Where were you when Gmail stopped working for half an hour?

The moon landing. The assassination of JFK. The Challenger. The Berlin Wall. 9/11.

Big. Fucking. Deal.

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I was on Facebook, updating my status. I heard about it via Twitter, and quickly started looking for #gmailfail. At first I couldn’t believe it, but a quick google search confirmed my suspicions. Gmail was down. And according to the page, it wouldn’t be back. For at least thirty seconds.

Where were you when it happened? America wants to hear your stories.

Jamie Antonisse

I was born on a Tuesday.

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15 Responses

  1. Haha, yes! Twittered, facebooked, and posted about twice. PopTenners are on like the citizens on patrol in Police Academy 4!

  2. Haha, yes! Twittered, facebooked, and posted about twice. PopTenners are on like the citizens on patrol in Police Academy 4!

  3. BREAKING: Apparently, you can still send emails through mobile phones and iGoogle. This event has been downgraded from Apocalypse to Cataclysm.

  4. BREAKING: Apparently, you can still send emails through mobile phones and iGoogle. This event has been downgraded from Apocalypse to Cataclysm.

  5. @jamie

    FALSE. maybe through fancy iphones, but gmail for blackberry is a giant fail.

  6. @jamie

    FALSE. maybe through fancy iphones, but gmail for blackberry is a giant fail.

  7. Wolkin says:

    I was on the can, and then my iPhone exploded, and then our IT guy started screaming. And then things got weird.

  8. Wolkin says:

    I was on the can, and then my iPhone exploded, and then our IT guy started screaming. And then things got weird.

  9. dammit my gmail is back but my gchat is down. frickin google, man.

  10. Ji-Un Kwon says:

    jc, i love that you just referenced freaking Police Academy. Also… i think there’s a good chance that this is the work of SkyNet.

  11. dammit my gmail is back but my gchat is down. frickin google, man.

  12. Peter Brauer says:

    Juan Carlos and I happened to cross paths while running in Astoria park because gmail was down. We ran together and wondered just how much the virtual world shaped our real world.

  13. Peter Brauer says:

    Juan Carlos and I happened to cross paths while running in Astoria park because gmail was down. We ran together and wondered just how much the virtual world shaped our real world.

  14. Yo, I stepped outside during the outage- turns out there’s this huge ball of fire in the sky called the sun. WTF?!?

    Back to Gmail’s warm glow…

  15. Yo, I stepped outside during the outage- turns out there’s this huge ball of fire in the sky called the sun. WTF?!?

    Back to Gmail’s warm glow…

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