Posts made by ChrisL

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.

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.

It's a double-edged sword. People want to see the links they're clicking, but brevity is key when it comes to marketing and having a link filled to the brim with UTM parameters kinda dampens the experience on certain platforms.

Measuring the ROI of social is also a weird thing for marketers--when bringing numbers in front of management, it's nice to be like, "People clicked on this x amount of times from x platform"

I have a confession..... I own Hostadillo

I'll take the chicken Hostadillo with guac on the side.

@chrisl said in What happens at MangoCon gets posted here for all to see 2017:

Hey, I have 4 shirts remaining. One M, two L, one XL.

Beat me in Kinda-Like-Jenga-But-Not-Really and you get one.

We're down to 3 shirts--someone took a shirt without a challenge. SHAME.

Hey, I have 4 shirts remaining. One M, two L, one XL.

Beat me in Kinda-Like-Jenga-But-Not-Really and you get one.

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@brrabill Yeah, Sam is away at camp

IM WATCHING YOU WATCHING ME

Packing the essentials....