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I think we need to have another blog that addresses the technical flu this site has come down with. I find it impossible to hold any sort of coherent conversation with anyone through posting to the cafe here since I cannot find any of my recent posts.
I'm reminded of a Skinner box. Us pigeons have been conditioned to engage through this format only to have the structure go random. (OK I'm starting to mix analogies in this post, but that'll happen under duress and frustration.)
Is there anyone on board willing to recognize that this site has still not recovered? Can anyone say,"we're still working on it, we're doing all that we can"? Just a word to let us know.
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Arrgh, the link I tried to post didn't work. Maybe this will
Skinner box
February 22, 2008 10:42 AM | Reply | Permalink
Things we're working on:
1. The ability to re-edit reader posts so that, as above, you can fix broken code or a misspelling etc.
2. The ability to track your comments and blog posts so that you can follow conversations.
3. Improving the log-in so that folks are getting logged out mid-session and losing comments or posts.
There are a few other things, but we know these three are key.
Unfortunately, it doesn't happen as quickly as we'd like. Each requires a lot of man hours from our developers.
Know, though, that they are hard at work and these fixes will come. Not in a matter of days, but hopefully in a matter of weeks.
We moving as quickly as we can to make everyone happy and make the site better.
February 22, 2008 10:53 AM | Reply | Permalink
"Each requires a lot of man hours from our developers."
Didn't you think of this to begin with? Who wrote up the proposal on this "upgrade"? The Pentagon? Oh, that's right, there wasn't any user feedback requested.
In 10 days I've set up my own community blogging site, as an amateur, part-time, unpaid. With way more community-building applications than here, tracking, etc. And, I created it in a testing environment and have user-testers going through the motions before I launch it live.
I understand Josh's itch to get the blogosphere caught up in the vapors before Super Tuesday. Great click-through rates, I'm sure. But "new" and "improved" software isn't always better. I was involved with a company that did basically what TPM did... roll out a brand new ERP without all the testing and development, just so they could have the new software in place for the holiday season. The company (a medium sized exporter with over $500 million in annual revenue) nearly went under because of their short-sighted need for instant gratification.
February 22, 2008 11:35 AM | Reply | Permalink
Have you tried hitting it with your shoe?
February 22, 2008 11:47 AM | Reply | Permalink
reminds me of my "philosophy of technology" prof back in grad school, smacking the projector with his hand, a la fonzarelli...
February 22, 2008 10:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
We've got a place for Cafe "refugees" over at:
http://forum.projectlucidity.com/
Hope to see you there.
February 22, 2008 10:58 AM | Reply | Permalink
Andrew,
Thank you! A word now and then that you're still working on it would really help. I'm not sure where you would want to post that, put it would seem an important part of any major change, to keep participants (content providers) informed along the way.
TheraP- I'm there! But, I'd still like to see the cafe recover to robust health.
Eric- Many, many thanks! You get it.
BevD- I'm not sure if want me to hit my computer with my shoe, but I tried it and @%!RnbS8787/?"}]p*6...so I tried the other shoe and I'm back. ;-)
February 22, 2008 12:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
My bad - always use your right shoe on Friday, I should have made that clearer.
February 22, 2008 12:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
We're in the process of finalizing a big to do list w/ our developers, once we have a timeline and punchlist on that we'll share the news with you all. Until then, we're still working on bugs.
February 22, 2008 12:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
No timeline or punchlist yet? Or have you moved on?
February 29, 2008 5:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
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