Can you compliment 5 (or even 10) people today?

diegoflorez · 2019-10-03T11:27:53.000Z

Welp, since I’m here I might as well try my hand at handing out some compliments!

@eaglemitchell - Dude, you’re the best dadmin any moderator could ask for. You don’t rule over everyone, but instead treat us like equals and you’re always diggin’ our feedback. You brought another side of the community to life and that was totally badass. Plus, you’re a hero in the real world too on the slopes. Much respect.

@dimforest - You goof off a lot, but it’s very much welcomed and appreciated. If anyone is having a crappy day we can count on you to cheer us up without even trying. My parents were in the Army so I automatically had respect for you, but with how smart you are with IT stuff and how friendly you are, it definitely boosted that respect.

@brodyweber - Since you’re an Eagle Scout, I’m surprised your name isn’t EagleBrody. You’re a super nice dude and I’m very pleased to have you as a fellow mod in the Discord.

@big-green-man - Shrek is love, Shrek is life. <3

@geekylibrarian - As EM said, you’re totally the mom of Discord. You’re a no-nonsense kind of gal and the reigning IT Goddess. We are incredibly lucky to have you.

@patcutrone - Girrrrl, you – are – a – HOOT! We love having you as one of our newest moderators and definitely enjoy your presence in the community.

@jimmy-t - Your security posts are absolutely astounding. I can only hope to have as much knowledge and know-how as you one day. You are the role-model.

@jhart - You… Are a Hero… B-) You’re a smart and busy dude and we’re just glad you have time to be active in the community!

@amber-jacobs - You’re incredibly nice and fun to talk to. I’ll have to figure out a way to come down and visit my sister so you and I can grab a drink! ;-D

@cmdlette - You help us keep our jobs and are plenty fun to talk to! I totally dig your cmdments and your Monday Funday questions!

@lloydcastleberry - I know we only partially played PS4 for like, half a minute before my internet kamikazed, but it’s always fun to see you talking about stuff. I just imagine your avatar animated and about 6 inches tall. Absolutely entertaining.

@mattmiller30 - Even though you went back to the dark side, I’m still gonna think of you as my Linux guy. (Not @dimforest ’s Linux Guy mind you ;-)) I dig your taste in music too!

@jplesage - You’re the first “Staff” on the Discord, dude. That’s pretty cool if ya think about it. Thanks for upgrading my bot too, it badly needed it! I can’t wait to see what else you have in store.

@sean-spiceworks - Thank you for keeping this place running smoothly. You are an awesome CM and I’m really glad you didn’t kill the Discord with fire.

@nic-automox - Dude, you’re epic. <3

@ceci-spiceworks - I know I’ve been a little AWOL on the KnowBe4 Corps, but I still think it’s awesome how much effort you put into it all. I swear it’s like you’re busier than a one-armed paper hanger, but you still get shit done. Kudos!

And a big compliment to everyone active on the Unofficial Spiceworks Discord . Y’all bring a new side to the community and it’s a privilege to talk to y’all.

baeforest · 2019-10-03T11:48:56.000Z

It was nice to meet you guys too!

diegoflorez · 2019-10-03T11:52:57.000Z

baeforest:

It was nice to meet you guys too!

There’s a @baeforest !? That’s fantastic! Is there a momforest, dadforest, thing1forest, and thing2forest?

brodyweber · 2019-10-03T12:07:51.000Z

DiegoF1000101:

baeforest:

It was nice to meet you guys too!

There’s a baeforest!? That’s fantastic! Is there a momforest, dadforest, thing1forest, and thing2forest?

Kidforest and Kidforest1 aren’t old enough for accounts yet

andyrobinson4 · 2019-10-03T12:14:51.000Z

I have to agree with you on dimforest and Suzanne, my other honourable mentions are in no particular order

Sean (Spiceworks) - often answers my questions before I’ve even thought to ask them

Deanmoncaster - has a sense of humour similar to mine, but his is on steroids or something

Cmdlette - appreciated before I read the interview, but on a whole new level after

Jimender2 - for taking up the torch from my good friend BritishCrumpet and running with it, with quite a bit of help from others, but y’know

Robert 5205 - The wise old owl among us

Tim -BBC - for backing me up on the Brit stuff and understanding cultural references too obtuse for some

Ste maunder - for continuing to arrange London Spicemeets in spite of everything

Biscuitking - for bringing balance to THE FORCE

British Crumpet in case you ever see this, your Sparks were always so cool and tasty

Thanks to them, all, and to everyone I may have missed, this place is like a second home to me, and long may it continue.

@sean-spiceworks @rhummel @dimforest @stemaunder @biscuitking @jimender2 @cmdlette @deanmoncaster @jacktyler2 @timthornhill @suzanne-spiceworks

Jrx1216 · 2019-10-03T12:17:12.000Z

Well, I sure didn’t expect to see my name in here, haha. Thanks, @suzanne-spiceworks !

While I’m here, let’s give it a go!

@juliekean , you’re awesome! (Also, we miss you!) You got me hooked on the Official “I made the next pepper level” thread and kept me coming back to to the community every day (when I still had time to… Sorry I’ve missed so many posts in there over the past few weeks)

@martin9700 , @tulioarends and @alexw are amazing at PowerShell and have always been there to help me whenever I’m too rusty on my PowerShell to remember how to do simple things

@thomaslee and @rhinoserious have both been amazing at helping out congratulating people in the Official “I made the next pepper level” thread when I’m in the middle of a big move, or otherwise too busy at work to check it every day. You guys rock! (Also, @rhinoserious , It’s been a while since we’ve talked, you drop any new tracks lately?)

And of course, the amazing spiceworkers that keep this wonderful place running! There’s too many of you to name one by one, but I will mention the 3 I’ve interacted with the most @suzanne-spiceworks , @peter-spiceworks , and @sean-spiceworks (Happy birthday Sean!)

I wish I had time to name a few more, but that will have to do for now. Back to the move!

doctor-who · 2019-10-03T12:22:49.000Z

Yay, I got tagged, thanks @merlinyoda , I appreciate you.

alayjha · 2019-10-03T12:54:04.000Z

christopheramweg · 2019-10-03T12:55:59.000Z

Well now, that was unexpected! Get to work, log in … oh look, a couple of notifications … oh … that was nice! I, too, have some people I can thank … the following people, THANKS for …

@dean … being willing to be fooled into thinking I’m a “woodworking genius”, especially before you’ve seen any examples of it! Also for helping me get going.

@merlinyoda @zak … being Bruces, Bruces. Someone’s got to stand up to those pesky Daves!

@doctor-who … the schadenfreude. Makes life seem not so bad!

@sal8273 … random discussions involving stupid frivolous patents and other stuff.

@rhummel … keeping us all so grounded and telling it like it is.

@larryg-profile … for moving my threads around to where they should have been in the first place / being a fantastic moderator in general.

The Jokes Galore forum for sharing a lot of laughs and a few groans.

The Wood Working forum for letting me know that “[getting a] shock is not SOP with a lathe”. Oh … REALLY?

The Spiceworks Bureau of Grammar and Punctuation Forum for letting me know there are other grammar police out there. Correct and Serve!

Almost everyone I’ve ever talked to on here, actually … it’s been a great time!

EDIT: Had to include … @bobbyearcher for epic art!

stemaunder · 2019-10-03T13:09:42.000Z

@andyrobinson4 - thanks for coming along… alright I’ll organise another one, soon

@dimforest - for always making me laugh

@jimmy-t - for doing the things you do

@huw3481 - punk’s not dead

@garydwilliams - a great mentor and many thanks for helping out when you can

@joewilliams - for leading me down the correct path

@cjgallagher - for finding the cure

@brianwhelton - for proving security can be fun as well

@sean-spiceworks - for steadfastly holding this ship afloat

@the-spiceworks-team - massive thanks for all you do behind the scenes

Everyone who has ever come along to a London SpiceCorps meetup, there are far too many to mention

There are of course countless others who have helped me out many a time, made me raise a wry smile at something I’ve read, some who are now overseas, some who are no longer active, some who have had they’re accounts locked, blocked or deleted and some I haven’t seen irl for far too long

Many thanks to you all

troberts2 · 2019-10-03T13:28:51.000Z

DigitalManiak3k:

I’m not good at giving compliments, but I’ll give this a shot.

Torbsie - Man, I had fun hanging out with you at SpiceWorld! I’d seen you on discord but I’m not the most outgoing person, so I had no idea how cool you are!

patcutrone - Thank you for helping me come out of my shell a bit, I really hate I got sick and couldn’t join you and everyone at ACL. I always enjoyed chatting with you on discord, glad to see they made you a mod.

Jimmy T. - I’m glad we got to meet in person at SW! Always enjoy reading your security posts, they are now a part of my weekly routine to keep current.

troberts2 - Man you knocked it out of the park today on OTA! Also, thanks for sending me a copy of your presentation, really hate I missed it at SW.

RibRobIT - Thanks for encouraging me on the vintage hardware forum! Looks like my project list is growing as is my YouTube channel, more retro awesomeness is on the way!

Thanks for the tag Dig, so you get props right away, am going to back and check if I actually sent the attachment with it, as I sent to some others and got a quick tap saying no attachment, so will send over again just in case! Also, gotta give props to Jade, Angie and George for helping with the other presentation we did, the “Everyone is a customer” … am thinking we need to rework it again, or replace with something new as it was good, but it’s done the rounds twice with Spiceworld now (2018 & 2019) … so a spice it up is needed or SpiceRex will chomp down and take it away! Definitely worked well this time with the multi-presenter option too, new takes, spins and insights on what came out of my head before! Jade gets props for putting up with me this past week and a half too, and in general! Fun times in TX!

Thanks to Erin for the BACON and also chilling with us at the after party in line for a min while we tried to figure out what was going on!!

Compliments to Brian on chilling with us on and off at Spiceworld too, from the Sunday night prior at Handle Bar all through the event on and off, glad to meet some new people each time!

Also, thanks to all those over at Spiceworks inc Justin, Chelsea, David, Dana, Rachel and Erin (and more) for everything during Spiceworld and the past few days too. It was fun at the OTA and meeting all of you there at HQ as well. Not sure which Suzanne it was upstairs, but while Sean D was out, she came down, showed us the SpiceRex room, gave us a quick tour again upstairs so Jade could see “ALL THE DUCKS” before we left on 2nd floor again and Jade had your guys upstairs dying laughing …

@brianlowrance2 @georgefernandez @chelsea @doyleerina @justin-o-spiceworks @dana-spiceworks @atatngie @erin-r-spiceworks @david-s-spiceworks @rachel-ch-sw @jadeplace @digitalmaniak3k

Suzanne-Spiceworks · 2019-10-03T13:57:35.000Z

troberts2:

Not sure which Suzanne it was upstairs, but while Sean D was out, she came down, showed us the SpiceRex room, gave us a quick tour again upstairs so Jade could see “ALL THE DUCKS” before we left on 2nd floor again and Jade had your guys upstairs dying laughing …

It was me. It was fun to have you guys here.

Huw3481 · 2019-10-03T14:14:20.000Z

There is an incredibly long list of people that have either inspired me, helped me, partied with me, laughed with/at me, made me laugh…

@stemaunder s, @joewilliams , @swearyprincess , @jeffgrettler , @sean-spiceworks , @sarah , @jay , @ivan , @katiemattison , @katie . @darren , @nic , @martinpeverley , @deniskelley , @robdunn , @billkindle , @thomaslee , @slava , @sausagetycoon , @doctor-who
, @robert762 , @priscilla-hp , @kim-sophos , @koaladomingo , @larryg-profile , @christina , @technical-angel , @jimmy-t , @jaredbusch , and a cast of many more that I either can’t tag properly or have left this parish for pastures new…

There is an incredibly short list of people that I would be lost without - @gabrielle

@johnnicholson @nic-automox

nic-automox · 2019-10-03T14:14:58.000Z

Deathwish707:

Nic (Automox):

Aww, thanks for all the love guys! I can’t complement just 5 or 10 people so I’m going to have to give my compliments to the whole Spiceworks community! I love all IT pros equally!

Some more equal than others though… right?!! (wink, nod)

Four legs good, two legs bad!

DoctorDNS · 2019-10-03T14:45:55.000Z

I am humbled to have been tagged twice. I am pleased!

As to can I compliment. I’d have to start with Jeffrey Snover, but he’s not on SW do doesn’t count. The next 5;

@sean-spiceworks for being awesome. When I read his posts over admin things, it’s clear he’s give itn a lot of thought - and his answer is always reasonable and well balanced = and easy to defend!
@martin9700 for being an awesome co-GA in the PowerShell forum. Great sense of humour and very great practical knowledge of PowerShell.
@jay for starting the company and letting the community develop.
@huw3481 for being so amusing. A wonderful sardonic wit.
@juliekean - for being so welcoming. She regularly adds a nice ‘well done’ when folks post their achievements.

The OP asked for 5. This is just the first 5 I could think of - there are many, many, many more.

mrg3 · 2019-10-03T15:23:55.000Z

I compliment those that are complimenting those that have been complimented is this very complementing thread. It is good to see all those complimented get the complimentary they deserve as they have very complimenting attitudes with the community making the community very complimentary indeed.

Little-Green-Man · 2019-10-03T16:53:51.000Z

Big Green Man:

dimforest:

Big Green Man:

You kids are too kind. Even you, Dimmy.

Oh shoot, my bad dude. I meant to say Little Green Man%u200B … dumb autocorrect

So he’s the one who’s been ghosting you? What a jerk.

Boo.

troberts2 · 2019-10-03T17:40:48.000Z

Suzanne (Spiceworks):

troberts2:

Not sure which Suzanne it was upstairs, but while Sean D was out, she came down, showed us the SpiceRex room, gave us a quick tour again upstairs so Jade could see “ALL THE DUCKS” before we left on 2nd floor again and Jade had your guys upstairs dying laughing …

It was me. It was fun to have you guys here.

Thank you, wasn’t sure if that was you or which one to tag, it was awesome to be there and thanks for helping show us around up there … !! Back in NY now, 40degF colder here and raining!

@jadeplace @suzanne-spiceworks

pbrain · 2019-10-03T18:00:33.000Z

I am the absolute freaking WORST with names. My mom had 18 kids and she would go through all our names until she said the right one, so I think that traumatized me a little and I tend to call everyone “Lady”, “Bro” or “Bee”.

But, I truly am thankful and

I just want to say, that I laughed and cried reading through these posts and it is a testament to how much fun this community is and how freaking genuine and amazing the people are that make up this community.

Huw3481 · 2019-10-04T05:36:52.000Z

Juanoflo:

I am the absolute freaking WORST with names. My mom had 18 kids and she would go through all our names until she said the right one, so I think that traumatized me a little and I tend to call everyone “Lady”, “Bro” or “Bee”.

But, I truly am thankful and

I just want to say, that I laughed and cried reading through these posts and it is a testament to how much fun this community is and how freaking genuine and amazing the people are that make up this community.

Reminds me of the joke about the single mum with 8 kids all called Dave…