The forums at PSW seem to be more or less back to normal. It was pretty painful to watch. They basically didn’t bring an “A” game for the migration and led to the outage. Totally avoidable and should have been able to be resolved in minutes rather than days but I’m not in the mood to harp on it any further.
Go back and post, they’re open again.
I got word earlier that the LAB forums will be closed until they can resolve the issue. It’s a mess and hopefully they’ll be able to get it going again with minimal data loss. PSW will issue a mass email to forum members at the point when the forums are operational again. It makes sense to take them offline until they can sort the problem.
To keep it in perspective, it’s only a message forum and any real life impact on the participants will be minimal. OTOH, it’s frustrating to some members particularly when we go for a couple of days without knowing what’s happening. Many knowledgable people have put much time, energy and effort into making this the community that it is and I certainly appreciate, recognize and respect that. I only wish the current management would convey the same feelings to the community. I was asked earlier for suggestions and in addition to some potential technical fixes, I suggested that management communicate with the community in a more timely manner with more relevant information.
While it’s unfortunate they screwed the pooch on this one, they have a vested interest to restore the forums as soon as possible. In the meantime, the Roaddog Touring Audio Forum is open just in case you feel the urge to post.
As I’m sure you’ve seen, yesterday at about 1500 Pacific the forums at PSW went offline. They were trying to move to a new datacenter and to make a long story short, much wackiness ensued. I’m told it will be resolved as soon as possible. I’m no longer in the loop on such things so I can’t really give an estimate on when it will be back up.
In the meantime, if you’re really jonesing to post, the Roaddog Touring Audio forum is still open.
I was going to launch into a rant about the whole thing but instead I think I’ll head to the shop and demo some Nexo Geo T Series.
I’d read a couple of things last week on the new Napster subscription model called Napster To Go. It’s a flat rate pricing model where for as long as you maintain your US$14.95 you’ll be able to download preselected playlists and tracks to your compatable WMA player. Consumers though may “Think Different”. I know I am…
Just a quick plug to pimp you to vote for my pals in town who are up for a Parnelli Award at Pro Production 2005. I’m gigging at a festival during that week so I won’t be able to make it. Best of luck to Mark, Jonathan and the gang.
Long time editor/ editorial director at Mix Magazine George Peterson comments in this Washingtion Post piece about the end of compact discs as a music medium. I don’t doubt that eventually the CD will go the way of the 8 track or vinyl LP but it’s not going to be any time soon.
From a story at Pro Sound News, Solid State Logic is for sale.
From a statement issued by SSL…
“Following a dispute between stakeholders over development funding, the shareholders of Solid State Logic Holdings Limited have agreed to offer the Company and its Subsidiaries for sale.
The current status, therefore, is that the business is being offered for sale. A number of expressions of interest have been received and the goal is to conclude a sale before 31 March 2005.”
Could SSL be the next member of the Sennhieser, Telex or Harman families?
This just in from Steve Gillmor,(well, last Friday) the wonderful Gillmor Gang podcast is on pretty much permanent hiatus and ” will return in some new incarnation at some point” according to a post on Steve Gillmor’s Inforouter. Gillmor Gang was easily one fo the best podcasts on the Web. Most podcasts, including podcast “fathers” Adam Curry and Dave Winer are amateur at best, lacking production value, flow and cohesive content. Most podcasters can learn much from traditional broadcasters so they at least don’t sound like a low budget version of a Beavis and Butthead episode. The Gillmor Gang was class all the way. Insightful, intelligent and always interesting.
Hopefully something will come of it, perhaps a PBS, NPR, XM or Sirius broadcast so I don’t have to download 35MB and wait to listen to the broadcast. That’s an issue with most podcasts (other than weak production value and no content) is that it’s not on demand so much. Podcasting, or for a better term, “Long Tail” broadcasting is poised to be a significant advancement once there is a better than amateur production value and content that doesn’t sound like a high school radio. The Gillmor Gang was one such excellent broadcast and I for one hope they return, at least in some form.
The Pollstar Awards were handed out at The Wiltern in LA last Friday night. Lewis Black was the host. I worked with him a couple of years ago and enjoy his appearances on HBO and Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.