Oh hey friends! For the record, surprisingly, Chris did not kill me the next day. I think I killed myself - 2 hours of sleep, solid decision.

It was our pleasure and, don't worry, I am setup, practicing, and ready to go for another year.

Oh hey there - I'm Sam and I do something important over at Colocation America (or so they say). I may be one of the first people who joined MangoLassi after meeting people in real life. So now from offline to online - let's see what happens...

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...

I can just imagine the conversations I will now have to have when I recommend "G Suite" for businesses. I am going to steal @RojoLoco name as Gangsta Suite and then drop the mic and walk away.

@travisdh1 According to Friday night's conversation there is SAM 1 and SAM 2 - I being SAM 2... But I am happy to change that

@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Ah, that is a cute kitty.

Yep. Way to cute for her own good, and she knows it. I can just see her thinking "Why you half to make so much noise?" in that picture.

And you thinking back at her: don't even think you're going to be bringing any gifts home!

I love jumping into this thread randomly and taking everything out of context. Thank you crew!

@MattSpeller SEO at its finest - random topics for the win

@coliver said in Google renames Google Apps to G Suite:

@IRJ said in Google renames Google Apps to G Suite:

The name change makes sense, but the name G Suite is just terrible. I can understand Google not wanting people to confuse Google Apps with Android type Apps. Because they really aren't just apps they are an office suite.

Even Google Suite would have been better. Or just Google Office (unless that is trademarked).

The irony is that I am sure they spent thousands testing the performance of this name change. It makes you wonder what the other options were...

@Texkonc hey hey this is a kid friendly environment! Naw, there is Uber in LA unlike Rochester, NY something that rocked @ChrisL soul

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@samiewalters said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

I've been hiding out... The world is overwhelming, yo!

Oh and it's been 5PM here since, well 2PM. Doesn't everyone in America go off EST for drinking?

I prefer Maritime Time.

I need to get on your time schedule or just go on the whole "somewhere in the world it's already 5PM"... Oh wait, I already do that...

I've been hiding out... The world is overwhelming, yo!

Oh and it's been 5PM here since, well 2PM. Doesn't everyone in America go off EST for drinking?

Sorry I read wine and jump backed in... Is it 5 o'clock everywhere?

PS long time no talk, peeps!

@IRJ said in What constitutes an IT Pro?:

We can argue which certs are good and which ones are bad, but they definitely aren't hurtful to you

If the IT industry were to standardize job titles, do you believe that certain certifications and/or degrees would have to be included in those descriptions?

What is the likelihood that this is even possible?

@wirestyle22 said in What constitutes an IT Pro?:

@Dashrender said in What constitutes an IT Pro?:

@wirestyle22 said in What constitutes an IT Pro?:

@SamieWalters With brain dumps in the world I don't see certifications as a reliable metric to determine competency.

Actually this fully depends on the cert.

As I understand it, the Linux certs have a hands on portion - here is a broken something -fix it. That makes that certification worth something to me.

I agree if there is a lab portion of it for sure

So I guess the question now goes - is there a hierarchy of IT-related certifications and/or degrees? Are some deemed "better" and more "legit" than others?

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Handcuffs and dildo's for the sky marshal's weapon of choice?

A would-be robber was "deterred" by the staff of a CA sex shop recently... they used some of their "inventory" to beat the guy down. So yes, they can be used as weapons.

Ok just checking - yep I read that right. ML you never let me down, thank you!

One definition I did not include in my article was a definition provided via an off-Spiceworks conversation with a friend over at, well, SW.

According to him, this is what an IT Pro is: "Generally, an IT pro is someone with certifications and training as a system administrator, DevOps, network administrator, or other comparable training and works within the IT department for their organization"

How do you feel about his definition?

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

Welcome to @sam who just joined us today.

So another sam... I still stand behind the idea that I am SAM 1 but that's just me... Welcome @Sam

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

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

@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

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

Just a quick reminder to all: NO POLITICAL CONVERSATIONS ALLOWED. Period!

That's quite the political stance you have on free speech

Yeah remember we are an IT forum and while it's fun to talk about stupid stuff. Nothing that will cause flame wars or attacking each other. Honestly I am one Community Manager I don't want to deal with it. And shouldn't have to either.

And, in the same vein, it's really a community for people striving to be IT Pros. Not AV Club kids.

Too soon?

My whole week has been surrounded around "what is a IT Pro" - currently still dealing with the issue... whatever, it will make a great blog later

@scottalanmiller said in Can You Get to the Spiceworks Community?:

@RojoLoco said in Can You Get to the Spiceworks Community?:

@SamieWalters said in Can You Get to the Spiceworks Community?:

Went to lunch and came back - what is the verdict? Still out?

I can get to it now.

I've still got it attempting to load. I just heard @seand say that some pages are loading slowly.

Ahh - it took forever but it seems to be up at our Marketing Office.