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19 July '08 - 10:36

twitter downtime during blOgher - not a good idea

i am sitting at blogher (today finally with twitter equipment), on a great panel i would like to share a lot of. but twitter decided to take a 'short' outtime

"Twitter is currently down for maintenance.
We expect to be back in a couple hours. Thanks for your patience."

currently nearly 1000 women are at blogher, many of them seem to be in love with twitter.

they are in media, marketing and more and now is one of the times when they would WANT to twitter. a lot. instead they will not.

my question? who schedules a downtime during such a conference?!



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8 comments
  1. Same sentiment here at Podcamp Boston 3. Terrific timing, Twitter!
    Len Edgerly 19 July '08 - 10:57
  2. I suppose when you are at a conference it’s very easy to imagine that the world revolves around the people there.
    Andy 19 July '08 - 10:59
  3. Exactly how many times should everyone tolerate this before moving on? It’s like a bad relationship.
    eric rice 19 July '08 - 14:25
  4. Bet it would be hard to find a time when there aren’t 1000 Twitter members at a tech conference.
    Tweet My Blog 20 July '08 - 10:38
  5. @Andy there is a difference between generel public and a core audience group. If a TV channel has an maintenance during a sport game this is not as relevant as if a football sport channel with special focus on the x series has scheduled downtime exactly during that.

    The amount of women telling each other “twitter is down, why did we use that” was quite astonishing – also the service was back up fast. As I am on limited connection at the moment I have not checked the other channels, but I am sure there where additional comments …
    Nicole 20 July '08 - 12:46
  6. Hey Nicole, it was fantastic to meet you this weekend! Thanks for sharing messy chinese food with me over $900 shoes. Hope our paths cross again soon!
    Sarah Dopp 22 July '08 - 16:07
  7. Enjoyed your global insights and your “mickey ears” recorder. I’ve got you in Twitter now, so hopefully I’ll be able to meet up with you again. Great insights. Appreciate your wisdom.
    Myrna Lantzsch 23 July '08 - 14:58
  8. this things really happen when we are cool :)
    narendra.s.v 29 July '08 - 21:21



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About Nicole Simon I love working with people and help them get successful, especially through the use of social software. Though I have been on the net for over a decade and have consulted SMB for years, I also understand the corporate side, as I have worked in a major corporation for 15 years.

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