[HCoop-Discuss] Machine reboots - Notification thereof

[John T. Settino]

I'm a Twitter user so having the Twitter feed would be a plus for me 
though I could see it being a benefit to anyone with an RSS reader, or a 
quick place to go to get a status message. You could use a blog akin to 
the -sysadmin list to discuss specifics of outages and such... much like 
Twitter itself or Google does, when they have a service outage.

Twitter's API is also pretty straightforward and easy to interface with 
(I use PHP to update it when my blog updates), FTR.

Just a note, someone already has the @hcoop username on Twitter, so we 
might want to get HCOOPnet or something.

j.c.hallgren at juno.com wrote:
> Reading the below text, I'd agree that a blog may not be ideal...I had (some long time ago) suggested using something like Google/Yahoo Groups or similar so that we could find out status when our system is DOA but that idea was totally rejected back then...
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> However, since then, there have been many new things on the scene, such as Twitter...I've been using it for close to 2 yrs now and while not ideal, is quite well suited to be accessed via almost any type of device incl most phones...it has the advantage of being public yet also allowing one to privately DM each other if needed...yes, Twitter has gone mainstream but it's being used by many companies now to respond/interact with their customers...so I'll suggest it as one way to pass the word re outages/status and such with maybe a "groups" somewhere also for the more wordy details needed.
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>> I am not entirely sure if a blog is the right medium for such 
>> notifications. It is a great place to storing information on what
>> went wrong and why, but for immediate/expedited notification, I 
>> think email/mailinglist/microblogs work better.
>> How does everyone feel about this?
>> -srikanth
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