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[alonewiththemoon]

It's bad enough that Tribe has been down approximately forever, but the stupid "Donut Freak Out" message makes me want to smack them every time I see it.  Don't be making jokes when you are screwing up, Tribe!  Also, it's spelled doughnut!

My Raks Spooki flyer is all done except for photos >:-(   I'll see what I have on my home computer, I think i downloaded a few before picking final choices when I was putting together the website...

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[nepenthedreams]

DONUT MAKE JOKES!! HA HA.

It annoys me too. Plus it loads up big & ugly on my screen, reminding me of some whacked out hippy and visible to anyone who walks by.

[christianet.livejournal.com]

What the hell is up with Tribe anyway? Every time it acts up, the duration of the problem seems to get longer and longer ...

Maybe if you e-mail Tempest? I know she has some photos of Sashi ... she had to put together the Website for the Nov. 25 Thanksgothing weekend event she and Sashi are doing.

[alonewiththemoon]

Oh, that's a good thought--if I don't have anything at home, I'll drop her a line.

[developer.livejournal.com]

I'm not on Tribe, but I recently read an article about the back end architecture growth of myspace and am working my way through a book on the history of eBay. Plus I'm working on the back end of the company I work for now to make it more robust. :) So my guess is that what is happening is exactly my nightmare.

Anyhow what most sites have happen is they have an initial attempt which is really a great proof of concept. If it catches on then you start to grow out the back end core, but at the same time you have to keep adding features and bug fixes. So now you are trying to do 2, or 3 major tasks. And all of it requires time and money. And brains. So then you keep duct taping things together until you can hopefully get enough money to hire the brains you need.

Meanwhile if things are going well then your users are starting to overrun your site -- this there is this huge hiccup while people rush to launch a major revision of the site that on the front side looks the same but on the back is vastly changed.

If you spend your resources keeping the current site up then you never get the revision done, so then the current version starts to come apart -- longer outages. If you don't spend your resources getting your upgrades done then you wind up with a totally unmaintainable architecture that you cannot manage and doesn't allow you to grow features (see very large job site that is quickly coming apart -- inside word is the platform is the same as it was in '98 and they are screwed).

Or it could be someone unplugged the server. :)

[christianet.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the insights ... we're experiencing some of the same things at my own company, but hopefully the new owners will invest the money and brains needed to keep things from totally crashing. The prospects are looking better, I must say.

[latemodel.livejournal.com]

hopefully the new owners will invest the money and brains needed to keep things from totally crashing.

Bwaaaahhh! Lol.

[christianet.livejournal.com]

Our old owners never knew what to do with us and never wanted to spend money on us as a consequence. The new owners said they'd buy us new computers, and sure enough, there are brand-new PCs and flatscreens being set up even as I type this (the Mac minis for the editorial team have not arrived yet, but we are quite looking forward to them). But now they should really find a new interactive director before it's too late ... and we desperately need a programmer.

[latemodel.livejournal.com]

Also, it's spelled doughnut!

Aw, snap!

[alonewiththemoon]

The OED is on my side. *patrician sniff*

[phoenixdancer.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the tribe thing is driving me nuts too!
I'm going up to Bellydance Tricks and Treats hafla in Groveland next weekend (the 27th) if you'd like me to bring some flyers. Just email me and I'll print them out :-)

[panzerkunst.livejournal.com]

Is there a page for Raks Spooki again that I can link to?

[alonewiththemoon]

yep--http://users.rcn.com/badriya/raksspooki2.html

Also, I don't know if Nate mentioned it, but I'm doing a promo performance at November's Down with Tempo, fyi.

[panzerkunst.livejournal.com]

He hasn't given the schedule yet, no.