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January 27, 2005
When Livejournal was down....
I see this a bit in relation with the recent blackout that hit parts of Malaysia, and the "strange" reaction by Tenaga Nasional in their first press conference.
Remember, Tenaga Nasional Bhd deputy chief executive Abdul Hadi Mohamad Derus had told a news conference:
"I don't know how it happened. I am also puzzled"
I defended their action (while being upset) that this was at least honest, while others said that this what happened cannot be defended and that leadership should know what happens. They don't. Read on.
Livejournal, a blogger's heaven, must have ben down the other day. Their CEO came out with a statement apologising to the company's users, and what they are planning to do to prevent that it happens again. Can we draw similarities? The main difference might be that here in Malaysia, the Prime Minister had to ask for details and requested that this won't happen again. There, they do it on their own.
Here is what Livejournal's "CEO" said:
"EPO, by the way, stands for Emergency Power Off and it's a national fire/electrical requirement for firefighters to be able to press these big red buttons near all exits that turn off all power in the entire data center. This is the second time this has happened to us in the years I've been there. The first time the button was unlabeled and unprotected and some dude thought it opened the door. This time we have no clue why it was pressed... maybe that dude tripped and fell onto it... mystery."
You can read the full details when you click here.
I think it is just great, open and very honest. Way more open than what happened during the blackout and subsequent press conferences in Malaysia. But than, well, we were off to a good start - good, not great, that is the difference. And Livejournal is purposefully open, while may be in Malaysia, the statement above was may be more of an accident than planned. Just my thinking.
PS: I found the initial trait at Businesslogs.com
Posted by Andreas at January 27, 2005 12:41 PM
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brad and livejournal goes a long, long way back... the approach is always the same and has never quite changed from day one.
livejournal as a bloggers heaven... ermm... that just do not sound right though...
Posted by: sol at February 13, 2005 05:09 AM
The reason why Brad is very open is because he's not exactly a 'CEO'. Livejournal is more of a community-based blogging tool. It kind of allows for more freedom to be informal, but I don't think that same transparency can exist in a political/corporate environment.
PS - oi, linking problems, Livejournal not Lifejournal.
Posted by: Karcy at January 27, 2005 06:59 PM
talk about professinalism in knowing what's going on
Posted by: Nilesh at January 27, 2005 01:35 PM