent of a slap fight, for geeks. … Continue reading

It is illegal to be homeless

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Took the (out of town) team out to lunch today and they really enjoyed this lovely sign, on behalf of Orlando, the city beautiful: Don’t be homeless. If you are homeless, remain in state of perpetual motion or sleep on … Continue reading

Move over Eric: Slimy Vendor Showcase

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Aaron Booker from Hardlines caught up with me at the recent Connectwise Summit. I’ve blogged about VarVid video blog that Aaron and Pat Dolan put together to give you the street-vibe around WPC. Now it was my turn, but first … Continue reading

Blogache

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Some of you have an unhealthy addiction to Vladville 🙂 I’ll leave it at that.I have been suffering from a severe case of Blogache, my head is stuffed with stuff I want to talk about, my sinuses are filled with … Continue reading

The Joy of IT

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Now the fact that I’m blogging this at 5 AM probably ought to be funny enough but sometimes hearing others admit that they suck is equally entertaining. Overheard earlier tonight in the NOC chatroom: “It’s amazing how it takes 4x … Continue reading

Pessimistic Redemption

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Is pessimism a requirement for the CEO role? There are really three ways I talk about my business and I believe they are all valid and without conflict with one another. I believe in what we do – so I … Continue reading

Of all the magnificent failures…

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Of all the magnificent failures I get to deal with @OWN, from servers blowing up to SLA going up in smoke to earthquakes and difficult vendors, one of my most disappointing failures in 2008 is that I’m practically unable to … Continue reading

Who knew Henry Ford was an infrastructure VAR?

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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

Welcome to the Web 2.0

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On tangent to the previous blog posts about V vs. V, what happens when vendors cannot communicate with other vendors? I just went through my “community” mailbox (vlad@vladville.com) and cleared out a few of the usual slimy vendor whoring requests. … Continue reading

I am officially coming out of the closet

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Fire up a browser folks, you are going to want to see vladville.com in it’s full glory. Ladies and gentlemen, I am very proud to announce that my wrist is limp with an iPhone 3G synced to our corporate Exchange … Continue reading