tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540166.post113477132144297453..comments2024-03-18T19:31:17.803-07:00Comments on @jspepper: I Can Post Today ... Can You?Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17859194486093074401noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540166.post-1145905510730331582006-04-24T12:05:00.000-07:002006-04-24T12:05:00.000-07:00So, didya do any weekend blogging, Jeremy? Have he...So, didya do any weekend blogging, Jeremy? Have heard there was a lot of trouble with blogger. <BR/>What comes around, goes around, I guess. Everybody -- platform that is -- has its downtime.<BR/>;)<BR/>MikeMike Driehorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10531542388191234247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540166.post-1136678576662858762006-01-07T16:02:00.000-08:002006-01-07T16:02:00.000-08:00Jeremy,I'm with you on this one. I've noticed quit...Jeremy,<BR/>I'm with you on this one. I've noticed quite a few bloggers that I follow switching to Typepad and others. I looked into it and thought "Google is pretty darn reliable with their search engine (obviously) and G-mail, and several other G-products I've used" so I'm sticking with Blogger.<BR/><BR/>Good Call.<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>Chief Show Officer<BR/>www.showoffcards.comChief Show Officerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13212549978946272418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540166.post-1135057151609020852005-12-19T21:39:00.000-08:002005-12-19T21:39:00.000-08:00Eric, I'd have to agree. Six Apart has not done e...Eric, I'd have to agree. Six Apart has not done enough to fully address their users.<BR/><BR/>Some examples.<BR/><BR/>Barak Berkowitz, Chairman and CEO of Six Apart, gave a very contrition filled nice explanation of the problems ... in <A HREF="http://www.blogwriteforceos.com/blogwrite/2005/12/niall_kennedys_.html#comments" REL="nofollow">Debbie Weil's CEOBlogWrite</A> site, as a comment. It is not on the Typepad site. In fact, no explanation with any depth appeared <A HREF="http://www.sixapart.com/typepad/news/index" REL="nofollow">until today</A>, on their site.<BR/><BR/>Barak hasn't posted one word <A HREF="http://barak.typepad.com/" REL="nofollow">on his blog</A> since December 10, 2005.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.sixapart.com/about/corner/" REL="nofollow">Mena Trott</A> is apparently still healing wounds from her Les Blogs meltdown. No posts from her since then.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://ben.stupidfool.org/" REL="nofollow">Benjamin Trott</A> has been writing about music and other such frivolities while this all came down.<BR/><BR/>MSNBC, Forbes and countless others pointed to them and said "failure" by pointing out their foibles.<BR/><BR/>A podcast with Technorati was their strategy for crisis response? Please.<BR/><BR/>They failed, again, to implement any customer base emails - on a wide scale - and although a bit better about posting to the support blog, they just dropped the ball again.<BR/><BR/>Why they cannot learn from these mistakes is a mystery.<BR/><BR/>Email could help. Offer an opt-in/opt-out support list for members to subscribe to for such instances.<BR/><BR/>Six Apart seems to think that the customers should come to them (visit the blog) when problems occur. When the problem is Six Apart's, they should be proactive and go to the customers. The blog isn't enough.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317050159888690263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540166.post-1135045973496429582005-12-19T18:32:00.000-08:002005-12-19T18:32:00.000-08:00I'm not convinced Six Apart did enough to let peop...I'm not convinced Six Apart did enough to let people know what they were doing to resolve the situation. Hopefully they've learned their lesson, and will put in place a protocol for getting the message out. Stuff happens.<BR/><BR/>I've been involved with a banking system that went down for up to 24 hours pre-Christmas, and the world didn't collapse around our ears. Customers were inconvenienced, and we apologized.<BR/><BR/>The worst kind of web outage is the one where no one notices. If you're offline for the day and no one cares, you are truly screwed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540166.post-1135029241089348582005-12-19T13:54:00.000-08:002005-12-19T13:54:00.000-08:00Colin, I'd consider the blog to be a link/SPAM blo...Colin, I'd consider the blog to be a link/SPAM blog.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17859194486093074401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540166.post-1135028998468386042005-12-19T13:49:00.000-08:002005-12-19T13:49:00.000-08:00I wonder how you'd be feeling now -if you had an M...I wonder how you'd be feeling now -if you had an MT install that used del.icio.us to drive your blogroll or other portions of your blog.<BR/><BR/>(full disclosure: I run an MT install - on an independent server)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540166.post-1134973417502489522005-12-18T22:23:00.000-08:002005-12-18T22:23:00.000-08:00Jeremy, I have no clue what my traffic would be li...Jeremy, I have no clue what my traffic would be like today had it not been for my "Hurricane Katrina/United Way" sabbatical, but I will say that people are finding my new blog location.<BR/><BR/>I feel a lot better being my own administrator -- and my <A HREF="http://www.lunarpages.com/?id=sm7jabberwock" REL="nofollow">web-host company</A> absolutely rocks.<BR/><BR/>Let me know if/when you are thinking about taking your destiny into your own hands...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540166.post-1134894147405052822005-12-18T00:22:00.000-08:002005-12-18T00:22:00.000-08:00Anil, I have a blog on your platform, and when I w...Anil, I have a blog on your platform, and when I went to check it out, there was no message on the control panel. I might have missed it, I will give you that, but I would hope that it would be a big notice, something that I would notice even if I wasn't looking for it. I noticed nothing there ... nor did I receive an email (not the first time around, nor this time) that there were problems. Yes, I think that is a massive communications failure. Yes, everyone loves RSS and blogs, but I did just check to see if my email is part of the control panel - it is, and that's still a great way to communicate with people.<BR/><BR/>And, yes, I have looked around the blogosphere. There are blog posts that are singing 6A praises, and there are blog posts that are talking about dropping 6A as their platform and then there are people in the middle, noting that they will stick with 6A but not recommend it to people for corporate blogs. <BR/><BR/>Even a comment on your blog notes that an email might have been a better way to go about it.<BR/><BR/>What are my suggestions? Heck, I have a few if you are really interested in talking. How the different parts of the post I wrote are not part of a story does seem odd, since they all seem germane, but YMMV.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17859194486093074401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540166.post-1134891054819227152005-12-17T23:30:00.000-08:002005-12-17T23:30:00.000-08:00"First, once again, they did not notify customers ..."First, once again, they did not notify customers on the problem - come on people, how hard is it to change the homepage to include notices?"<BR/><BR/>Three blog posts, countless updates to our status page, and a dozen mainstream media stories doesn't count as notice? What did you get when <A HREF="http://buzz.blogger.com/2005/12/blogspot-is-happy-again.html" REL="nofollow">your blog was down</A>? I'd link to the downtime message for the other platform you mentioned.... except there isn't one.<BR/><BR/>We are working hard to make things right with our TypePad community, but inaccurate or misleading statements don't help other bloggers get back on their feet or increase your credibility. I'd welcome any suggestions you have in your area of expertise as to how we can improve what we're doing. And I'm eager and glad to talk to any of our customers to apologize, explain the situation, and outline what we're doing in the future.<BR/><BR/>But I do have to take issue with your assesment of the situation, especially considering how you've conflated a number of different technology platforms, announcements, and events into a story that doesn't really reflect what TypePad users themselves are saying. I hope you'll take a chance to look at people who have firsthand information and see if it doesn't impact your assessment.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09211076099523201288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540166.post-1134787547347347902005-12-16T18:45:00.000-08:002005-12-16T18:45:00.000-08:00Missing posts are missing no more. But I had mine ...Missing posts are missing no more. But I had mine backed up anyway, thankfully. And I have to say, as a happily former Blogger-ette, even with the recent issues I'd still take TypePad any day. I do hope they're taking notes, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540166.post-1134781764686342392005-12-16T17:09:00.000-08:002005-12-16T17:09:00.000-08:0090 days and counting - guess the question. Talk ab...90 days and counting - guess the question. Talk about a smack in the nuts.Dennis Howletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06266445958036176142noreply@blogger.com