dreams of a sub $100 ebook reader, LJ moving

[charmian]

1. Whoa, I wonder whether this will ever be a reality? I think a $100 e-ink reader IS coming soon, though. Amazon is introducing a Kindle 3.0, although it is unknown whether there will be a price cut. It is possible, though, that they are feeling pressure from Kobo and other cheaper ebook readers.

2. BTW, in case you have trouble accessing LJ, it seems that "LiveJournal is currently in the process of moving its office, which will result in intermittent site slowness and difficulty accessing certain specific journals or page. These difficulties should be resolved within the next 24 hours (during the day Tuesday, June 1st). In the meantime, refreshing the page will usually resolve the issue. We apologize for the inconvenience."

I wonder why they didn't notify people ahead of time in lj_maintenance? This was, after all, a foreseeable issue, as usually people don't spontaneously move offices. (Although I don't really understand why moving the office really makes a difference, as from what I understand, the servers are in Montana anyway?)

Comments

[killing_rose]

If you recall, however, LJ has a history of doing things over Memorial Day weekend and informing the planet after it's done.

[charmian]

Ha, so it's a tradition?

[killing_rose]

An unfortunate one. (Though hey, if this time they don't purge accounts, they'll be doing better than '07.)

...I'm not *actually* still bitter, but I am still wary.

[inkstone]

Is that what's going on with LJ? I've been wondering why I occasionally get random errors when trying to access the site. Though, yeah, I'm not quite sure what moving the office has to do with anything...

[charmian]

According to the status page at least, that seems to be what the deal is.

That is what I find so odd. I don't really understand how moving the office could affect site performance.

[sub_divided]

Because staff isn't able to fix problems as they crop up?

[charmian]

Maybe. I guess it depends who is actually doing the moving and such.

[foxfirefey]

While the big beefy servers are in Montana, it's totally feasible that some DNS/routing servers are in the office. Maybe they thought the move would be more transparent than it has been.