Max Clark
@maxclark.bsky.social
Building an IT Services brokerage. Helping people buy right the first time. Founder of ITBroker.com
Real redundancy means you don’t notice when something goes down
It’s complicated, expensive, and almost impossible to achieve
But most companies would be just fine with spare hardware sitting on a shelf and a 4 hour recovery
It’s complicated, expensive, and almost impossible to achieve
But most companies would be just fine with spare hardware sitting on a shelf and a 4 hour recovery
July 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Real redundancy means you don’t notice when something goes down
It’s complicated, expensive, and almost impossible to achieve
But most companies would be just fine with spare hardware sitting on a shelf and a 4 hour recovery
It’s complicated, expensive, and almost impossible to achieve
But most companies would be just fine with spare hardware sitting on a shelf and a 4 hour recovery
It’s a “fee” not a tax
Has almost zero oversight
Changes quarterly
Is currently 36%
And we’re stuck with it
I really hoped the USF was dead
Has almost zero oversight
Changes quarterly
Is currently 36%
And we’re stuck with it
I really hoped the USF was dead
June 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It’s a “fee” not a tax
Has almost zero oversight
Changes quarterly
Is currently 36%
And we’re stuck with it
I really hoped the USF was dead
Has almost zero oversight
Changes quarterly
Is currently 36%
And we’re stuck with it
I really hoped the USF was dead
Anna Wintour ran Vogue for 37 years - an absolute boss who helped define fashion and pop culture for most of my life
June 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Anna Wintour ran Vogue for 37 years - an absolute boss who helped define fashion and pop culture for most of my life
Spend a couple minutes reading Plaid’s privacy policy
Do you really want to give them all of this data?
Do you really want to give them all of this data?
June 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Spend a couple minutes reading Plaid’s privacy policy
Do you really want to give them all of this data?
Do you really want to give them all of this data?
When anyone can say no, it’s hard to get to yes
It’s common to see a purchasing committee with a 6-8 people but when you factor in their managers, executives, business development, procurement, compliance, and lawyers dozens of people are involved
It’s common to see a purchasing committee with a 6-8 people but when you factor in their managers, executives, business development, procurement, compliance, and lawyers dozens of people are involved
June 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
When anyone can say no, it’s hard to get to yes
It’s common to see a purchasing committee with a 6-8 people but when you factor in their managers, executives, business development, procurement, compliance, and lawyers dozens of people are involved
It’s common to see a purchasing committee with a 6-8 people but when you factor in their managers, executives, business development, procurement, compliance, and lawyers dozens of people are involved
It’s just too scary
Real reason why most IT projects fail to get off the ground
Your business needs transformational change, but people involved don’t want to risk their jobs to make it happen
One fix is to bring in a consultant that can be the fall guy if things go wrong
What’s yours?
Real reason why most IT projects fail to get off the ground
Your business needs transformational change, but people involved don’t want to risk their jobs to make it happen
One fix is to bring in a consultant that can be the fall guy if things go wrong
What’s yours?
June 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It’s just too scary
Real reason why most IT projects fail to get off the ground
Your business needs transformational change, but people involved don’t want to risk their jobs to make it happen
One fix is to bring in a consultant that can be the fall guy if things go wrong
What’s yours?
Real reason why most IT projects fail to get off the ground
Your business needs transformational change, but people involved don’t want to risk their jobs to make it happen
One fix is to bring in a consultant that can be the fall guy if things go wrong
What’s yours?
Gonna migrate my wife and her company off of Google Workspace - can you guess where (hint it’s not what you think)?
June 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Gonna migrate my wife and her company off of Google Workspace - can you guess where (hint it’s not what you think)?
Block your iPhone apps from asking for ratings
Disable In-App Ratings and Reviews:
• Open the Settings app
• Scroll down and tap App Store
• Under In-App Ratings & Reviews, toggle off the option for In-App Ratings & Reviews
Disable In-App Ratings and Reviews:
• Open the Settings app
• Scroll down and tap App Store
• Under In-App Ratings & Reviews, toggle off the option for In-App Ratings & Reviews
June 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Block your iPhone apps from asking for ratings
Disable In-App Ratings and Reviews:
• Open the Settings app
• Scroll down and tap App Store
• Under In-App Ratings & Reviews, toggle off the option for In-App Ratings & Reviews
Disable In-App Ratings and Reviews:
• Open the Settings app
• Scroll down and tap App Store
• Under In-App Ratings & Reviews, toggle off the option for In-App Ratings & Reviews
How’d we get to the point where everything requires an email which triggers surveys???
“I randomly had coffee here and will never see you again. Yes please send me a survey every day for the next month.”
Time to build a Google App Script to auto filter and mark all of these as spam moving forward.
“I randomly had coffee here and will never see you again. Yes please send me a survey every day for the next month.”
Time to build a Google App Script to auto filter and mark all of these as spam moving forward.
June 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
How’d we get to the point where everything requires an email which triggers surveys???
“I randomly had coffee here and will never see you again. Yes please send me a survey every day for the next month.”
Time to build a Google App Script to auto filter and mark all of these as spam moving forward.
“I randomly had coffee here and will never see you again. Yes please send me a survey every day for the next month.”
Time to build a Google App Script to auto filter and mark all of these as spam moving forward.
Current me is snoozing emails till after the summer
Future me is gonna be PISSED!
Future me is gonna be PISSED!
June 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Current me is snoozing emails till after the summer
Future me is gonna be PISSED!
Future me is gonna be PISSED!
For weeks I’ve been saving every cold email to a folder
It’s hilarous to watch the entire sequence play out over a few days (the breakup emails crack me up)
Should I make an unhinged video roasting all of them?
It’s hilarous to watch the entire sequence play out over a few days (the breakup emails crack me up)
Should I make an unhinged video roasting all of them?
June 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
For weeks I’ve been saving every cold email to a folder
It’s hilarous to watch the entire sequence play out over a few days (the breakup emails crack me up)
Should I make an unhinged video roasting all of them?
It’s hilarous to watch the entire sequence play out over a few days (the breakup emails crack me up)
Should I make an unhinged video roasting all of them?
Grok let’s you link directly to the chat
Gemini wants you to create a Google Doc
ChatGPT will share but requires recipient on account
Little things like this drive (my) user behavior more than you’d expect
Delight your users first, worry about viral loops second
Gemini wants you to create a Google Doc
ChatGPT will share but requires recipient on account
Little things like this drive (my) user behavior more than you’d expect
Delight your users first, worry about viral loops second
June 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Grok let’s you link directly to the chat
Gemini wants you to create a Google Doc
ChatGPT will share but requires recipient on account
Little things like this drive (my) user behavior more than you’d expect
Delight your users first, worry about viral loops second
Gemini wants you to create a Google Doc
ChatGPT will share but requires recipient on account
Little things like this drive (my) user behavior more than you’d expect
Delight your users first, worry about viral loops second
The pre-announcement doesn’t include any actual details
Just how bad is this gonna be?
Just how bad is this gonna be?
June 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The pre-announcement doesn’t include any actual details
Just how bad is this gonna be?
Just how bad is this gonna be?
It’s sad, but whenever I see a community announce they’re moving to Discord I immediately think “that group’s dead”
June 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
It’s sad, but whenever I see a community announce they’re moving to Discord I immediately think “that group’s dead”
Sent from +63 (Philippines) number
Wrong date format (12 June)
Wrong spelling (centre vs center)
Link to rando website (kindy icu)
Scary that this works
Scary that people think SAT/EDR is the solution
Your users need active security measures protecting them
This gets worse
Wrong date format (12 June)
Wrong spelling (centre vs center)
Link to rando website (kindy icu)
Scary that this works
Scary that people think SAT/EDR is the solution
Your users need active security measures protecting them
This gets worse
June 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Sent from +63 (Philippines) number
Wrong date format (12 June)
Wrong spelling (centre vs center)
Link to rando website (kindy icu)
Scary that this works
Scary that people think SAT/EDR is the solution
Your users need active security measures protecting them
This gets worse
Wrong date format (12 June)
Wrong spelling (centre vs center)
Link to rando website (kindy icu)
Scary that this works
Scary that people think SAT/EDR is the solution
Your users need active security measures protecting them
This gets worse
Funny how differently I remember this…
1. Email from Bill that our settings changed
2. Bill support has zero clue
3. Takes days for us to get it resolved
4. Bill tells us later “no big deal”
Random changes with our accounting is a big deal
Kickstarted our migration away
1. Email from Bill that our settings changed
2. Bill support has zero clue
3. Takes days for us to get it resolved
4. Bill tells us later “no big deal”
Random changes with our accounting is a big deal
Kickstarted our migration away
June 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Funny how differently I remember this…
1. Email from Bill that our settings changed
2. Bill support has zero clue
3. Takes days for us to get it resolved
4. Bill tells us later “no big deal”
Random changes with our accounting is a big deal
Kickstarted our migration away
1. Email from Bill that our settings changed
2. Bill support has zero clue
3. Takes days for us to get it resolved
4. Bill tells us later “no big deal”
Random changes with our accounting is a big deal
Kickstarted our migration away
Always be simplifying
Everyday something is going to happen that's going to result with the urge to create a new process/system/report/etc...
This is the natural order of things
Your job is to resist the bloat and push for the simpler way
Everyday something is going to happen that's going to result with the urge to create a new process/system/report/etc...
This is the natural order of things
Your job is to resist the bloat and push for the simpler way
June 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Always be simplifying
Everyday something is going to happen that's going to result with the urge to create a new process/system/report/etc...
This is the natural order of things
Your job is to resist the bloat and push for the simpler way
Everyday something is going to happen that's going to result with the urge to create a new process/system/report/etc...
This is the natural order of things
Your job is to resist the bloat and push for the simpler way
Do you know the difference between SSE and SASE?
What makes that "A" so important?
Or maybe that "A" doesn't matter to you at all...
How does that "A" impact your provider selection?
(Yes the industry makes this hard on purpose - we're here to fix that)
What makes that "A" so important?
Or maybe that "A" doesn't matter to you at all...
How does that "A" impact your provider selection?
(Yes the industry makes this hard on purpose - we're here to fix that)
June 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Do you know the difference between SSE and SASE?
What makes that "A" so important?
Or maybe that "A" doesn't matter to you at all...
How does that "A" impact your provider selection?
(Yes the industry makes this hard on purpose - we're here to fix that)
What makes that "A" so important?
Or maybe that "A" doesn't matter to you at all...
How does that "A" impact your provider selection?
(Yes the industry makes this hard on purpose - we're here to fix that)
Passkeys are the most controversial thing since QR codes
People don't understand them and CyberSecurity experts will tell you the faults and why they're a bad idea
Meanwhile they're likely the best thing to actually create strong identity and authentication for the masses
People don't understand them and CyberSecurity experts will tell you the faults and why they're a bad idea
Meanwhile they're likely the best thing to actually create strong identity and authentication for the masses
June 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Passkeys are the most controversial thing since QR codes
People don't understand them and CyberSecurity experts will tell you the faults and why they're a bad idea
Meanwhile they're likely the best thing to actually create strong identity and authentication for the masses
People don't understand them and CyberSecurity experts will tell you the faults and why they're a bad idea
Meanwhile they're likely the best thing to actually create strong identity and authentication for the masses
Don't send email blasts or newsletters from your actual email
You might think this is boosting deliverability, but what's really happening
You might think this is boosting deliverability, but what's really happening
June 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Don't send email blasts or newsletters from your actual email
You might think this is boosting deliverability, but what's really happening
You might think this is boosting deliverability, but what's really happening
Finance: Lower our cloud bill!!!
DevOps: How???
Sound familiar? You're not alone.
How companies are managing cloud spend is completely broken, and the attempted fixes are worse
DevOps: How???
Sound familiar? You're not alone.
How companies are managing cloud spend is completely broken, and the attempted fixes are worse
June 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Finance: Lower our cloud bill!!!
DevOps: How???
Sound familiar? You're not alone.
How companies are managing cloud spend is completely broken, and the attempted fixes are worse
DevOps: How???
Sound familiar? You're not alone.
How companies are managing cloud spend is completely broken, and the attempted fixes are worse
"Nobody get's fired for buying IBM!"
Being different is scary, if anything goes wrong it's your head on the chopping block
But followers don't get awards or promotions
Being different is scary, if anything goes wrong it's your head on the chopping block
But followers don't get awards or promotions
June 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"Nobody get's fired for buying IBM!"
Being different is scary, if anything goes wrong it's your head on the chopping block
But followers don't get awards or promotions
Being different is scary, if anything goes wrong it's your head on the chopping block
But followers don't get awards or promotions
You can do it right the first time, or you can do it twice at three times the cost
Run the patch cord right the first time, or end up with a mess that requires a maintenance window to fix
Run the patch cord right the first time, or end up with a mess that requires a maintenance window to fix
June 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
You can do it right the first time, or you can do it twice at three times the cost
Run the patch cord right the first time, or end up with a mess that requires a maintenance window to fix
Run the patch cord right the first time, or end up with a mess that requires a maintenance window to fix
I'm not a sales guy, but I'm involved in tons of sales cycles
The amount of times I see a seller add unnecessary roadblocks to a customer buying their product/service is insane
It's your job to reduce friction not increase it!
The amount of times I see a seller add unnecessary roadblocks to a customer buying their product/service is insane
It's your job to reduce friction not increase it!
June 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I'm not a sales guy, but I'm involved in tons of sales cycles
The amount of times I see a seller add unnecessary roadblocks to a customer buying their product/service is insane
It's your job to reduce friction not increase it!
The amount of times I see a seller add unnecessary roadblocks to a customer buying their product/service is insane
It's your job to reduce friction not increase it!
Periodic reminder to audit your subscriptions
We've cut $1,031.80/month so far this week
We've cut $1,031.80/month so far this week
June 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Periodic reminder to audit your subscriptions
We've cut $1,031.80/month so far this week
We've cut $1,031.80/month so far this week