It won't be a complete Net failure until AOL is brought down. Oh, and we need to jam the paper in fax machines.
tristanwalker
· 3 months ago
wwgd: what would google do?
Kris Haamer
· 3 months ago
Oh this article makes me feel so cozy. There are other people like me.
Carrie
· 2 months ago
Ahahahhaa! I love this post.
ME Living
· 3 months ago
I love how gmail being down equals a twitter fail whale
Name
· 3 months ago
I love you Mashable....
Elizabeth K. Barone
· 3 months ago
Damn, you stole my comment!! ;D
natalie
· 3 months ago
XD
Ceri May (@CezzBB)
· 3 months ago
Gmails POP3 and IMAP access seems to still be working and I am still getting my mail via my blackberry...
redbliss
· 3 months ago
This was so funny I had to send it to Facebook and all my Twitter accounts!!!
aqsucka
· 2 months ago
Oh the irony
freshdigits
· 3 months ago
Gmail is down.sure... but you can easily access that from igoogle. there is no problem to read any of your mail.. :P
WendyB
· 3 months ago
Wait, we don't all use tinyurl.com? I'm shocked.
Name
· 3 months ago
tinyurl.com is not tiny enough when you can have ow.ly
Planet Webfoot
· 2 months ago
True statement is true.
acedanger
· 2 months ago
let's not forget about j.mp
jonfreeze
· 3 months ago
LOL!!!
Michael Hart
· 3 months ago
My email on Google Apps is working just fine right now, from the web, POP, IMAP, etc. I'm not sure what the issues everyone has been talking about are about?
CathyWebSavvyPR
· 3 months ago
Gmail on google apps is not working for me on the web. It seems that the Gmail outage is hitting some more than others.
suganINDIA
· 3 months ago
6.Read on mashable !
Rebecca Eisenberg
· 3 months ago
I think you forgot the classic: 6. Watch porn.
Tech Nerd
· 3 months ago
if gmail is down, you can always check your mobile phone to see if you can still access your emails.
If you synchronize many accounts like Gmail & Hotmail or Gmail & Yahoo!, you cannaccess youe e.mails while Gmail is down... even, you can use Thunderbird, Outlook, etc... puf
Jon
· 3 months ago
is it sad iv'e done all those things before reading this? Incl Skype haha
Jon
· 3 months ago
It is sad that i've done all those things before reading this post? Including skype...
MiaChambers
· 3 months ago
(((group hug)))
Kerry
· 3 months ago
Come on now. There is absolutely no reason to leave the internet, when this is the perfect opportunity to brush up on all those online games that are still available: http://thecrazybay.com/online-games.html.
Y'know, I managed to live for over 40 years without a cellphone or internet access. I'll bet I can survive a gmail outage.
green eggs
· 3 months ago
totally had steps one through 3 COVERED! Certainly did not step outside though .. pssshh...
felixbuenemann
· 3 months ago
Or just use your iPhone to read your GMail or any other IMAP or POP3 capable mail client for that matter…
Drunkenatheist
· 3 months ago
OMG! GO OUTSIDE! HOW ORIGINAL! I never heard that before! HOW DO YOU GUYS COME UP WITH THIS WITTY SHIT?
georgegeder
· 3 months ago
OK,OK,
I panicked. I admit! Time to de-stress and get some work done...
CathyWebSavvyPR
· 3 months ago
Id love to see a story about alternative email systems, especially webmail. I have a client who does not like to use outlook or MS products. Still uses Eudora - We are researching other options - GMail, Thunderbird, Opera mail, Pegasus Mail, The Bat (from RITLabs.com, SeaMonkey (mozilla), and Sugar CRM. He also uses ACT (but the older version), and needs something that will sync with his blackberry as well. He likes the relationship management part of Eudora (keeping track of pat contacts etc in notes section).
This may not be the appropriate place, but I'd love to see a story sparked by Gmail being down,looking into alternative email packages, and even some relationship database managers. A Long shot, but it never hurts to ask.
Bananza
· 3 months ago
I actually talked to some people in my office.
Dany Vilela
· 3 months ago
You guys are crazy at Mashable! Love that! ;)
iAngelDJ
· 3 months ago
gmail down (work) WoW down (fun) = chaos
Crystal Holt
· 3 months ago
Barb up with your hair? good post though.
Kevin
· 3 months ago
When Gmail is down simply use one of your other multitude identity email clients...
Name
· 3 months ago
Oh Jeebus. This is pretty much a description of the last 20 minutes of my life. I am a sad, sad person.
tati
· 3 months ago
Great post!!! :P It makes me feel like I'm not the only one who needs a loooot the gmail service.
bhartzer
· 3 months ago
I don't rely on Gmail for my real email, I use my own server and my own domain. When Gmail is down I just go on over to Twitter or maybe even IM the person I'm trying to get ahold of.
David Nathan
· 3 months ago
lol
You're sooooooooooooooo right.
It's like sociology in a way. Nice job !
teaneedz
· 3 months ago
Chubby Hubby name change ... gmail outage ... feeling like a bobble head .... http://bit.ly/PampF
Egzon
· 3 months ago
lol
Blushbusy
· 3 months ago
Go to a pub with an equally socially inept friend and discuss the failing of humanity while trying not to look at the hot/cute <opposite sex> across the bar and lose track of your money/mobile/keys......
What GMail is still down???
pinoytutorial
· 3 months ago
OMG this is the most useless yet "usable" tips. I heard today. ^.^
Elia
· 3 months ago
wanna hear something akin? You can't even play WoW, it's donw as well!!
amir
· 3 months ago
Are you trying to categorize email into social media ?
James
· 3 months ago
Really? I've got Gmail. You've got to be a ridiculous socially retarded nerd not to be able to cope without email for a couple of hours!
Cliff
· 3 months ago
OK, Barb, this is just damn creepy. How the hell did you know that the first thing I did was tweet about this. I demand forthwith that you cease and desist from eavesdroppping on my work space. You must work for the NSA. Uh oh, I see the black helicopters circling overhead, must go, must escape, must adfnaslfkjasfjsa......
Michael
· 3 months ago
So true!!
peter marsh
· 3 months ago
While Gmail was down I made this to visualize my frustration... I imagined how pissed Harrison Ford would be
My brain immediately shifts to full gear searching for alternative solutions, but heck no. I refuse. I enjoy every morsel of this funny post. Love it, Barb. Brilliant.
Nindya
· 3 months ago
BWAHAHAHHAHAHA XD
I should admit the steps are true though. When GMail/Google is down, usually Twitter will have Fail Whale ahoy-ing in the next 5 minutes. Afterwards, Twitter is lagging thanks to the Tweets Tsunami and people started to invade Facebook :D
kenwooi
· 3 months ago
haha.. this is funny =P
maocom1
· 3 months ago
Twitter is the king now, Gmail man that is not good. I was trying to check my mail today and I thought Google was going out of business!
Brilliant writeup on what social media addicts like us would do normally.. You fgot one point though.
2.5) After facebook is down, post articles like this and comment on articles like these on mashable and bring mashable down too. 3) With "4" of your tabs open and services down now press f5 :P
Rishabh
recovery files
· 3 months ago
I can follow these tips while my gmail is down.
myblogisbad
· 3 months ago
Hi, I blog about hot topics after 10 blogs already have to gain a slice of traffic because my blog is shitty.
Vignarajan
· 3 months ago
Good answer :lol:
Donagh Mc Sweeney
· 3 months ago
Haha that made me laugh. It does show how the world can end for us Tech folk when services go down!
Chris
· 3 months ago
Reminds me of our IT people who would send out an email to say the server was down.
Ari Herzog
· 3 months ago
I use gmail... but still have yahoo and hotmail accounts in inactive status. Wouldn't it be something if all three melted at once?
Stephanie Dawson
· 3 months ago
I love it! Super sassy and funny - my kind of humor. Thanks for giving us something to read when Gmail was down. Barb writes the best articles!
joe schmoe
· 2 months ago
fap to old wmv's on my hard drive
BigCatRescue
· 2 months ago
Hilarious Barb. Since the rest of the world is already on it (worrying to death over gmail, twitter and facebook, I think I'll ride my bike over to Big Cat Rescue.
Petr Faitl
· 2 months ago
nowhere can I see... make yourself a cuppa :) (for our US friends, a cup of tea)
We admitted we were powerless over GMail and that our lives had become unmanageable . . .;-)
Guest
· 2 months ago
Thanks for the laugh! :-)
Guest
· 2 months ago
Thanks for the laugh! :-)
බින්කු கனிஷ்க NArada
· 2 months ago
6. Read on Mashable 7. Mock your friends for not using IMAP and Digsby 8. Watch Matrix over and over 9. Go outside and shout saying "The end of (cyber)world is coming 10. Sleep, you are kicked off from world.
Arlene Holtz
· 2 months ago
Well, there is also always Plurk! But that one is easy to bring down too or slow it down to a snail's pace!
Funny article - it is good to laugh at ourselves sometimes.
Tiux
· 2 months ago
http://ir.pe but you have to understand spanish... wait... aren't most of us in CA latinos? Bueno, si no entiendes esto entonces estas viviendo en el estado equivocado ;-)
name
· 2 months ago
this is fucking stupid
Loren Haxhi
· 2 months ago
just a test
Abhishek Sainani
· 2 months ago
Yeah, I agree one should take a break from online social networking once in a while. :D
smb
· 2 months ago
OTH
Jo
· 2 months ago
LOL Funniest thing I've read all day!
theultimate1
· 2 months ago
Barb, that was hilarious. I'm gonna come back to Mashable to read your posts :)
123Vicky123
· 2 months ago
Google will google it for the solution. If they can't find anything they will outsource all CEO's.
Name
· 2 months ago
Oh God, get a new hair-do.
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· 2 months ago
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ranndino
· 2 months ago
Yet another case when this excellent rant by Louis CK applies. It's become my favorite thing to send to whiners.
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http://www.adgirlandtechnerd.com
http://www.pacdudegames.com/fail/
Certainly did not step outside though .. pssshh...
I panicked. I admit!
Time to de-stress and get some work done...
Thunderbird, Opera mail, Pegasus Mail, The Bat (from RITLabs.com, SeaMonkey (mozilla), and Sugar CRM. He also uses ACT (but the older version), and needs something that will sync with his blackberry as well. He likes the relationship management part of Eudora (keeping track of pat contacts etc in notes section).
This may not be the appropriate place, but I'd love to see a story sparked by Gmail being down,looking into alternative email packages, and even some relationship database managers. A Long shot, but it never hurts to ask.
It makes me feel like I'm not the only one who needs a loooot the gmail service.
You're sooooooooooooooo right.
It's like sociology in a way. Nice job !
What GMail is still down???
http://dslrfilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/...
I should admit the steps are true though. When GMail/Google is down, usually Twitter will have Fail Whale ahoy-ing in the next 5 minutes. Afterwards, Twitter is lagging thanks to the Tweets Tsunami and people started to invade Facebook :D
Check out what I saw on Google?
http://tiny.cc/iSEYJ
2.5) After facebook is down, post articles like this and comment on articles like these on mashable and bring mashable down too.
3) With "4" of your tabs open and services down now press f5 :P
Rishabh
7. Mock your friends for not using IMAP and Digsby
8. Watch Matrix over and over
9. Go outside and shout saying "The end of (cyber)world is coming
10. Sleep, you are kicked off from world.
Funny article - it is good to laugh at ourselves sometimes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXStPqhLmIk