Comments on: In Web We Trust? http://zahnster.com/industry-talk/in-web-we-trust my name's jade. i'm a child of the internet. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:30:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Zahnster http://zahnster.com/industry-talk/in-web-we-trust/comment-page-1#comment-54 Zahnster Tue, 20 May 2008 02:23:39 +0000 http://rauenzahner.com/industry-talk/in-web-we-trust/#comment-54 You make a good point with GMail, Mike. It's been four years now that they've been beta, and you have to wonder the psychology behind it. Could Google one day just go "whoops! Well... it <em>was</em> only a beta..." I think sometimes in this 'web 2' world we overlook the term beta and fail to fully realize what that actually means about the software we're using. You make a good point with GMail, Mike. It’s been four years now that they’ve been beta, and you have to wonder the psychology behind it. Could Google one day just go “whoops! Well… it was only a beta…”

I think sometimes in this ‘web 2′ world we overlook the term beta and fail to fully realize what that actually means about the software we’re using.

]]> By: Michael Girouard http://zahnster.com/industry-talk/in-web-we-trust/comment-page-1#comment-53 Michael Girouard Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:28:11 +0000 http://rauenzahner.com/industry-talk/in-web-we-trust/#comment-53 I do my best to limit the amount of closed networks to which I belong. If it doesn't have a public feed (like Pownce or Twitter), chances are I'm not interested. I do however, have Facebook and LinkedIn accounts. It would certainly suck if they decided to just dump the free services and go toward a pay-only model like textamerica did. What I think is even more concerning is if a service like GMail were to suddenly go away. When you think about it, they've been in beta for the past couple of years now and I question if it will ever get out. I do my best to limit the amount of closed networks to which I belong. If it doesn’t have a public feed (like Pownce or Twitter), chances are I’m not interested.

I do however, have Facebook and LinkedIn accounts. It would certainly suck if they decided to just dump the free services and go toward a pay-only model like textamerica did.

What I think is even more concerning is if a service like GMail were to suddenly go away. When you think about it, they’ve been in beta for the past couple of years now and I question if it will ever get out.

]]> By: Rick http://zahnster.com/industry-talk/in-web-we-trust/comment-page-1#comment-52 Rick Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:36:47 +0000 http://rauenzahner.com/industry-talk/in-web-we-trust/#comment-52 After several similar incidents and a few totally unexpected HDD crashes I have come to be more or less paranoid about backing up daily, making duplicate or triplicate CD and hard copy backups of all the really indispensable data and pics in my files. Trust no one. Even if you think the service is secure the stuff can disappear, be stolen or corrupted. It's one of the caveats of the computer era for sure. One more thing-be sure what you save is vital stuff. Pack-ratting data and files is a bad habit. I recently decided to sort everything I have saved on my server and on my backup HDD drive and found that about 45% of the backed up stuff was crap out of date or useless and not worth the space. After several similar incidents and a few totally unexpected HDD crashes I have come to be more or less paranoid about backing up daily, making duplicate or triplicate CD and hard copy backups of all the really indispensable data and pics in my files. Trust no one. Even if you think the service is secure the stuff can disappear, be stolen or corrupted. It’s one of the caveats of the computer era for sure. One more thing-be sure what you save is vital stuff. Pack-ratting data and files is a bad habit. I recently decided to sort everything I have saved on my server and on my backup HDD drive and found that about 45% of the backed up stuff was crap out of date or useless and not worth the space.

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