Comments for Greg Reinacker's Weblog

Comment on Cold calling (from the callee’s perspective) by Chey

Chey — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:56:18 +0000

Thanks for this blog! I have recently started to transition from a non sales tech role to a tech sales role and I have been hunting for ideas on how to call without leaving people with a bad taste in their mouth.

Most of our busienss comes from networking and refferals but recently one of our vendors has asked us to take up cold calling. I know that there are people are successful at this, and I would love to absorb some of their methods.

Comment on Mounting problems with the BMW 7 Series by Scott

Scott — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:41:49 +0000

Im a proud owner of a 1995 750il with 130k on it,runs and drives like a freakin new car,best of all it looks almost like a 2001 as well..oil changes,coolant flush, and of course gasoline (v-12 baby) …stick with the factory wheels though(16 in) the 18 in wheels are crap,car will bottom out and will give a very rough ride..sorry all you guys have bad mechanics…

Comment on RSS and SourceSafe by Aravind

Aravind — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:02:20 +0000

Hi, I was always in search of such an application. I downloaded this and configured. However, I can’t see anything under c:\inetput\wwwroot\vss.xml?

Can any one tell me how to use this app/service?

Thanks.

Comment on Exporting video for iPhone by Jonathon McDougall

Jonathon McDougall — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:39:04 +0000

Thanks Greg, those instructions could be useful in the future! If you have a number of videos already created, and you want a one-touch solution, you should check out Roxio Popcorn

Super easy to use, and also converts DVDs as well as TiVo’d programs.

Comment on RSS and SourceSafe by Aidan

Aidan — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:08:22 +0000

Nice little service that solves our issue of being able to search on the comments fields.

I hit one issue though. In GenRss.cs I kept getting a “Error loading resource string” error on the line “string file = ver.VSSItem.Name;”.
It’s a known bug with VSS and I’ve just worked around it by surrounding the line with a try-catch.
(I’m more VB than C# at the mo)

Just thought I’d share the info.

Comment on iPhone and Exchange - push and DNS by gregr

gregr — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:16:11 +0000

@Rob - it definitely works over edge…sounds like there might be some config problems on your Exchange Server?

Comment on iPhone and Exchange - push and DNS by Rob Cas

Rob Cas — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:11:44 +0000

My exchange activesync is not pushing. I’m using the gen 1 iPhone but have the new softward. Is push for exchange only supported while on wifi or does it work via Edge as well? I have yet to see it actually push anything, it doesn’t update until I actually open mail or contacts or calendar etc.

Comment on Why I can’t try Picasa Web Albums by Snehasis

Snehasis — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:48:47 +0000

Hmm….This is why Flickr with 100MB free storage wins over Google Picasa.

P.S. If photo storing is the main agenda then use Picasa with “unlisted” option(1 GB Free).
Else use Flickr for Sharing.

Comment on Mounting problems with the BMW 7 Series by Jason Doornick

Jason Doornick — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:18:59 +0000

Ladies, Gentlemen… Fans of BMW’s. My name is Jason Doornick. I am an avid fan of most sport cars. I currently Drive a 2001 Audi All-road with Adjustable suspension. Irregular problems have occurred and has been a deterrent for me to get a new one. I am going/have been wanting to get a BMW. Everyone that I personally speak to about a BMW says it is every sport car drivers DREAM COME TRUE. But online, phone, forums, blogs… People put the BMW down a lot. Problems… Issues… repairs… i drive…. x drive. I very much like the spaciousness of the 2003-present 7 series. The 5 series, as well, attracts me just as much. The 7 serious is my top choice now because of room, MPG, robustness, and style. I want as much feedback as possible about anyone owning a 5 series or 7 series in this year range (2003-present). Hoping that I can get some positive or interesting feedback i will make my decision to move to BMW or to stick with Audi or Mercedes. I would be more than happy to give anyone feedback about Audis. I have learned so much about them as I have owned 3 of them and driven many through family and dealres. Thanks—~~~

Jason Alexander Van Doornick

Comment on MobileMe growing pains by Scott Wendt

Scott Wendt — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:20:11 +0000

Sounds to me like there is an issue with the software behind the service that will continue to mess up the customers data in a seemingly unrecoverable way. It sounds like they have taken those users offline until they can figure out what is broken and fix it rather than let the users trundle on only to be greeted with no e-mail or other data in the service.