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Fipropyplully: Microsoft discontinues Essential Business Server

nospam@example.com (Fipropyplully) — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:48:31 -0700

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David Boje: Blackberry Enterprise Server Express: Just Say No

nospam@example.com (David Boje) — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:54:11 -0700

Scott,

Dear Scott wilson (CIO Web Log)

We would like permission to reprint your image in an academic article we did in the journal, Culture and Organization, in the 16-1 (June 2010) issue. The article is about leadership stories and images. We do not have any money to pay. We can send you a copy of the article when it is published.

http://www.cio-weblog.com/50226711/hitting_a_nerve.php

Please get back to us as soon as possible since we have a publishing deadline. Here is a copy of the image that appeared Dec 6 2007).
Your policy (Creative Domain) says we are free to reprint the work as long as we give proper credit to its source.

Thank you,

David Boje and Rob Smith

J David M. Boje, Ph.D.
Endowed Bank of America Professorship,
College of Business,
New Mexico State University
dboje@nmsu.edu 575-532-1693
or r.smith-a@rgu.ac.uk

Chuck Blakeman: Business technology outpaces state tax law once again

nospam@example.com (Chuck Blakeman) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:02:52 -0700

Scott,

Great post. I may not have expressed it as clearly as I wanted, but the main point of my post is just what you said. Small business is indeed "trampled" by government, not directly, but by government's ongoing handouts and bias for mid to large size businesses. They don't have to play by the same rules.

Every time the politicians give a big business some kind of preferenttial treatment, handouts, bailouts, loans that a small business can't get, etc. - that action hurts small businesses. The artificial profit created allows the big boys to go after more customers at the expense of the small businesses who have not been given the bailouts, handouts, and preferential legislation.

As a result we pay more in benefits for every employee than big business, more in health care, a much larger percentage of our revenue dealing with IRS regs and all other regs, etc.

Ongoing government handouts, bailouts, support, and preferential treatment to big business is how government tramples on small business. We don't want handouts, we just want the government to stop doing it for the rest of business.

Gitanajava: IT and taxes

nospam@example.com (Gitanajava) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:15:09 -0700

You might be interested in these links, to get a sense of how other Gmail fans are reacting:

http://getsatisfaction.com/google/topics/bring_back_the_gmail_search_the_web_option (GetSatisfaction.com)

http://groups.google.com/group/Gmail-Help-Settings-en/t/5d0a9b43c47ff225?hl=en (Vanished Search Button)

http://www.google.com/url?url=http://groups.google.com/g/80f7faa1/t/5424b4fa7bfee7e9/d/242a5601aaa3ddf%3Fq%3DGMAIL%2BSEARCH%2BOPTIONS%230242a5601aaa3ddf&ei=pKqJSZiQFYbg-gGL9eSuDA&sa=t&ct=res&cd=5&source=groups&usg=AFQjCNGD9uWVb6z8QAdqLjubUq8jBnkD0A (Search Web Option Missing)

http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-labs-suggest-a-labs-feature/browse_thread/thread/6a665783cd040dc6 (Please Bring Back the Search the Web Button!)

Suggestions to Google via this link:

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=suggestions.cs

(Suggestions > I have another idea > Other > Bring Back the "Search the Web" option!)

Notify me when you file your essay and I'll include in my next post to the Gmail troops and my blogs.

Thanks and I look forward to reading your next post!

Scott Wilson: IT and taxes

nospam@example.com (Scott Wilson) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:03:27 -0700

Thank you!

That's interesting, I use Gmail and I hadn't even noticed that feature was gone. It does apply to what I was talking about in "Google Gone Bonkers" and I will definitely write a follow-up entry on it... as soon as they finish upgrading the blog engine today!

Thank again,

Scott

Gitanajava: IT and taxes

nospam@example.com (Gitanajava) — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:56:57 -0700

Dear Scott,

Enjoyed your piece "Google Gone Bonkers?" Along the same lines, and with a view to the audience that reads the CIO Weblog, could you comment or perhaps write a post on this newest development at Google's Gmail:

http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-labs-suggest-a-labs-feature/browse_thread/thread/6a665783cd040dc6

I and other readers would appreciate your thoughts on this.

Thanks!

Scott Wilson: A new Eee PC

nospam@example.com (Scott Wilson) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:21:24 -0700

Funny, I just ran across that the other day myself... set one up for my parent's to use with their Verizon EVDO card in their RV. Great minds, etc, etc.

Ben: A new Eee PC

nospam@example.com (Ben) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:34:07 -0700

Scott, Kyocera makes a router that converts a PCMCIA/PcCard/USB EDVO/EDGE/Whatever into a WiFi signal:

http://www.kyocera-wireless.com/kr2-router/

I have one in the car with a Clearwire modem - it hands out the 'best' signal at the time.

Scott Wilson: Consulting for the whole organization

nospam@example.com (Scott Wilson) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:10:16 -0700

Thanks, Ben.

What always surprises me is how often you have to fight with people to get them to accept a simpler, non-technical solution. It's often cheaper and easier, but I have the distinct impression from time to time that some people will keep looking until they find someone who will recommend something shiny with lights on it, even when an easy answer is right in front of them.

Ben: Consulting for the whole organization

nospam@example.com (Ben) — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:51:21 -0700

Well said!

We IT folk have the unique opportunity to see good and bad business ideas in action - and a lot of the time, a good solution has nothing to do with IT.

One of the more amusing things that happened to me was a three-man office wanted a group calendar system that was easy to use by everyone from the local Office Depot.

In one hour we had their system ready: We delivered them a white-board calendar with erasable markers.

It really was the best solution to their business needs.

Scott Wilson: On hiring consultants

nospam@example.com (Scott Wilson) — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:06:54 -0700

Excellent point. I can only think of a handful of cases where a potential client has asked me for references (although I most frequently find new clients through old ones; I suppose the reference is implicit in those cases). I completely agree that those shopping around for consultants should get references for them first.

Rob Smorfitt: On hiring consultants

nospam@example.com (Rob Smorfitt) — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:27:19 -0700

I think that there is room for the use of consultants in both small and large businesses.

Key is the selection. I believe whether it is a small consultancy or a large international consultancy, check their references.

Check whether they remained within budget? Did they solve the problem? What was the problem? IS the problem similar to yours? What were the solutions if any and did they work?

Do not abdicate to consultants, simply use them as a tool to expand capacity within the firm. Did they do hat for heir prior clients?
Rob Smorfitt

Dave Marker: What makes a product "Small Business?"

nospam@example.com (Dave Marker) — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 15:01:55 -0700

Yes, too much complexity while it sounds good, is not good for the vast majority of small business. See our blog for a discussion of IP Phones as an example of the types of struggles going on in small business communication and phone systems.

Michael Krigsman: Agile operations

nospam@example.com (Michael Krigsman) — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:07:36 -0700

Scott,

Thanks for interesting post. I've responded over at ZDNet:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures/?p=418

Michael Krigsman

John Roberts: OpenDNS

nospam@example.com (John Roberts) — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:04:09 -0700

Joey, thanks for the detailed rundown of the benefits of choosing OpenDNS. Could hardly have said it better myself!

A few notes:

1. If privacy is a major concern, then OpenDNS is head and shoulders above your other choices. Our privacy policy is clear, consistent, and doesn't claim ownership of your data (as AT&T does, for instance). http://www.opendns.com/privacy
I challenge any other DNS service (ISP or otherwise) to demonstrate that they give you more control over your data. With an account, OpenDNS lets you purge your data or (as you say) not collect it at all. Without an account, we drop the IP address (the identifying piece of information) in 2 business days from all requests. We do not sell, share, trade your data. (Sorry for going on at length here, but this is important.)

2. The TechCrunch article you linked to was 8 days after we launched. It's been nearly 14 months since then. And Michael Arrington, the founder of TechCrunch, went so far as to post that he personally thought OpenDNS was useful, contradicting his site's review (written by another author): http://www.crunchnotes.com/?p=238

Joey, thanks for taking a thorough look, and appreciate your real-world feedback on OpenDNS.

Look forward to continued improvement.

Cheers,
John Roberts
OpenDNS
VP of Product