Comments on: GMail Goes Down. Internet Self-Implodes

By: Stentor

Stentor — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:49:55 +0000

And to think people look at me funny when they find out I have all my contacts written in a paper notebook.

By: adamson

adamson — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:45:47 +0000

I noticed.

Actually, I was frantically re-loading the page, thinking there was something wrong with just MY account.

Wow, I suck.

By: Eric Stoller

Eric Stoller — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:04:15 +0000

Gmail suffers outage, world ends

http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Gmail_Suffers_Outage__World_Ends

By: ashton

ashton — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:51:11 +0000

oops. s/firebird/thunderbird

By: ashton

ashton — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:18:49 +0000

Another “didn’t notice” over here. I used to be pretty adamant about using an email client and shunned webmail. The only time I touch a client anymore is to backup my email and contacts. The need to access email from any computer trumped any features that something like firebird, outlook, etc had to offer (for my uses). With firefox and plugins like foxmarks, and tons of other bookmark tools out there, plus the various extensions for gmail such as BetterGmail2, GoogleGears for docs…gmail is just much more convenient. It’s not just gmail but any webmail service that people need to back up. I bet people that don’t back up their contacts and such tend not to have appropriate backups of other info at their homes in case their own pcs were to go down. People grab an external hard drive, throw on their docs and pics but don’t always know what else might be good to copy.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:46:48 +0000

Oh, and I’m not trying to say that these online tools are inherently bad. I’m just saying that some folks need to learn how to back their shit up.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:43:46 +0000

Ha! True, True!

But damn, that clueless class is loud as all get out.

And y’know, you help prove the point of the quotation that starts this post. You probably didn’t notice because you have a life. Hee hee!

By: Kai

Kai — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:09:35 +0000

Well, to be fair, bro, you probably only heard complaints from a certain clueless class, ya know? I mean, did most people even notice? I didn’t and I’m a technologist on gmail! Come on, it ain’t so bad.