Monthly Archives: December 2007

Redemption

Posted on December 29, 2007 by john

This year was interesting because 2 Darth Vaders came back to the light side for me. After an incident more than 5 years ago over DSL that had me trying to get the FCC to take notice, Verizon showed up … Continue reading →

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Time to Subscribe

Posted on December 28, 2007 by john

I’m doing the year end housecleaning today. If you are one of those freaky observant people you may have noticed the new subscription icons in the column on the left. If you are not already a blog subscriber you must … Continue reading →

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Best of 2007

Posted on December 24, 2007 by john

As I start my “Year in Review” process, there are some things that I wanted to take note of things I’ve found this year that I’m thankful for. I give you: The Ronis! Best Blog – Curt Schilling’s 38 Pitches … Continue reading →

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Blogs are Crap, Twitter is Worse

Posted on December 22, 2007 by john

Looking back on 2007 I think the best person I met was Chip Griffin. He’s doing some cool stuff and is a real entrepreneur. He just posted talking about Snack Media and I think he’s being far too polite. I … Continue reading →

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The holy trinity

Posted on December 20, 2007 by john

I’m starting to wireframe the architecture for a lead management system. I think I’ve got three legs to the stool – Salesforce.com, our website, and our marketing automation tool. 2008 is shaping up to be very interesting, I’m really looking … Continue reading →

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Email Challenge

Posted on December 20, 2007 by john

One podcast that has been on my subscription list forever is Manager Tools. I’ve been fortunate enough to experience managing some great teams and have had over 100 people under me in the org. chart, but I still get something … Continue reading →

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Awwww Yeah

Posted on December 18, 2007 by john

The good news is that the holiday shopping is done and all the paperwork is signed and sealed for the Mortgage refinance. Gee, and only 10pm at night! It goes without saying, I’ve got nothing for you but we can … Continue reading →

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Busier than a one legged man

Posted on December 17, 2007 by john

So there was no M Show this week, in short I am drowning in holiday BS. Between last minute gift buying, two snowstorms that took a good 7 hours out of my work week, and normal “everybody trying to get … Continue reading →

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Snowbound

Posted on December 16, 2007 by john

I spent 3 hours in my car on Thursday after the snow started on a trip that should have been 25 minutes. That’s why I haven’t posted much in the past couple of days, that screwed up both Thursday and … Continue reading →