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Re: OhLife is shutting down

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Post by UVB-76 »

MichaelApproved wrote: post #65
hnha wrote: post #54

Two weeks notice before a service that was meant to help "privately remember your memorable days" deleted all of those memories? Time to find out who runs this and never trust them with anything again. Two weeks is laughably short and disrespectful to your users. If at least they were open about the issue that forces them to shutdown, maybe users would be able to help out by donating to keep it online for longer? Shi…

What would you say is an appropriate amount of time?

A couple of months at least.

It could take more than a couple of weeks for many users to realize the service is shutting down (skip past the email in their inbox, etc.)

Even if a user receives notification with the full two weeks notice, they could be on vacation and unable to download the files.

They could figure "Oh, I'll make a note to download my stuff when I get home from work" then forget all about it.

Re: OhLife is shutting down

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Post by progx »

hnha wrote: post #54

Two weeks notice before a service that was meant to help "privately remember your memorable days" deleted all of those memories? Time to find out who runs this and never trust them with anything again. Two weeks is laughably short and disrespectful to your users. If at least they were open about the issue that forces them to shutdown, maybe users would be able to help out by donating to keep it online for longer? Shi…

Which members?

Re: OhLife is shutting down

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Post by eps »

UVB-76 wrote: post #71
MichaelApproved wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What would you say is an appropriate amount of time?

A couple of months at least. It could take more than a couple of weeks for many users to realize the service is shutting down (skip past the email in their inbox, etc.) Even if a user receives notification with the full two weeks notice, they could be on vacation and unable to download the files. They could figure "Oh, I'll make a note to download my stuff when I get home from work" then forget all about it.

A couple of months at least notice before a service that was meant to help "privately remember your memorable days" deleted all of those memories? Time to find out who runs this and never trust them with anything again.

Re: OhLife is shutting down

#74

Post by buro9 »

billzhuang wrote: post #2

i start use ohlife from 08/26/2010, has 658 entries totally. every night i will wait for your email and input what i think or meet today, and i can know what i thought one year ago, and i have the chance to remember the good/sad life i experienced before. it's always in my daily routing and the habit, i also introduced this service to my family and friends, everyone like it very much. thanks guys, hope i can do sth t…

I do that with Google Calendar.

I have multiple calendars (about 20), some log things to do with work, one logs all SMS messages and phone calls sent/received, another logs fitness/health.

At any time I can look at any day, and there is enough information in the calendar to tell me everything that happened that day and for me to recall the day clearly.

Most of this is recorded implicitly (IFTTT handles whatever doesn't have calendar intgreation), only a little is recorded manually. It used to be more manual, now it's more automatic.

I've been doing this for so long I'm not even sure when I started... let me look. Well, May 2006 I see densely filled out, but Google Calendar doesn't seem to like looking before that... I guess that Google must store info prior to that in a cold storage solution.

Even looking at 2006, wow. I see the day I met my first wife, the film I saw at the cinema a few days before, my weight, the bike ride I did, some work appointments and a trip to Gloucester, someone's leaving party at work, and that my finances were flush that month.

I remember the weather for almost every day in May 2006, and it makes me realise how much weather is also a signal to recall information. I think I'll add weather history for wherever I am too.

Re: OhLife is shutting down

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Post by speakeron »

korzun wrote: post #20
funkyy wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Startup owners in exchange for creditability had to give time - thats one of the main currencies in this scene. In this case I wont trust them from now on expecting them to do the same with any other new startup they will launch in future...

> Startup owners in exchange for creditability had to give time - thats one of the main currencies in this scene. In this case I wont trust them from now on expecting them to do the same with any other new startup they will launch in future... Yeah, that's not how it works. Committing time and money to a failed venture is the biggest mistake an entrepreneur can make.

> Committing time and money to a failed venture is the biggest mistake an entrepreneur can make.

Committing time and money to enhance your reputation is never a mistake.

Re: OhLife is shutting down

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Post by marcfonteijn »

lancer wrote: post #40

For everyone who enjoys journaling via email, you may find DailyDiary a suitable alternative. A comparable question might be: https://www.dailydiary.com/questions/342540/how-did-your-day... Disclosure: I'm the founder. If there’s interest, I’m happy to add an import for OhLife exports.

I'd switch if there is an import. Would be even better if it imports photos too.

Re: OhLife is shutting down

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Post by Paul12345534 »

Paul12345534 wrote: post #67

I wish the US govt. would sponsor something for citizens to store a bit about themselves and their family indefinitely. Even 20MB or 30MB per person, which seems modest and feasible, would allow people to pick a few of their most important photos and write a bit about their life for the next generations to find. I don't trust any private company to handle this well when you're talking about hundreds of years of futur…

I see there's a few downvotes, no worries. What private company is going to be here in 200 years? in 300? I know the NSA-hate is strong here but it's not like you'd have to add the most personal information. Perhaps someone like the Library of Congress could handle it. I've seen far too many private companies delete data with little notice to trust them.

I'm not suggesting you treat it as a private diary of intimate details, more like a time capsule for future generations to read. How you viewed the world around you, how you viewed world events. Maybe allow people to put time locks on their posted info, so it wouldn't be public for X number of years.

Re: OhLife is shutting down

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Post by MichaelApproved »

UVB-76 wrote: post #71
MichaelApproved wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What would you say is an appropriate amount of time?

A couple of months at least. It could take more than a couple of weeks for many users to realize the service is shutting down (skip past the email in their inbox, etc.) Even if a user receives notification with the full two weeks notice, they could be on vacation and unable to download the files. They could figure "Oh, I'll make a note to download my stuff when I get home from work" then forget all about it.

What if their development team found other jobs, giving the standard 2 weeks notice. Who will maintain the servers and code for those few months?

Sure, the code allowing for the export of data might seem trivial but you still need someone to maintain the system. It's almost guaranteed to need some kind of attention over a couple of months in use. Especially if the export feature was written quickly after the announcement was made.

Now, we've decided to maintain a couple of employees for 2 months to support user exports, where will those 2 people work? Will they work from home? Do you have infrastructure in place to allow them full access from home? No? That means they'll need to come into the office. Will it just be the two of them in the office all day on their own? Do they need some kind of HR? What if they find other jobs during this 2 month export process?

What about customer service? People will have questions about how to export the data or what to do with it. Does anyone answer those questions over the next few months? What if those people found other jobs. Do you hire and train someone new just for those 2 months?

Re: OhLife is shutting down

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Post by hnha »

progx wrote: post #72
hnha wrote: post #54

Two weeks notice before a service that was meant to help "privately remember your memorable days" deleted all of those memories? Time to find out who runs this and never trust them with anything again. Two weeks is laughably short and disrespectful to your users. If at least they were open about the issue that forces them to shutdown, maybe users would be able to help out by donating to keep it online for longer? Shi…

Which members?

I don't understand your question.
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