Jeffrey Palermo [MVP]

Software management consultant and CTO, Headspring Systems

Gmail has been down all day! 3/1/2007

I use Gmail for most of my mail these day. Today has been hard. Gmail has been down since mid-morning, so I can't access my mail. Not with FireFox, not with IE, not with WAP, not with the Java Mobile phone applet I have.

With all the rave about software as a service and applications and data "out there in the cloud", this highlights a downside - there is no one I can call, no one I can fire for this mishap. My only recourse is to wait, and wait, and wait. . .and then switch to another email account!

Published Mar 01 2007, 02:12 PM by Jeffrey Palermo

Comments

Bill Pierce said:

I think it's you my friend. I've been in and out of GMail all day today with no problems.

# March 1, 2007 3:35 PM

David Hayden said:

Me, too. I have been using GMail all day.

# March 1, 2007 3:39 PM

Raymond Lewallen said:

Same here. All day long I've been in my gmail.

# March 1, 2007 3:54 PM

Sahil Malik said:

Me too - my gmail has been down since 5 AM.

Here is a disadvantage of that "cloud" thing - You don't own that cloud. If it goes down because some googler f'ed up, guess what - you're SOL.

# March 1, 2007 4:39 PM

Jeffrey Palermo said:

Sahil,

Glad it not JUST me. :)

Yep. I don't own the cloud.

# March 1, 2007 4:58 PM

Jason said:

Jeff,

It has been spotty for me today. And when I did connect successfully, it was S-L-O-W. Not just Gmail either, but Reader too. What are our choices? Given what's out there, I'll stick it out with Google.

Cheers,

Jason

# March 1, 2007 10:48 PM

Eber Irigoyen said:

that's when "online apps" remind us of their weaknesses

# March 1, 2007 11:27 PM

Darage said:

http://groups.google.com/group/Gmail-Problem-solving/browse_thread/thread/960aec8930c4e7bc

# March 2, 2007 8:35 AM

About Jeffrey Palermo

Jeffrey Palermo is a software management consultant and the CTO of Headspring Systems in Austin, TX. Jeffrey specializes in Agile coaching and helps companies double the productivity of software teams. Jeffrey is an MCSD.Net , Microsoft MVP, Certified Scrummaster, Austin .Net User Group leader, AgileAustin board member, INETA speaker, INETA Membership Mentor, Christian, husband, father, motorcyclist, Eagle Scout, U.S. Army Veteran, and Texas A&M University graduate.