Just wanted to say goodbye, because as of Friday I'll no longer be with Colocation America.

Got a new job as a social analyst for an entertainment creative agency here in LA--the company did the social for Spiderman: Homecoming, BoJack Horseman Season 3, Death Note, and more.

Just wanted to say it was great getting to interact and be goofy with you all on here and at MangoCon--you guys and gals were always a blast to chat with.

I retire as the REIGNING AND DEFENDING Definitely-Not-Jenga-Please-Stop-Calling-Our-Lawyers Champion (NOBODY DENIES THIS DON'T LISTEN TO DETRACTORS)

Hey Mango Lass-ers!

First off, by popular demand…you know her, you love her, she let you into my room at midnight to ambush me for videos…please welcome @SamieWalters to MangoLassi!

Secondly, we wanted to thank @Minion-Queen, @art_of_shred, @scottalanmiller, and the rest of the ML and GroveSocial crew for putting on such a wonderful conference. It was great to meet you all and partake in garbage plates, dramatic readings of interviews, amazing IT sessions, and competitive Please-Don’t-Sue-Us “Jenga” rounds.

As a thank you for such a wonderful time at MangoCon, we’d like to offer ML users a deal for 50% off the first month of any service—dedicated or colo—when you use coupon code: MangoCon50 at checkout on our website.

We have fully customizable plans for everything from 1U to full racks and [blah blah blah insert sales spiel here, nobody wants to hear it Chris, wrap it up, you promised you wouldn't try to sell them on stuff.]

Seriously, thank you for such a wonderful time this past week. We really appreciate all the love you’ve shown us, and we’re incredibly proud to be sponsoring the NTG Lab and have been part of the very first MangoCon!

P.S. I'm still the We-Swear-It's-Not-Jenga "Jenga" Champion

ATTENTION

First off, thank you to everyone that submitted and for the community itself for your awesomeness!

Second, we've done the random drawing and the winners of the tickets to MangoCon, in beautiful Rochester, NY are...

DRUMROLL

DRUMROLL INTENSIFIES

@BRRABill and @IRJ!

Congrats you two! Look out for an email soon from me so we can get everything sorted out and get you your tickets!

See you in September!

NTG @Minion-Queen @art_of_shred got in to LA around 12:30.

We unloaded their massive haul of servers and other assorted hardware goodies, gave them a tour of the facility, and then they were off. Something about another night in Vegas....

Oh, and Coly was there too.

So glad we could be part of it!

Hello, Future Competitors...

Much debate has been had and challenges have been laid forth over who is the TRUE KING OF DEFINITELY-NOT-JENGA. The score shall be settled at the Con of Mangoes in Rochester, NY.

So I extend to you an offer: compete in this single-elimination, winner-take-all tournament to crown a CHAMPION!

All you must do is respond to this message, declaring your intention to enter this noble tournament, and you shall be entered.

Brackets shall be made, seeds shall be determined, and one person shall emerge from this test of skill, balance, and strategy as the KING OF WE-CALL-IT-TOWER-BLOCKS-FOR-LEGAL-PURPOSES!

See you at the Con of Mangoes...

Hey all,

There have been some questions regarding the status of the Lab. First off, I want to personally apologize for the wait--we were looking to have everything up and running by the beginning of June, but as many of you may have experienced in your own IT adventures, things can and often will go wrong.

There was a missing part that needed to be ordered (that has since been delivered and installed), and we are currently working on resolving a few networking issues that-- as far as I know (in my limited technical knowledge, maybe @scottalanmiller or @art_of_shred can shed additional light)--is the only thing that stands in the way of the Lab getting up and rocking. Our IT staff is working to get that resolved ASAP so you can get some of that sweet sweet Lab action.

So yeah, it's on us, and we take full responsibility for the wait. Trust me, I'm not happy either. Please address all questions and criticisms to our mascot Coly. Or me. I'm here too.

Use coupon code CYBER2017 at checkout and get services free until 2017 (or one month free, whichever sounds better to you).

Come get that sweet, sweet colo or disaster recovery or backup or dedicated server or hell, a whole rack

www.colocationamerica.com

Deal ends 12/1. Look at this fancy graphic:

Just finished booking my flight and hotel to MANGOCON.

We're headed MangoCon on September 14-16th and we want to see you there in beautiful Rochester, NY!

We're raffling off two (2) FREE tickets to the lovely community members of MangoLassi to join us in September! Send me a private message with your name and e-mail (I don't want you to put your stuff out in the open) and we will randomly draw and announce the two winners on Monday, August 15th!

See you in Rochester aka LET'S PARTY.

*Travel and hotel not included

Just wanted to say goodbye, because as of Friday I'll no longer be with Colocation America.

Got a new job as a social analyst for an entertainment creative agency here in LA--the company did the social for Spiderman: Homecoming, BoJack Horseman Season 3, Death Note, and more.

Just wanted to say it was great getting to interact and be goofy with you all on here and at MangoCon--you guys and gals were always a blast to chat with.

I retire as the REIGNING AND DEFENDING Definitely-Not-Jenga-Please-Stop-Calling-Our-Lawyers Champion (NOBODY DENIES THIS DON'T LISTEN TO DETRACTORS)

That Files app is a godsend. Drag and drop is amazing, but wish it was more functional with 3rd party apps. For instance, GMail has it, but every time i’ve tried to drag/drop, the green + will pop up but the file won’t attach.

@minion-queen said in iOS 11 annoyances:

So I finally got to play with this on my iPad Pro. I LOVE THIS!!! Multi tasking is a whole lot better than it was. The customizable dock is awesome. The new files app is VERY awesome I have my iCloud, dropbox, google drive and OneDrive all in one place without opening the stupid individual clunky app for each of them. There's also some more stuff for the apple pencil and it works better than it did before. I am really happy with this upgrade.

I’m super happy with it so far. Loving the new dock on the iPad. It’ll be a lot better once I upgrade my iPad and can get the full multi-tasking experience (I can only overlay a second app on my mini 2)

Hey, so being in the data center industry we often get a lot of clients asking about their disaster recovery protocols and how they should approach it, so we decided to do a little two parter on identifying the problems and mission critical systems in your business, as well as common failures and predictable recovery and how it will affect your company.

Part one

Part two

Tl;dr: put your stuff in a data center because you can't handle it.

@minion-queen I think the biggest benefit is that my bag got a lot lighter

@scottalanmiller Trying to keep work separate from personal as much as possible and don't want that tied to my account. About to reconfigure work email as IMAP to make it easier to use the Outlook app.

@scottalanmiller True. I was able to write an article for our blog entirely on the iPad yesterday, containing multiple links, etc. Wasn't too bad to deal with.

Spreadsheets are a different story, however.

Mileage may vary based on type of work, obviously, but it's been a smooth transition for me so far.

@wrx7m i still have my fully functional W10 laptop at home, it just doesn't come into the office anymore with me. No files in storage, everything via cloud.

Just need to figure out how to set up Outlook to access my work email and we'd be all set. I don't believe the iOS Outlook app allows for POP, but there has to be a workaround.

@nerdydad yeah the apps being self-contained kinda limit the necessity of a mouse. I thought that'd be a limiting factor, but it hasn't been an issue thus far.

Keyboard shortcuts really help, I can switch apps via Cmd + tab, and most apps display any available shortcuts if you hold down Cmd within the app.

@scottalanmiller yeah the screen is a tad small, that's why the upgrade to the 9.7" will be better.