Comments on: Free Web Apps Go Down…Everybody Panics http://thefuturebuzz.com/2009/08/10/free-web-apps-go-down/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=free-web-apps-go-down Adam Singer on digital marketing and online PR Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:19:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jaky Astik http://thefuturebuzz.com/2009/08/10/free-web-apps-go-down/#comment-25281 Jaky Astik Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:51:34 +0000 http://thefuturebuzz.com/?p=4806#comment-25281 Hello Adam! I totally believe you at this. When free services go down, the risk remains your own. The consequences are 1. Probable loss of data 2. You have to start from 1..2..3.. 3. You can't resist because you already accepted the terms and conditions 4. If that app was really good, you are gonna miss it Hello Adam! I totally believe you at this. When free services go down, the risk remains your own. The consequences are
1. Probable loss of data
2. You have to start from 1..2..3..
3. You can’t resist because you already accepted the terms and conditions
4. If that app was really good, you are gonna miss it

]]> By: Blaise Alleyne http://thefuturebuzz.com/2009/08/10/free-web-apps-go-down/#comment-25262 Blaise Alleyne Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:20:11 +0000 http://thefuturebuzz.com/?p=4806#comment-25262 I agree strongly. Though, I think that free (libre) web services like <a href="http://identi.ca/" rel="nofollow">identi.ca</a> and <a href="http://libre.fm/" rel="nofollow">libre.fm</a> are another important response, especially to proprietary "social software" (you can host your blog on your own site, but everyone isn't going to host their own social networking site). That way, you still have that freedom to fork, you can up and leave whenever you want/need to, but you can have the benefits of a hosted service if it's offered. Like Wordpress.com -- easy to export and setup on your own site, whenever you want. I agree strongly.

Though, I think that free (libre) web services like identi.ca and libre.fm are another important response, especially to proprietary “social software” (you can host your blog on your own site, but everyone isn’t going to host their own social networking site).

That way, you still have that freedom to fork, you can up and leave whenever you want/need to, but you can have the benefits of a hosted service if it’s offered.

Like WordPress.com — easy to export and setup on your own site, whenever you want.

]]> By: Jon Buscall http://thefuturebuzz.com/2009/08/10/free-web-apps-go-down/#comment-25253 Jon Buscall Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:16:10 +0000 http://thefuturebuzz.com/?p=4806#comment-25253 I think the demise of url shortening service Tr.im over the weekend served as a good reminder to us all just how fragile free services can be. I've had all my twitter links shortened by tr.im so it came as a bit of a blog. Thankfully it seems that bit.ly have stepped in to take care of the links for now but it brings in to question the security of building links through free services like this. I've read a few posts around the web recently from folks thinking of dropping their own hosted blog and relying on the likes of FriendFeed to document their "lifestream". From a business point of view this is risky because as tr.im showed today you can lose valuable work at the flick of a switch. I think the demise of url shortening service Tr.im over the weekend served as a good reminder to us all just how fragile free services can be. I’ve had all my twitter links shortened by tr.im so it came as a bit of a blog. Thankfully it seems that bit.ly have stepped in to take care of the links for now but it brings in to question the security of building links through free services like this.

I’ve read a few posts around the web recently from folks thinking of dropping their own hosted blog and relying on the likes of FriendFeed to document their “lifestream”. From a business point of view this is risky because as tr.im showed today you can lose valuable work at the flick of a switch.

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