Comments on: Wanted: More Fail Whales http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/11/21/wanted-more-fail-whales/ a blog about information Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:37:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JP http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/11/21/wanted-more-fail-whales/comment-page-1/#comment-443122 JP Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:08:17 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/?p=1432#comment-443122 Jesse, you're right, we've had the phenomenon of a stampede where an attention-focusing site like Slashdot or Techcrunch mentions a useful new resource prominently. But I am not aware of any such site focusing attention on Europeana yesterday, though it did get covered in traditional MSM news sites here and there. Jesse, you’re right, we’ve had the phenomenon of a stampede where an attention-focusing site like Slashdot or Techcrunch mentions a useful new resource prominently.

But I am not aware of any such site focusing attention on Europeana yesterday, though it did get covered in traditional MSM news sites here and there.

]]> By: Jesse Wilkins http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/11/21/wanted-more-fail-whales/comment-page-1/#comment-443115 Jesse Wilkins Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:40:30 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/?p=1432#comment-443115 FWIW, this is a common occurrence as the result of interesting resources catching the attention of ubersites like Slashdot (slashdot.org) or Instapundit.com, where the phenomena even have names (slashdotting/ed and Instalanche respectively). Interesting to see how this interacts with cloud and utility computing moving forward. FWIW, this is a common occurrence as the result of interesting resources catching the attention of ubersites like Slashdot (slashdot.org) or Instapundit.com, where the phenomena even have names (slashdotting/ed and Instalanche respectively).

Interesting to see how this interacts with cloud and utility computing moving forward.

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