Get it together, Comcast!
Well, I was going to blog and ask if anyone else was having trouble with GMail and Google calendar, but I decided to IM "Bostonist Jon" first. He said it was happening all over the Comcast world. It always cracks me up when we’re IMing about something that seems not all that significant, and then there’s a story on Bostonist. I feel like I’m "in the know" or something.
Happened the other day with Lifehacker, too. Because of a conversation on Ask MeFi, I sent an email to Lifehacker asking about how much they test software they recommend. Very next day, there was a very detailed explanation of their software policy posted.
That’s what I love about the internet. It’s run by real people. You can "get at them", befriend them, and even be one of them. It’s not the anonymous and dangerous place some people make it out to be. You just have to know how to use it. In my experience, most webby people are like me: a little nerdy, a bit too enthusiastic about their interests, and really helpful.
OK, So back to the Google thing. The outage today makes me realize how Google-centric my life has become. I really need to export all my email addresses so that the next time I can’t access Google, I won’t be stuck without my most important contacts.
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Update: Bad Google + Comcast interaction was a very popular topic today in the blogosphere.
Comment by megan
September 26, 2006 @ 2:39 pm
It’s weird, from 7-9 I couldn’t get in, then it was fine until about 1, but now… no gmail 🙁 I agree… I can’t live my life without gmail 😉