Aaron Haley

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Technologist, Prognosticator, and Self Proclaimed Polymath
Nonprofit Organization Management | Austin, Texas Area, US
  • 2007 - Present
    Owner / Austin Laser Art
  • 1999 - Present
    Senior Network Systems Architect / Texas Medical Asso
  • 2006 - Present
    Writer and Photographer / Austinist.com
  • 1996 - Present
    Consultant / SXSW
  • 1997 - Present
    Network Systems Administrator / State Farm
  • 1995 - Present
    Support Escalation Engineer / Microsoft Corporation
    Escalation Support for Windows NT Server in Customer Service & Support Division.
  • 1994 - 1997
    The University of Texas at Austin
    Business
January 02, 12:26 AM

January 02, 12:26 AM

January 02, 12:26 AM

Mike Modano is the face of hockey in not only Dallas but the entire state of Texas. the BEST American born player ever and up there with the best in the world. Sure will miss him. Thanks Mo.

January 02, 12:26 AM


Laser Etched iPad
Originally uploaded by Sektormedia.

Picked up an iPad today and decided that it needed to be personalized ASAP. Luckily I own a laser. How CONVENIENT!!! Thought long and hard and decided to go with this. I had a number of good ideas but liked the overall look of this one. Still plenty of other ideas for other folks.

January 02, 12:26 AM

January 02, 12:26 AM

Attended Gary Vaynerchuck's SXSW presentation and and usual he crushed it. I'll leave the panel dissection to other folks but I did capture the audio
of Kosha Dill and Flex busting out a GaryVee rhyme. Full video of the panel is here on Soup, it is phenomenal.

January 02, 12:26 AM

I loved this video that Tony did about the eel guy. It should teach you WAY more than just how this guy smokes eel. But, it doesn’t hurt that I LOVE eel.

“It is the privilege of the execution as opposed to delving
into the nonsense of completion. It is very Zen, building something that you
know you can never get done. It’s the journey not the result.”

A local’s obsession with smoked eel – Travel Channel.

January 02, 12:26 AM


ALA-At-Artomatic
Originally uploaded by Sektormedia.

Here’s out postcard for our installation at Artomatic in DC. Woo Hoo!!

January 02, 12:26 AM

We've been using ThinPrint for a number of years to resolve any terminal services printing issues. It works great and I wanted to give them more money. Unfortunately they apparently hate money as much as they despise their customers. So guess what ThinPrint, good day. I said good day!!!!!

I got my renewal and as we do not use POs or have an account with them I chose to renew via their credit card link, unfortunately we have corporate mastercards and they do not take those. I emailed them and asked how I could renew since they didn't take the only card I had available. They said, no problem, just call our US office and one of our folks there will help you. Unfortunately this is where the customer service nightmare begins, the US office refuses to beleive that this could be possible. They say they don't do anything with the customers, apparently they've seen office space too much and Germany is Milton. She said I should just email my credit card information unsecured to someone in Germany and let them deal with it. Hooray I said, that sounds like a great plan, except where it's not. Germany told me to call you I say, and they tell me that Germany is wrong and I should just do what she says. I get more and more frustrated and try to explain internet security and customer satisfaction but those are apparently not her jobs. Well, Thinprint, guess what? My job is to pay you money and I've decided to not do that either. And in addition my new job is to tell everyone how horrible your customer service is and I will be doing that job.
thanks but no thanks folks, I'll just do without.

January 02, 12:26 AM

They apparently do NOT want money anymore as they've driven me to the brink with their stupid $10 charges. All mind you for items that takes no time so should not even cost a loyal customer $.01. But yet it does. Well, I'm just taking my money elsewhere. I've been a long term customer and allowed them to keep and use a fair amount of money but I'll be giving it to someone else now, I'm a customer not a punching bag. When will "old guard" business' wise up and take a cue from companies like Zappos that it's all about the customer. It's called Win-Win, why don't they get it?! sigh. Here's my ugly letter to them.

I am very annoyed in this current economic climate that Wells Fargo feels the need to charge me $10 to overdraft money from one WF account to another WF account. This happens automatically and costs you NO money but yet you continue to charge me. Transferring money myself is free so why is it not based on a trigger? That is just bad business. Also bad business is charging me another $10 for "excess use" on my savings account. My wife and I saved up enough to remodel our house and don't want to keep it in savings and you charge me $10 to use my own money? Since you don't like me withdrawing or using my own money how about I just move my mortgage, my savings, my credit card, and my checking account to another bank if this is how you feel that a longterm and loyal customer is to be treated. Good luck getting a bailout because you will need one once all of your customers leave you because you have insane and predatory business practices that are both poor customer service and bad business. Business can be win-win, you can make money and make me a happy and loyal customer at the same time. Those two ideas ARE NOT mutually exclusive.

My Last.fm Music

  • Float by {u'mbid': u'c3694ddc-f7e5-40dd-9fad-90d11a2c50fa', u'#text': u'Flogging Molly'}
    7 weeks ago
  • The Worst Day Since Yesterday by {u'mbid': u'c3694ddc-f7e5-40dd-9fad-90d11a2c50fa', u'#text': u'Flogging Molly'}
    7 weeks ago
  • Selfish Man by {u'mbid': u'c3694ddc-f7e5-40dd-9fad-90d11a2c50fa', u'#text': u'Flogging Molly'}
    7 weeks ago
  • Salty Dog by {u'mbid': u'c3694ddc-f7e5-40dd-9fad-90d11a2c50fa', u'#text': u'Flogging Molly'}
    7 weeks ago
  • Drunken Lullabies by {u'mbid': u'c3694ddc-f7e5-40dd-9fad-90d11a2c50fa', u'#text': u'Flogging Molly'}
    7 weeks ago
  • The Story So Far by {u'mbid': u'c3694ddc-f7e5-40dd-9fad-90d11a2c50fa', u'#text': u'Flogging Molly'}
    7 weeks ago
  • Man With No Country by {u'mbid': u'c3694ddc-f7e5-40dd-9fad-90d11a2c50fa', u'#text': u'Flogging Molly'}
    7 weeks ago
  • From the Back of a Broken Dream by {u'mbid': u'c3694ddc-f7e5-40dd-9fad-90d11a2c50fa', u'#text': u'Flogging Molly'}
    7 weeks ago
  • Between A Man And A Woman by {u'mbid': u'c3694ddc-f7e5-40dd-9fad-90d11a2c50fa', u'#text': u'Flogging Molly'}
    7 weeks ago
  • Us of Lesser Gods by {u'mbid': u'c3694ddc-f7e5-40dd-9fad-90d11a2c50fa', u'#text': u'Flogging Molly'}
    7 weeks ago
May 20, 03:14 PM

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May 04, 02:08 PM

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April 25, 11:33 AM

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April 01, 06:46 PM

Ahaley: Watching the Pucks & Paws dog contest during intermission. #GoStars #TryingToForget

April 01, 05:44 PM

Ahaley: Watching @TexasStars @Jack1Campbell take warmup shots on goal pre-game. He can do it all. #GoStars

March 31, 09:26 PM

Ahaley: Hey @cedarparkcenter any chance you could make the wifi not stink?! Already no cell, wifi would be nice

March 31, 07:09 PM

Ahaley: I did not think that @512brewing could get any better and then I had it on nitro. Sweet jeebus. Thank you science!

March 31, 05:13 PM

Ahaley: Sorting the beer cellar & enjoying a tasty @oskarblues Deviant Dale's IPA - "Sippin' on a Tall Boy" #TooManyBeers #FWP

March 30, 11:49 PM

Ahaley: @AdamWolf77 oh hell yeah.

March 29, 08:36 PM

Ahaley: So excited to watch @Jack1Campbell play his first home game as a Star! @TexasStars - go JC go!! #GoStars

March 29, 08:12 PM

Ahaley: @badougherty

March 29, 06:12 PM

Ahaley: Just dropped and exploded a bottle of @jesterkingbeer original yeast black metal on my driveway #SuperSad #BeerTradgedy

March 27, 05:59 PM

Ahaley: @jonathancoulton sing me a song monkeyboy! #ThreeStars #LawOfTheHighSeas

March 24, 01:30 PM

Ahaley: Thanks #AustinBeerLeague advisory panel for great tasting @BeerTownAustin @jwall4 @ksidora @biergut @Ahaley & @KDTrey5

March 24, 02:20 AM

Ahaley: Hey @DaleDudley ran in to these "misprint" guys tonight and they told you to fuck off!! Cc: @matt_bearden

March 23, 11:00 PM

Ahaley: Just busted out a @biergut jeroboam of Roots 2006 Epic!!! Is that a tiny guy or a giant bottle?! #YouDecide

March 23, 06:40 PM

Ahaley: The @AustinBeerGuide is well displayed at the @draughthouse. #WooHoo #ABGHomeBar

March 22, 10:11 AM

Ahaley: Trying a really tasty spinach smoothie for brekkie, recipe thanks to @JoyTheBaker #Thanks #Yummy http://joythebaker.com/2012/03/super-spinach-smoothie/

March 20, 09:32 AM

Ahaley:

March 18, 10:42 PM

Ahaley: @dbelcher5761 thank you sir. You are a man amongst men!! #CraftBeer #SuperSweet

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