Comments on: New York Times killing Times File – How to move your library http://gravitationalpull.net/wp/?p=647 Views on gadgets, technology and blogging Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:16:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Bev http://gravitationalpull.net/wp/?p=647&cpage=1#comment-38855 Bev Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:40:26 +0000 http://gravitationalpull.net/wp/?p=647#comment-38855 It would be great if Furl actually worked. The login they sent me 12 days ago still doesn't work, and I've yet to hear back from them other than an automated response. The auto-response says <a href="http://NYTimes.com" rel="nofollow">NYTimes.com</a> customers should keep trying to login, that our logins will eventually succeed -- and this is the best part -- that their servers are "cranky". Yes, that's right, their servers are "cranky". I've not heard of that particular malfunction before (am in the web business for practically as long as there has been a "web"). 12 days is a very long time with no response from an actual person.<br><br>I think Furl was not at all prepared for this project, not sure if it's that they don't have the server capacity for all the data transfer or what. But they clearly do not have the staff to deal with the issues that have arisen. It would be great if Furl actually worked. The login they sent me 12 days ago still doesn't work, and I've yet to hear back from them other than an automated response. The auto-response says NYTimes.com customers should keep trying to login, that our logins will eventually succeed — and this is the best part — that their servers are “cranky”. Yes, that's right, their servers are “cranky”. I've not heard of that particular malfunction before (am in the web business for practically as long as there has been a “web”). 12 days is a very long time with no response from an actual person.

I think Furl was not at all prepared for this project, not sure if it's that they don't have the server capacity for all the data transfer or what. But they clearly do not have the staff to deal with the issues that have arisen.

]]> By: Bev http://gravitationalpull.net/wp/?p=647&cpage=1#comment-37937 Bev Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:40:26 +0000 http://gravitationalpull.net/wp/?p=647#comment-37937 It would be great if Furl actually worked. The login they sent me 12 days ago still doesn't work, and I've yet to hear back from them other than an automated response. The auto-response says <a href="http://NYTimes.com" rel="nofollow">NYTimes.com</a> customers should keep trying to login, that our logins will eventually succeed -- and this is the best part -- that their servers are "cranky". Yes, that's right, their servers are "cranky". I've not heard of that particular malfunction before (am in the web business for practically as long as there has been a "web"). 12 days is a very long time with no response from an actual person.<br><br>I think Furl was not at all prepared for this project, not sure if it's that they don't have the server capacity for all the data transfer or what. But they clearly do not have the staff to deal with the issues that have arisen. It would be great if Furl actually worked. The login they sent me 12 days ago still doesn't work, and I've yet to hear back from them other than an automated response. The auto-response says NYTimes.com customers should keep trying to login, that our logins will eventually succeed — and this is the best part — that their servers are “cranky”. Yes, that's right, their servers are “cranky”. I've not heard of that particular malfunction before (am in the web business for practically as long as there has been a “web”). 12 days is a very long time with no response from an actual person.

I think Furl was not at all prepared for this project, not sure if it's that they don't have the server capacity for all the data transfer or what. But they clearly do not have the staff to deal with the issues that have arisen.

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]]> By: Rex Hammock http://gravitationalpull.net/wp/?p=647&cpage=1#comment-37842 Rex Hammock Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:01:37 +0000 http://gravitationalpull.net/wp/?p=647#comment-37842 Great points, Aaron. This is yet another vote against walled garden approaches to "saving" and "bookmarking" -- and an argument for sending RSS feeds of anything bookmarked to something that can serve as a backup. I use the Times People log-in when browsing <a href="http://NYTimes.com" rel="nofollow">NYTimes.com</a> and often hit the "recommend" button there. I have no idea if anyone ever follows my recommendation as I'm using it for another purpose -- I know that it will be picked up by what I consider to be the "river" of my activity that is recorded on FriendFeed. Great points, Aaron. This is yet another vote against walled garden approaches to “saving” and “bookmarking” — and an argument for sending RSS feeds of anything bookmarked to something that can serve as a backup. I use the Times People log-in when browsing NYTimes.com and often hit the “recommend” button there. I have no idea if anyone ever follows my recommendation as I'm using it for another purpose — I know that it will be picked up by what I consider to be the “river” of my activity that is recorded on FriendFeed.

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