Comments on: Twitter’s having a whale of a time http://stilgherrian.com/internet/twitters-having-a-whale-of-a-time/ All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive les poissons rouges sauvages! Sat, 19 May 2012 21:24:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jonas http://stilgherrian.com/internet/twitters-having-a-whale-of-a-time/#comment-13373 Jonas Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:26:46 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/?p=1639#comment-13373 I'm with you on cutting them some slack. It's definitely a whole new way to communicate -- the most effortless way to communicate meaningfully I've actually run into. Of course, I have become somehow emotionally attached to the fail whale! Best 500 Error page ever, no? I’m with you on cutting them some slack. It’s definitely a whole new way to communicate — the most effortless way to communicate meaningfully I’ve actually run into.

Of course, I have become somehow emotionally attached to the fail whale!

Best 500 Error page ever, no?

]]> By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/internet/twitters-having-a-whale-of-a-time/#comment-12935 Stilgherrian Mon, 26 May 2008 22:30:10 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/?p=1639#comment-12935 <strong>@jason:</strong> That's a <em>really</em> interesting point. Twitter intends to become a "utility", i.e. a standard part of the global infrastructure. Just like, oh, CityRail and their appalling reliability figures, or Telstra BigPond back when they were first rolling out ADSL and had major failures. Despite these drawbacks, both remain "infrastructure", and people continue to use them. And you're right about SMS. Twitter is at the bleeding edge of new technology. We should cut them some slack. Or at least hold them to standards no stricter than the infrastructure we already have. @jason: That’s a really interesting point. Twitter intends to become a “utility”, i.e. a standard part of the global infrastructure. Just like, oh, CityRail and their appalling reliability figures, or Telstra BigPond back when they were first rolling out ADSL and had major failures. Despite these drawbacks, both remain “infrastructure”, and people continue to use them. And you’re right about SMS.

Twitter is at the bleeding edge of new technology. We should cut them some slack. Or at least hold them to standards no stricter than the infrastructure we already have.

]]> By: jason http://stilgherrian.com/internet/twitters-having-a-whale-of-a-time/#comment-12933 jason Mon, 26 May 2008 09:41:20 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/?p=1639#comment-12933 Yeah I'm watching twitter closely also. But got to thinking... Twitter is a relatively new form of service, and they have got better in their downtime communications.... but when was the last time Telstra was able to send my New Years messages in a timely fashion? Ok so we expect SMSing to be slow on New Years eve. Or we have come to expect it. But what if there was some form of emergency, where lots of people needed to send a quick message to locate their friends and family. Now there is a service that a) I pay for and b) don't want any downtime :) Yeah I’m watching twitter closely also.

But got to thinking… Twitter is a relatively new form of service, and they have got better in their downtime communications…. but when was the last time Telstra was able to send my New Years messages in a timely fashion?

Ok so we expect SMSing to be slow on New Years eve. Or we have come to expect it. But what if there was some form of emergency, where lots of people needed to send a quick message to locate their friends and family. Now there is a service that a) I pay for and b) don’t want any downtime :)

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