Gmail Users Knocked Offline Tuesday

Tuesday’s disruption led tens of millions of Gmail users to get an “Unable to reach Gmail” error message as their computers tried repeatedly to reconnect to the service. Google said it had taken some of Gmail’s servers offline for routine maintenance, and underestimated the load that would place on other computers responsible for directing traffic to the appropriate Gmail servers/ AP . More here .

Question: Some of you, including Taryn, mentioned Tuesday that you’d lost contact with your Gmail account as a result of the meltdown Tuesday. At such times, do you consider how dependent we’ve become on computers?