From the monthly archives:

May 2008

the Twitter whale

May 24, 2008

Twitter is down for “database replication catchup” (a phrase I assume has meaning to someone fluent in mysql-ese). I found the associated graphic rather amusing: Maybe Twitter would be more reliable if all the birdies were pulling the whale in the same direction?

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Twitter needs “mark User as read”

May 5, 2008

I was somewhat bemused by the new service that lets you put Twitter friends on “snooze”. The idea is that if someone is very prolific (ahem @Scobleizer, ahem) then you may want to take a break from their updates for a while. While it is certainly true that some users drown out others in your [...]

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