Yup - it's April 1st and I figure that today is as good a day as any to make it known, that I've decided to buy Vlads company Own Web Now. I figure that if you can't beat him, join him... or buy him out and make him do your bidding for you :-) That's the way isn't it... "I liked the product so much, I bought the company". :-) The big question is how much do I offer him for … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2008
Stopping to smell the roses
Have you recently gone AWOL without any form of communication for a few days? I have to say I've not done this in many many years. I've always had a mobile phone within reach, or an Internet connection handy - even if it is just GPRS. This weekend, I'm going AWOL. No laptop, not mobile phone, about the most technological thing I'll have is my wristwatch (and that's analogue … [Read more...]
Trend Taiwan – Day 5
Ok - so I'm posting this a day late :-) Friday was my last day at Trend. It was a week that I really enjoyed. I met lots of new people and got the unique chance to express directly to these people about all the things that matter to us in the SMB IT Professional / Reseller Community. I'll post next week on some wrap up items. On my last day, I began with spending 2 hours … [Read more...]
Trend Taiwan – Day 4
Well - today I spend time with the QA department. Kind funny really because last night the team released the external beta of WFBS v5.0 (aka CSM 5.0). Max and Eric from the QA team walked me through the development cycle from a QA perspective. I got to understand the stages of development from Pre-Alpha through to GM release (final shipping product). One of the most … [Read more...]
SBS 2003 Book on the shelves @ Trend Taipei
I thought I had seen all the SBS books on the market, but here in the R&D department of Trend, I found this one on the shelves. They team tell me the name of the guy and I've never heard of him - but he's got an MVP label on the book. Must be one of the hidden SBS Ninja MVPs I've heard of :-) … [Read more...]