Did you notice
Saturday, January 12, 2008
... that Flickr was down today? Their homepage had a reference to Flickr blog where I found the following -
2:30pm PST: We started on a database upgrade and a few alters to the database structure last night. Given our scale, work like this takes a long time, and makes a definite impact on site performance.We’re anticipating a couple of hours is all we need at this point, so, we’re hoping to be back online around 4:30 PST.
4:13pm PST: Anyone who’s ever worked in software probably knows that time estimates are tricky. Given that we’d prefer that Flickr be as close to 100% stable as we can make it before we go back online, we’re going to take more time to make sure that’s what happens.
6:07pm PST: We’re almost back folks. Just crossing the t’s and dotting the i’s before we throw the big switch. In the meantime, why not get outside and take some photos?
7:08pm PST: Do you remember when we said we were almost back online? Well, that time we were joking, but this time is for real!
7:34pm PST: And we’re back. Flickr is open again and ready to receive your photos. Get uploading!
In short a database upgrade that was supposed to be done within 2 hours took more than 5 !! They probably said that right about the software industry, but didn't they get it all wrong by about 150%? I'm not sure thats acceptable even in the software industry isn't it? Especially with popular sites like these :)
But I liked their statement - 'In the meantime, why not get outside and take some photos?' :P
Above updates - From the Flickr blog
My Flickr experiments
6:07pm PST: We’re almost back folks. Just crossing the t’s and dotting the i’s before we throw the big switch. In the meantime, why not get outside and take some photos?
7:08pm PST: Do you remember when we said we were almost back online? Well, that time we were joking, but this time is for real!
7:34pm PST: And we’re back. Flickr is open again and ready to receive your photos. Get uploading!
In short a database upgrade that was supposed to be done within 2 hours took more than 5 !! They probably said that right about the software industry, but didn't they get it all wrong by about 150%? I'm not sure thats acceptable even in the software industry isn't it? Especially with popular sites like these :)
But I liked their statement - 'In the meantime, why not get outside and take some photos?' :P
Above updates - From the Flickr blog
My Flickr experiments
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Wednesday, September 05, 2007
So finally I thought of shifting pics from Y! to Flickr. Every time I login to my Y! photos, I saw a bold red statement - a countdown actually that said how many days I have left to switch to Flickr. Anyways the process took about 4 days and finally got an email today from their team telling me that I'm all set.
I had started using Flickr, though, a long time back. But today I find out that I've gotten a pro-account and that its valid till end of 08. I'd have to shell $24.95 per year after that. Hmm ... that doesn't sound interesting. Why should I choose to use Flickr when others are offering it for free? Its not a huge price to pay but then something doesn't sound right somewhere.
Lets see if they relax the rates and/or extend the free account after 08.
I had started using Flickr, though, a long time back. But today I find out that I've gotten a pro-account and that its valid till end of 08. I'd have to shell $24.95 per year after that. Hmm ... that doesn't sound interesting. Why should I choose to use Flickr when others are offering it for free? Its not a huge price to pay but then something doesn't sound right somewhere.
Lets see if they relax the rates and/or extend the free account after 08.
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Wednesday, August 01, 2007
I was trying to login to my Yahoo photos account and here's what I see -
I did read a while back that they were trying to close down "Yahoo photos" somewhere in the 3rd quarter this year. Well, there it is - either download them onto your machine or switch to Flickr.I didn't click on the "Get Started" link on the page and Get Started; thought of giving it some time and find out how easy it is to switch. A friend of mine asked - "How easy do you think it would be? Would we have to go thru the dwnload and then upload process, or would it be a direct switch from Y! to Flickr". Well at least they've got that right; one can skip the download process altogether.
Anyways pretty soon, I'd have to decide whether to use Flickr or Picasa. Both have their own advantages but I think I prefer the Y! product - atleast for now :P
Labels: Flickr, Photos, Picasa, Yahoo
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