Office Hours - Redux
Free office hours: ask me anything about eCommerce, enterprise architecture, or building startups.
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Free office hours: ask me anything about eCommerce, enterprise architecture, or building startups.
A distributed team thrives when remote work isn't treated as an exception - it's the default structure.
Office hours conversations span recruiting challenges, technical deep-dives, and entrepreneurship lessons.
Spark::red is hiring sys admins, JBoss experts, and ATG architects in Boston and Seattle.
TOMS needs a Senior ATG Lead Developer in Marina Del Rey - beautiful office, serious credentials required.
Offering my time for conversations about tech, business, and life. Coffee or video chat - let's talk.
Ultra-premium consulting available at $1,000/hour with strict limits: prove 20%+ performance gains on your eCommerce site to justify the investment.
Video from hosting industry panel discussion covering dedicated versus cloud computing, APIs, security, and performance strategies.
Boston SaaS and ISV leaders discuss hosting provider strategies at HostingCon 2012 panel: dedicated vs. cloud, APIs, security, and performance.
Spark::red 2011 milestones: 101 servers, PCI Level 1 MSP certification, 16 global points-of-presence, prices held steady.
Making impact during your first startup month: onboarding strategies and cultural integration for new hires.
Why generic recruiter emails with typos and no personalization get deleted. Don't be that recruiter.
Oracle's aggressive ATG licensing changes have priced out mid-market customers and alienated existing ones.
ATG 10's core-based licensing represents both progress and pitfalls in Oracle's e-commerce strategy.
Spark::red ATG Hosting achieves PCI DSS Level 1 certification, the industry's highest security standard.
Spark::red sponsors Children's Cove charity golf tournament supporting abuse victims and families.
Boston ATG User Group launches with food, networking, and presentations for diverse technical audiences.
Modern CPU cores tripled licensing costs while performance gains lag. ATG's core-based model is economically broken.
Site speed impacts Google rankings now - here's why it matters and how Spark::red's hosting expertise tuned every layer.
Spark::red launches monthly ATG newsletter covering hosting, performance tuning, and technical deep dives.
ATG's CPU-based licensing made sense in 1999, but virtualization and cloud broke the whole model.
Retailers should sell the lifestyle first - IKEA shows how context and story drive product sales.
East Coast Starbucks lack the operational flow of West Coast locations - poor cash handling slows everything down.
Featured member at HowGoodIWas.com - a sports bragging and social networking site worth checking out.
Spark::red offers aggressive ATG hosting pricing to help businesses save hundreds of thousands during economic downturns.
Neighbors notice when a tree service works nearby - brand visibility through honest, quality work is powerful marketing.
Five tech books for $29.95 with all proceeds funding Australian bushfire relief - skill-building with purpose.
Relentless recruiting calls after clear refusal. TransAmerican burned bridges through sheer persistence.
Real-world skills - communication, time management, problem-solving - rarely taught in school but critical everywhere else.
Excellence in any job - architect, plumber, salesman - means pushing beyond minimum and delivering your absolute best.
Developers should publish open source, write blogs, and keep learning - it benefits careers, companies, and hiring alike.
Multi-core licensing doubled software costs without proportional performance gains - a trend harming customers everywhere.
Government lawyers claim the president can arrest any citizen and imprison them indefinitely without charge.
Tech startups carry no debt and don't depend on luxury spending, so they'll weather this recession far better than last time.
Y Combinator's Startup School 2008 packed the auditorium early with eager founders - here's what it felt like to be there.
Attended Startup School in San Francisco - full coverage across two blog posts on Friday and the weekend.
Columbus trip: 4:30 AM flight, jet lag at midnight, interviews on zero sleep - the startup grind is real.
Y Combinator's 2008 Startup School at Stanford: founders networking matters more than hearing the speakers.
Read my follow-up article on Network World - link inside.
Self-hosting mail, web, and files beats outsourced convenience when you control the stack.
Photographers own their work by default. Code should too.
2008 brings Seam, Flex, and uncertainty. What tech excites you?
Three weeks in Columbus on the new job brings jet lag, lost sunglasses, and a desperate need for rest.
New job keeps me busy and traveling for three weeks straight; mornings at gym, free afternoons, no wife.
First day jitters despite eight years of ATG expertise - home office ready, gym session planned, nerves intact.
After four and a half years at Cingular, the final day arrives with mixed emotions - goodbye comfort and expertise, hello uncertainty and growth.
Balancing handoff meetings and motorcycle commutes while preparing for a major life transition proves daily challenges keep you sharp.
First retirement account opened as a contractor - building future security finally becomes unavoidable reality.
Leaving Cingular after four and a half years to contract remotely for Resource Interactive - freedom and focus replace juggling.