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I'll certainly miss everyone I've had the pleasure of chatting with (you know who you are) as well as those whose articles and tips I've enjoyed reading and learned a lot from. If you'd like to keep in touch, feel free to reach out on LinkedIn (link on my CP profile).
Best,
/ravi
PS: Damn, I can't believe I'm penning this note. I remember when CP was a site I visited several times an hour on a daily basis. It's still the first bookmark on my browser, a carry over from the heady early days.
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fgs1963 wrote: On the chance that CP goes the way of the Dodo
Just noticed that the popup ads are gone from the side and top. Myself I certainly don't block them so that is another scary factor.
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fgs1963 wrote: On the chance that CP goes the way of the Dodo[^] in the coming days or weeks there is a fairly good chance that it will happen without warning. Poof! Spooky dust!
We're pretty close to having the ability to bring back extinct animals, aren't we? As long as we have the DNA of an extinct animal and a surrogate species, the rest can all be worked out eventually.
So, let's say that CP does go the way of the Dodo... We may have some semblance of "DNA" that could remain. As it's said, "Once it's on the Internet, it's there forever" ...So, if that's the case, it's just a matter of collecting the data. Someone who's familiar with writing computer code might be able to pull this type of thing off. Do any of you know any computer programmers? If we could just find one, or two, it just might be possible.
fgs1963 wrote: When / if this happens many of us will also simply "disappear". For me this is it. There is no "other" site where I participate or even communicate. If CP goes away so does FGS1963.
I signed up here at CP after evaluating several CP-like sites. I don't know where I'd go, either. If there's no place to go, then why don't we all make a place? Once again, we'll have to find one of those computer programmer types to get this done. If we can do that, then it might just be possible.fgs1963 wrote: To all of you - it's been a pleasure. You're mostly a smart group.
Mostly... Some of us are dumb as rocks. I appreciate the inclusive manner in which you address us. 
I've enjoyed my time here with all of you. I would be disappointed if the site disappeared. In such a case, I'm not going to say "goodbye". I'll say, "See you around". Even if CP were to go *poof*, we'll still encounter one another in other places given our common interests. 
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It has been a good run for sure. I had several good years at the start, even got CP MVP twice. I got to meet a few of you in person; Nish, Mike Dunn, and Christian Graus at a microsoft event in Seattle, and Roger Wright on a crazy road trip I took to Arizona.
Then I got married and had kids so I now spend way less time here.
As a hobby programmer I learnt a lot from all of you. This site is also my only web presence so if this place disappears I will also disappear off the webs.
Time to board a plane to see the inlaws for Thanksgiving weekend.
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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I tried to email Sean Ewington about the future of the website, and the mail was undeliverable. He's in my contacts, so the address was accurate.
This is unfortunate. Like a thieves in the night, everyone is suddenly gone.  
Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
And my IoT UI/User Experience library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
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You have to call his name three times.
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... while holding the right hand behind the back and crossing the index finger and middle finger 
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But don't do that while looking into a mirror!
"A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants"
Chuckles the clown
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HtCW, being a witch, is impervious to those mirror tricks. :-p
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Do you think CP is dying ? I've been here for a long time and would miss it like f*ck
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I hope not, but all the staff are AWOL, and the email addresses are gone. I can't get ahold of anyone. I talked to Ken Sharkey and he doesn't know what's going on.
All I know for sure is Chris retired. But it looks like the site may be going down. I wish they would talk to us.
Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
And my IoT UI/User Experience library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
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Without any inside information, my bet is Chris and team cashed their chips and sold to a big corporation - after all CP should be a fairly valuable piece of web real-estate - and now the new owners are scratching their heads how to integrate this new thing in their corporate profile. Maybe someone has already found that it fits like a square peg in a round hole.
If my scenario is right, I'd say well done for Chris, Dave, Mathew and the whole team! They've done an awesome work over the years and deserve their reward.
The scenario is consistent with the complete lack of communication as they could be bound by some NDAs and the new owners still don't know what to say.
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A very good guess. If true, the new owners should heed what members have to say on things like the handling of spam, moderation, and the approval of (and assistance with) articles. CP's culture is far better than most and could easily be damaged.
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well $hit. I certainly respect the right for Chris to do his business, I just hope he took care of his cohorts.
If he has sold, new company please email me. I'd be interested in helping.
Charlie Gilley
“Microsoft is the virus..."
"the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money"
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I've begun the (painful) work to save all of my CP articles to my local drive.
(Since I've seen no answer in Bugs & Sugs to OG's message)
I must say I am very happy to see that downloading the HTML automatically downloads the associated article images.
Who else has started this work? Anyone? Maybe better stop procrastinating. 
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It should be fun if everyone starts doing it. 
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I haven't done articles, but I've backed up all the code to BitBucket or GitHub years ago. Not that I'd use that code these days (I've learned more stuff) but still...
I'd say just use https://archive.org/ but it's offline. 
Jeremy Falcon
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Yeah, most of my code is at GitHub but I've found some that is not.
I've got just about all of the relevant articles I want backed up now.
The thing is, I honestly wrote articles & shared them so that later I could refer to them via CP links.
CP was supposed to be my backup. What now?! 
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Perhaps OneDrive or GoogleDrive could help?
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raddevus wrote: I honestly wrote articles & shared them so that later I could refer to them via CP links.
That's part of why I do too.
Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
And my IoT UI/User Experience library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
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Yeah but your code is worth sharing (with others).
Mine, I feel, is just worth keeping (for myself).
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Thanks. I figure if it's important enough I have it on github.
Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
And my IoT UI/User Experience library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
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Am also thinking of rep points. They'll all vanish into thin air.
More importantly, have bookmarked several articles. Now, going through all those bookmarks, and downloading what I feel are important, is also a time-consuming exercise.
modified yesterday.
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Amarnath S wrote: thinking of rep points. They'll all vanish into thin air.
I was thinking about the same thing. It's kind of a bummer.
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rep points
In some deep corner of the mind was the hope that it would one day get converted into cash.
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