It appears that Zooomr is once again trying to break the land speed record for missing a published site-wide conversion/upgrade window. The other day they were to be down for 12-24 hrs and we’re somewhere past the 40 hour marker and still counting
I do want to see this fabled Zooomr MIII with my own eyes, caress it with my own mouse pointer, evaluate and see if I want to jump from flickr, but alas, it seems to be forever and ever vapourware.
I know that various murphy-factor events occur during major upgrades, but they can be minimized if you plan for them, but that takes experience, manpower, etc that a little 1-man-show doesn’t have the luxury to afford just yet. Hold, on. I think I’m repeating myself.
I suppose it wouldn’t be too bad to overshoot the window yet again, being that they are still learning how to do these site wide upgrades smoothly. Once that ‘beta’ tag comes off they can’t afford to do it this sloppily again.
I wouldn’t be posting anything at all about it, except that they went for the gusto and had a big article publicizing the new version in TechCrunch. Before the conversion was started.
Smooth move, Exlax.
Why do I enjoy other’s misfortune so much?
Ahh yes, it’s schadenfreude.
That explains it all. Right down to my urge to be Nelson with a ‘haw haw’ finger point.
Update: I found Zooomr’s super secret test website.
Update, May 28: They’ve been down a week now. Hmmm.
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