Author Archives: lmunck

Excel Geekness

Every once in a while I go geek. I don’t apologize for it. It’s been a fixpoint in my life since I was old enough to crawl under the coffee table and push the big buttons on our bulbous and … Continue reading

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Is your Smartphone killing your Dads job in IT?

It has been obvious for some time that the revolution of IT is fundamentally changing businesses. At one end normal people, like you and me, are buying increasing numbers of personal gadgets, bringing them to work, and using them as … Continue reading

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Should you be scared of our evil cloud overlords?

I must admit that until Matt Jacobson of Facebook stopped by my workplace for a marketing session yesterday and spent significant time debunking peoples concerns about storing their stuff online, I’d mostly focused on the corporate, legal, and commercial issues … Continue reading

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My Last Year in Gadgets

Now, those who know me, know that I’m one of those no-financial-commitments-whatsoever bastards that go through gadgets like most people go through change of underwear. I’ll buy something – seemingly on the spur of the moment – play around with it for … Continue reading

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Five Obstacles for the Cloud Enterprise

With SaaS pundits and tech-bloggers going bananas over cloud, it can be tempting to see deviceless 100% cloud-enabled enterprise as just around the corner. There is no question that the cloud is a great place for consumers, small startups, and … Continue reading

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The TCO/ROI Scoping SweetSpot

If your IT costs are rising constantly on a wave of apparently critical legacy systems that you don’t know how to get rid of and nobody knows how to support, chances are you are missing the TCO/ROI sweetspot when scoping … Continue reading

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Social Media Introduction

For some reason I often find myself explaining basic Web 2.0 and Social Media Marketing concepts to people who have neither the time nor the interest to move much beyond the “hey is this a Tweet?!” stage. So, although I’m … Continue reading

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Her Scattered Gold – part 2

So finally we managed to get all of us in one room to finish what we started. Maya and Matilde did everything in one-takes as usual and recorded some beautiful songs, while I produced (which with this Lion upgrade mainly … Continue reading

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Template for Enterprise ROI and TCO Calculations

This template for improving consistency in ROI and TCO calculations is one I build for my company. Feel free to download, use it, and share your experience. Introduction One of the most critical, and yet annoyingly abstract excercises in IT, … Continue reading

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Her Scattered Gold

I had the distinct pleasure of helping two incredibly talented young ladies record a few of their beautiful songs today. Lucky for me, they allowed me to publish the result, but you’ll need to talk to them about how to … Continue reading

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