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@scottalanmiller said in Windows Phone Apocalypse Has Begun:

Thanks goodness there aren't any Windows Phone users left out there to be affected by this

We've begun offering direct connections to the more popular public cloud services (AWS, Azure, Google) in most of our facilities.

The deadline for our STEM Grant passed the other day and we had OVER 300 APPLICANTS! The first year we offered it, we had 50 applicants, and we're so amazed at the growth of this initiative--thank you to anyone who shared it! We had Ivy League schools like Harvard, Stanford, UPenn apply, plus the US Tennis Academy, various Boys & Girl's Clubs, and even the Tiger Woods Foundation!

@BRRABill said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:

I'm sad Coly didn't get his own username.

He'd have more moderated posts than @JaredBusch by sundown.

We always welcome everyone to check us out on social media too! We're @colocationusa on Twitter and Instagram, and Colocation America on FB and LinkedIn. Either way, you'll find us.

...OR WE'LL FIND YOU.

@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

:(. It snowed over night. First snow this year and we never got a heavy frost at all this year!

What is that white stuff on the ground? Some sort of foreign alien substance?

Even though the scheduled AMA is over, I'm still around and willing to answer any questions any late stragglers might have

@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@ChrisL said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

:(. It snowed over night. First snow this year and we never got a heavy frost at all this year!!

What is that white stuff on the ground? Some sort of foreign alien substance?

I so wish it was foreign to me

It rained here the other day for about 15 mins and I was out there like:

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.

Trump is President. Weed is legal. CA voted to keep the death penalty AND speed up the process. Colorado has assisted suicide.

I think I woke up in the Upside Down. Someone call Eleven to help.

@SamieWalters said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@art_of_shred said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@SamieWalters said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@SamieWalters said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

That moment where your Outlook stops working and you have to fix it. But more accurately, you stop doing everything else because one thing is not working so you come on ML...

Aww glad to see you here! We missed you at SpiceWorld!

I'm super upset I missed it - I heard it was a blast though!

I had heard you were planning on attending. Something happen?

Life happened, haha. Naw, just couldn't get everything in order. As you know in this business, things happen despite your pre-made plans.

What's that old saying? "The best laid plans of mice and marketing people..."

Bought a new card today! 2017 Chevy Spark--it's perfect for scooting around horrible, horrible Los Angeles traffic in style AND comfort.

(Pay me, Chevy)

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@thanksajdotcom Free smoking if you walk outside anywhere in central or north GA, lol.

Are y'all still getting smoke down there? It's been clear in alpharetta and gwinnett since last week.

Where is the smoke coming from?

Brushfires all over n GA, TN, and n Carolina. I was up in the mountains last weekend, it was really bad. Like zero visibility.

Wow, that's crazy. That takes a lot of fires.

http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/

They're everywhere. No rain for well over a month, and we were behind for the year already.

The West Coast sends their regards.

@s.hackleman said in Who's the Most Famous Person You've Ever Met?:

Preston Lacy from Jackass is from my home town and comes back here all the time. I run into him at local bars. Super nice guy, but being the 1 celebrity in town, We try to leave him alone and not make stupid jokes while the guy is just trying to go out for a beer in peace.

You should try and make him feel more welcome by like, kicking him in the crotch, or something.

@RojoLoco said in Mangoes and Marijuana:

@ChrisL said in Mangoes and Marijuana:

I plan on conducting a full study of this theory later on.

We should definitely compare our results.

SCIENCE!

After some careful consideration, I realized I can do like 95% of my work on my iPad through the various social, cloud, and productivity apps.

This is my current setup that I'm testing out. Anker Bluetooth keyboard, my iPad Mini, and a cardboard box so that my neck doesn't get tired from looking down.

I'll probably upgrade to a refurbished 9.7" Pro at some point, but so far, so good.

@FATeknollogee Great question! This is going to sound cheesy, but our tagline is "It's All About Connections...", but that doesn't just cover technical "connections"; we want to develop relationships with our clients, something that we feel a lot of the "other guys" don't do. We specialize in IT solutions for small-to-medium sized businesses. We do have enterprise-level clients, but our bread-and-butter is in helping our clients grow and grow with them. You grow, we grow, and the better we can help our clients.

We also want to connect with the communities of the businesses that we serve. In our home base in LA, we sponsor numerous STEM-education related programs, including our own STEM Grant that we awarded to various student and youth programs in the Los Angeles area.

We pride ourselves on developing those personal relationships and providing IT solutions to our clients by offering top-notch services at an affordable price.

Tl;dr: We're dope and want to help your business to dope stuff too

We have Legally-Not-Allowed-To-Call-It Jenga! Let's play!

Drinking coffee, checking Twitter (I'm the Social Media Director, after all), and listening to the entire Chance The Rapper catalog.

He's great--he releases all of his music for free so it's a guilt-free download, and makes his money off shows and merch. Support great artists! http://chanceraps.com/

@nadnerB said in ColocationAmerica:

I don't know, this sounds a lot like cloud at cost with more lipstick and perfume.
Honestly, I see a spear phishing campaign and social engineering all bundled with very attractive pricing as extra bait.

Take backups and give no passwords @Minion-Queen. I hope you have a sound exit strategy.

I mean, I like fishing, but mostly with a rod and reel.

@Dashrender using the Force to bring balance to the tower.