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Being Me
A little while back my friend Tom Hudock asked me to be part of a video series his company (Re[influence] Marketing) was putting together. This is what he sent me… “The video series I’m starting is to share real, authentic people and their stories. I believe more and more viewers don’t want the polished figures, …
Read onScientific Proof nobody reads those email disclaimers
Ok, maybe not scientific. But by my calculations, I have sent over 216,000 emails over the last 8 years (many with glorious colour), with just about all of them having a disclaimer on it that was complete nonsense and gibberish (by the way, I can’t take credit for writing it, nor will I, but I …
Read onSuperSauce this Saturday at the Led Zeppelin Show!
Hey folks, I have a bunch of complimentary tickets for the Led Zeppelin show this Saturday at Sugar ($15 value). SuperSauce is opening. I hear they don’t suck. 😉 Learn more… Vancouver’s THE LED ZEPPELIN SHOW return to Sugar Nightclub with their energetic and faithful reproduction of the Led Zeppelin experience. With …
Read onPEBCAK, PICNIC and ID-Ten-T
Heard a new one today, figured I’d share. Abuse of the end user is always satisfying. PEBCAK has always been one of my favourite phrases but it never really rolled off the tongue (the word itself). PEBCAK = Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard Learned a new one today (not sure why …
Read onIf you happen to be in the Yukon
If you happen to be in the Yukon on January 19th, 2011… I’ve been invited to speak at the Yitis (Yukon Information Technology and Industry Society) for their Boost! New Ideas in Business and Technology conference. Learn More Here: http://boost.yitis.ca/
Read onEmail Path – Where can my message get nuked?
Here’s a thread I had recently with a customer about why/how some of their emails weren’t getting to the intended recipient. Unfortunately, no matter what we did, the upstream email recipient’s (the receiver) system was rejecting the message – worse still it wasn’t even telling anyone it was rejecting it (oh thanks!) Anyways, I thought …
Read onMOVEMBER is Approaching – Join the itgroove ‘Stache Team
Please join the itgroove ‘Stache Team and play along with Movember and support Men’s Health. What It Is Movember is about raising funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer. Close to 4,400 men die of prostate cancer in Canada each year and one in six men will be diagnosed during his lifetime. …
Read onBoy ain’t this the truth
A friend of mine (thanks Bil) posted this on Facebook. I’m certainly aware of Douglas Adams (42, the Hitchhikers Guide, etc.), but I wasn’t aware of this quote. But man, does it hit the nail on the head. Good thing I was on board with SharePoint from about age 30 or I’d be screwed. 🙂 …
Read onitgroove Can Now Read their Client’s Minds!
itgroove is pleased to announce a new service… The “We know your business requirements before you do” Solution itgroove has partnered with Internationally renowned singer and Psychic to the Stars, Dionne Warwick. This has given our team of consultants the “Missing Link” so that on top of: Having to know and support …
Read onWhat does the itgroove name mean?
A friend asked this today. And on an older version of our website, we had an FAQ where we answered that. Funny thing is, I had to use the Way Back Machine” to see the older version of our website, in order to get that info (what a great concept that thing is…). Link …
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