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A prequel to my neologismistic metaphoristoria of the modern day Wall Street Asshat

Monday December 1, 2008 - 1:40 a.m. Ok, my last rant incited more afterthought than I realized. Perhaps a few sparks of thought can ignite the dry grassy fields of my mind, ehem... or what remains of it. It seems I keep hearing the echoes of words like...

Posted to Mark's Blog by Mark Moore, CEO on 12-02-2008

Filed under: Dean Kamen, econiomic outlook, falling stocks

Babble about me

I am a Director, a manger in many ways, by title I am an IT Manager, but by profession I feel like a manager of anything. I have a job description somewhere but I haven't found it yet. I am slightly ADHD overly ADD and partially Slysdexic (Dyslexic...

Posted to Matthew Fields - IT Management by Matt Fields on 12-01-2008

Filed under: politics, machines, Matthew, entrepenuer, ICON, Networking, Matt

Right Wing, Left Wing, Broken Wing.

In contrast to an older blog entry we are now in the 11th hour. It turns out that stating our economy is at a stage of unpredictability is the equivalent of saying the sky is blue. There is certainly a worldwide mix of emotion. Since our company sells...

Posted to Mark's Blog by Mark Moore, CEO on 11-30-2008

Filed under: metal building industry changes, Economic outlook

'HistoryEventArgs' could not be found

A colleague encountered an error after we upgrades our Visual Studio solution and web sites to Visual Studio 2008 with .NET Framework 3.5: The type or namespace name 'HistoryEventArgs' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an...

Posted to David Garcia - Web Programming by David Garcia on 11-20-2008

Filed under: Visual Studio 2008

Error MSB3482 when signing from the command line

The other day the automated build on my local machine suddenly stopped working. When the SignTool call occurred to sign the ClickOnce deployment, I received the following message: error MSB3482: SignTool reported an error 'Key not valid for use in...

Posted to David Garcia - Web Programming by David Garcia on 11-06-2008

Installing Subversion with SSL on Windows Server 2003

Recently I needed to perform a fresh install of Subversion on Windows Server 2003. The following web pages were quite helpful, but to spare you the reading I'll hit just the highlights. http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.0/ch06s04.html http://ubuntuforums...

Posted to David Garcia - Web Programming by David Garcia on 10-09-2008

Filed under: apache, subversion, ssl, windows server 2003

INSTANT PLANS ONLINE - FREE!!

This year we introduced the World's first and only FREE Steel Building Software, IQS and it is awesome. We designed it completely with the user in mind - and it shows. Designing and pricing a new Steel Building has never been easier, and IQS is heating...

Posted to Mark's Blog by Mark Moore, CEO on 02-27-2008

Filed under: pricing, steel buildings, drawings, IQS

Changing Market Conditions

There are many words that might come to mind when I think about the current market. I am not referring to the "steel market" but our economy. The media spins up the scare and the press paints the ink in a fashion that allows us to believe we...

Posted to Mark's Blog by Mark Moore, CEO on 02-12-2008

The truth about the price of steel

In days reminiscent of February 2004 it seems we are crossing the grand threshold again. Instead of blaming China for over consumption of steel and scrap, where we stand today is totally different. There is no shortage and should be no shortage of steel...

Posted to Mark's Blog by Mark Moore, CEO on 01-15-2008

Life Online Part 2

Listen up people. We all know the internet is a powerful tool to shop with. But it comes with a heavy price for a lot of unsuspecting consumers. There are lots of ways to separate the wheat from the chaff, but let us set the bar for you. No other company...

Posted to Mark's Blog by Mark Moore, CEO on 01-12-2008

More of the Same!

Looking back and taking stock of another great year, I know that 2008 will be our best year ever. ICON Building Systems has a solid history of being focused on customer service and support while offering the most "builder-friendly" system in...

Posted to Mark's Blog by Mark Moore, CEO on 01-01-2008

Success isn't cheap

It is hard to imagine how much pain is involved in creating something great. The passion one has towards the making of greatness cannot be explained, only felt. There are many people here who have worked countless and painstaking hours to ensure that...

Posted to Mark's Blog by Mark Moore, CEO on 12-23-2007

Happy Holidays

From our family to yours – we want to wish you a very happy holiday season. This is the time of year I like to look back and reflect on the year's successes, failures, and opportunities to grow as individuals and as a business. With every project...

Posted to Mark's Blog by Mark Moore, CEO on 12-10-2007

Dear Diary...

I am sure some people might be confused as to my motivation to speak up about what I think, and truth be told I am a little lost about it at times. I reserve the right to make an ass out of myself at any time without notice. This is my life, and it is...

Posted to Mark's Blog by Mark Moore, CEO on 11-09-2007

My toilet runneth over.

We all know we can't always please everyone all the time – we've all been there, pissed off at bad service or lack of service altogether – but let me tell you my story about customer service. Last weekend in an all-star effort we trekked...

Posted to Mark's Blog by Mark Moore, CEO on 09-05-2007

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