@scottalanmiller said in Recovering yet?:

@gjacobse Heading north and then down through Oklahoma.

If are bored and hit Chicago, I am here. until next week. Otherwise, see you in Austin

@Dashrender you are welcome!

@thwr said in MC16: VoIP with Jared Busch Session:

@JaredBusch said in MC16: VoIP with Jared Busch Session:

@scottalanmiller said in MC16: VoIP with Jared Busch Session:

@JaredBusch said in MC16: VoIP with Jared Busch Session:

@thwr said in MC16: VoIP with Jared Busch Session:

@scottalanmiller said in MC16: VoIP with Jared Busch Session:

Myths of VoIP:

No 911 Is not secure Requires dedicated Internet Needs special network configuration have to buy all new hardware (or any new hardware!)

Seriously? ...

Serious that those are myths of VOIP? yup. I hear those all the time.

Same here.

@thwr Just happened last night in fact when i gave a presentation to a SpiceCorp.

Really sad. But there are so many myths (and half-knowledge) in and around IT...

Seems to be the majority more often than not 😞

@coliver said in Ultimate Garbage Plate?:

Man... now I'm hungry for a Garbage plate. Good thing I'll be up in two weeks.

I'm always hungry for a garbage plate.

@MattSpeller said in Role play Session:

Lots of these soft skills are developed early on (for me anyway) doing crappy jobs and selling garbage.

Comes down to listening often. Someone will almost always tell you what they want through body language, direct verbal, indirect verbal or even written. You have to be open to receiving it though.

It's not only soft skills, although those are definitely important. It's also just business skills - knowing what matters, putting the RIGHT information in front of the right people, identifying the stakeholders, etc.

@DustinB3403 said in MangoCon 2017 Topic Ideas:

"Strange things to do with your Hypervisor - Never do these"

Would be an entertaining one for 30 seconds or so...

Hey, I was doing just that today. Did a nested hypervisor to restore some files, which is why it's taking so long if you pay attention to the "what are you doing now thread"

@JaredBusch said in MangoCon Voting:

@ChrisL said in MangoCon Voting:

@gjacobse said in MangoCon Voting:

@Dashrender said in MangoCon Voting:

sadly, conference cookies are rarely worth eating.

Quite true... I had some of the most awesome cookies... sorry... they were all mine!

The lunch cookies weren't that bad.

Were covered with some sticky goo. The cookies themselves were ok I guess. but i had to go wash my hands after picking one up.

This is EXACTLY what I told @Minion-Queen yesterday. We are totally on the same page. Leave that off and they were great.

VIctoire was pretty awesome. I love the outdoor space and the fireplace there. And the beer selection was really good.

@gjacobse said in Picture thread. Go!:

@nadnerB said in Picture thread. Go!:

@gjacobse said in Picture thread. Go!:

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Successful drive toast

Did you pee in a jar?

No -.... (self moderated string of thoughts and words which are very UNMod like)

Fireball

lol

@dafyre said in Day Three Casualties:

I guess you guys are right. Nobody got Parking Garage'd.

Was a near thing for @rob and @brianlittlejohn though.

@BRRABill said in Letchworth Trip 2016 - In Lobby Waiting Now:

@scottalanmiller said

We were all burned out.

From what? The previous days?

I slept almost all day Saturday, and ended up sleeping a majority of today, too.

I literally just walked in the door. I've been driving nearly continuously since Saturday morning. Drove quite a bit on Saturday. Did seven or more hours as the driver yesterday. Did five hours as passenger and another five as driver today for a ten hour total day in the car.

Should be driving to Texas (23 more hours) in as little as two days!

#fakephotobomb

@scottalanmiller said in MC16 Vendor Feedback:

@ChrisL said in MC16 Vendor Feedback:

Samantha and I have been having a great time talking with everyone that has stopped by.

And when is she getting set up with her own ML account?

/me withholds snide drunk comments about bosses.

@scottalanmiller said in MangoCon Things to Change for 2017:

@gjacobse said in MangoCon Things to Change for 2017:

@mlnews said in MangoCon Things to Change for 2017:

@Minion-Queen said in MangoCon Things to Change for 2017:

Power issue as well

Just a lack of power options, or actual issues with the power.

I have an idea on that. Even if I have to custom wire it, ... I think it could be useful. Could even do our own WiFi if we have a jack we can find in the conference room to connect to.

Unlikely that they will provide a jack.

A solid LTE modem could be connected to an ERL and a coupe UAP for very little outlay. But really any hotel claiming to host a group should be able to provide a dedicated SSID and bandwidth. Hospitality is so crappy compared to what they could do with a little forethought.