I'm jumping ship to rejoin the startup world and begin a new endeavor building a community from scratch: http://growersnetwork.org/ (insert your weed jokes here).

I'll still hang out on here, just not officially representing Webroot. I'm still happy to answer any Webroot questions and help you get in touch with the right people at Webroot if you need help. We'll get a replacement for me once they can hire someone, but in the meantime I'll fill in.

I'll be working from home now, so anyone passing through Colorado let me know so I can have an opportunity to get out of the house and socialize with people in person

Got keycode cards to give out. The best swag is free product, right?

https://www.automox.com/remote

For those of you having to scramble to move everyone to wfh, we're giving 60 days of free Automox. If you have a patching solution that's on-prem, then this could be a temporary substitute and make it easier for you to keep everyone safe and up to date while they're remote. That way people will get patched even if they're not on the VPN.

We promise we won't call or email you as a followup. We're not trying to get leads out of this, just trying to help everyone weather the storm together.

Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.
–Andrew Tanenbaum

http://www.slapkirk.com/

Everyone else is doing it:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/improving-your-personal-brand-writing-bullshit-nic-tolstoshev

http://imgur.com/b4Ooqum

Woot!

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2470312,00.asp

http://www.webroot.com/blog/2015/12/16/it-at-home-for-the-holidays/

A few tips to make the obligatory family tech support not quite as headache inducing.

@IRJ said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

I've been playing the Steam Deck over the past few days and I'm loving it!

Isn't it awesome? I am having to wear reading glasses, but that was something that was in the works anyway since I'm an old fart

@dafyre It's nice because it gets rid of the scalper problem that the PS5 has. And they're not having to deal with storefronts, since the only way to purchase is through them.

@dafyre I'd recommend it. And if you put your $5 down now, it will still be a few months until they get to your order. They got a huge number of orders and basically put everyone in a queue. Once you're at the top of the queue they send you an email to complete the purchase.

Anyone else lucky enough to get a Steam Deck? I just got mine recently and am loving it. It's the perfect size and has the usual Valve polish.

I've been playing Rogue Legacy 2 - it's a worthy sequel to the first game, which I loved.

Apparently it's going to be 100% new so:

1. none of the original actors
2. no Joss Whedon

Which makes me less excited.

https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/firefly-reboot-disney.html

@scottalanmiller I bet they're regretting letting Tom Limoncelli leave them for Stack Exchange right about now

Longest birthday thread evar - happy birthday @Dominica !

@scottalanmiller I saw some job postings from Basecamp the fitness company be linked to Basecamp the tech company. They're probably trying to autolink stuff together and royally screwing it up.