Posts made by Tracy_Burton

@Minion-Queen
Sorry...When I see something posted, I assume its not still in progress.

@RojoLoco said in MangoCon 2017:

@scottalanmiller said in MangoCon 2017:

That is not easy to read...

Not easy to read is a drastic understatement. I looked at it about 5 times before I even saw that the word GROVE was there.

All registered. See you guys in a couple of months.

I left Sunday but didn't go back to NM...my dad picked me up and I went and hung out in Buffalo. Played golf Monday and Tuesday then flew back last night. I am wrecked! I'm thinking I'll need to the weekend to fully recover.

So much walking, so little sleep.

@scottalanmiller said in MangoCon 2017 Topic Ideas:

We did a community AMA the first evening. Dragged on way too long, though.

Exactly but if it was setup as a time block (1 hour), it would eliminate that.

I say discovering and being exposed to multiple facets of the industry is the best place to start. If I we're just starting out right now and looking for some courses/certs, I would lean toward Certified Ethical Hacker or Linux Administration.

@scottalanmiller
Not sure what those are exactly but I think we're on the same page.

I recently found myself in a situation where a lifestyle change was necessary and also was looking for a fitness tracker. I narrowed mine down to the Vivosmart and the Samsung Gear Fit2. It was close and I really liked the Garmin's feature set but ended up going with the Gear Fit2 simply because the Samsung Note 7 promo made them available l on the cheap on Craigslist. I love mine and I'm sure you will love yours as well.

As someone who does everything IT relayed at my work, I have a very difficult time becoming very adept at any one area. I would love to see a couple hours set aside where one "expert" was placed at different tables (ie Scott would sit at a storage table) and be available to answer questions for that topic. Every year at Spiceworld and now MC, I get some info from another attendee that process to be the most valuable piece of information I get.

Possible topics:
VMWARE/Hyper-V/Virtualization
AV/Security
Linux
Firewalls
Switches/Routers
Backup

I wanted to extend a thank you to Danielle, the NTG staff involved and all the attendees for a great time at the inaugural MangoCon. Already looking forward to next July. :thumbsup_tone1:

Just landed...about to get on shuttle to the hotel.

This may seem simple but have you tried disabling the NIC when connected wirelessly? I've seen connection issues with wired when the wireless radio was on but not connected...I suppose it could cause issues the other way as well.

I'm planning on going to the game on Thursday. At the very least, I will be watching it some place but since I currently live in NM, I don't think I could justify not going if I'm less than 100 miles away especially since its the home opener, on Thursday Night and against the Jets.

Travel mugs are good. The BEST mugs are Tervis mugs...if any vendor was to give those away, it would instantly be the best swag of all time.

My favorite t-shirts are the ones that come in fat man sizes. Every year I take home about 15 shirts from SpiceWorld and promptly give 13 of them to my son .

@jt1001001 Grew up in North Tonawanda myself...while I don't really consider Rochester to be part of WNY, for our conversation here, it is.

Growing up, I always thought WNY was the best place to live. When I moved away to NM at the age of 25, my young thoughts of the area were quickly confirmed...WNY is the best place in the world. Can't wait to move back home.

I'm originally from Buffalo and I noticed right away that the home opener is that Thursday and only an hour away. Not sure if I can swing it but it would be hard to miss that game being only an hour away.

If you haven't gotten a copy lined up yet, let me know. I have a copy that contains gui and command line, standard & datacenter. I can drop it on a USB drive and mail it to you.