Gmail is down! CRAP! Top 5 things to do when there's #gmailfail.
5. Smoke signals (Note: hard to do in an office setting)
4. Scramble to re-locate your AIM friends
3. Try to crack open your rusty hotmail/netscape/aol mail/yahoomail
2. Write this post because you can't do any work right now.
1. Get nostalgic about the great Twitter blackout of 2009
Written with contributions from social media intern Ernest Wilkins
What do you do when you don't have gmail/gchat anymore? Post in the comments!
12 Comments
vaughnchicago said:
Well, I guess it's a good thing I kept my old AOL account. "You've Got Mail" is like an old friend saying hello.
keberl said:
search google news for reasons why gmail is down...
Anna Pulley said:
read Chicago Now?
seamus walsh said:
sign up to leave a blog post, i would be interested in your bounce rate. It really wasn't that good.
Craig Kanalley said:
I like #3 and #1 the best. And Anna's right. ChicagoNow is a good alternative too.
nick petticrew said:
I never realized how much of a 'loss' it is when gmail is down. I don't know what to do now, maybe I can get started on that book I've been waiting forever to get reading on called "The Day Gmail Left Me".
Diane Yamazaki said:
Gmail's down, here's how to check it's status:
http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/gmails-down-heres-how-to-check-its-status/
jdroberts said:
I have that same panicky feeling that I got when I left my cell phone at home for a whole 3 hours.
Fernando Diaz said:
It's back! Phew. Now to think of creative cloud-based backups for when this happens again.
Logan McCombs said:
tweet and facebook IM until my head pops off.
HMargolis said:
Rifle through drawers to find pen, paper, and envelope to write an actual letter. Feel good about your initiative to use an ancient art form. Finish letter and realize you have no stamps. Decide it's a nice day for a walk and throw on shoes to head to local post office. Curse yourself (and Google) when you realize federal offices (including the good old USPS) close at 4:00...because that makes sense.
*dan bradley said:
Walk into post office - realize that it's only a front for a secret alien operation - yell and scream as they erase your brain and dump you in a field.
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