If I posted about <a href="http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/news/2007/05/16/Happy-Third-Birthday-Simpy.html">Simpy's 3<sup>rd</sup> Birthday</a> on May 16, 2007, what does that mean? It means that I am late with posting about Simpy's 4<sup>th</sup> Birhtday! Indeed, <a href="http://www.simpy.com/">Simpy</a> has been around for almost half a decade. Actually, it's been around longer, but it has been over 4 years now that it has been public. Still no cake... http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/news/?permalink=Simpys-Fourth-Birthday.html Mon, 26 May 2008 14:29:45 -0400 /news/ simpy birthday http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/commentapi/otis/news/?permalink=Simpys-Fourth-Birthday.html http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/news/?permalink=Simpys-Fourth-Birthday.html&page=comments&flavor=rss2 Downtime Tonight http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/news/?permalink=Downtime-Tonight.html <a href="http://www.simpy.com/">Simpy</a> will take a little break tonight, as some of its components get upgraded. Last week we upgraded one of the servers, before that we got more memory, the other day we quickly upgraded the caching component, and tonight the component that indexes and searches bookmarks, notes, groups, and people is getting a boost. The service should be down for 2 hour maximum. http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/news/?permalink=Downtime-Tonight.html Tue, 6 May 2008 20:37:48 -0400 /news/ simpy maintenance upgrade http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/commentapi/otis/news/?permalink=Downtime-Tonight.html http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/news/?permalink=Downtime-Tonight.html&page=comments&flavor=rss2 Maintenance Today http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/news/?permalink=Maintenance-Today.html Simpy will be unavailable between 2 and 3 PM EST today, April 29, 2008 - it's time to upgrade some hardware. http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/news/?permalink=Maintenance-Today.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:17:07 -0400 /news/ simpy maintenance http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/commentapi/otis/news/?permalink=Maintenance-Today.html http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/news/?permalink=Maintenance-Today.html&page=comments&flavor=rss2 Bad Memory http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/news/?permalink=Bad-Memory.html Ouch, ouch, up and down, up and down. That would be Simpy over the last 24-48 hours. Why is this happening? In short, we've got <a href="http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/news/2008/03/25/More-Memory-More-Speed.html">more memory</a>, but it looks like the new memory is bad, causes server crashes, and needs to be replaced. While things are running, they are indeed nice and fast, faster than before. Because this is a case of bad memory and memory can be replaced only by shutting one of the crucial servers down, we'll have to take things down a few more times. Sorry for the inconvenience. http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/news/?permalink=Bad-Memory.html Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:47:06 -0400 /news/ simpy maintenance memory http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/commentapi/otis/news/?permalink=Bad-Memory.html http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/news/?permalink=Bad-Memory.html&page=comments&flavor=rss2 Announcement: Simpy OSX Dashboard Widget http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/news/?permalink=Announcement-Simpy-OSX-Dashboard-Widget.html I just posted about <a href="http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/2008/03/25/Safari-Stats.html">Safari Stats</a> on Simpy. What about Mac users regardless of the prefered browser? That number is 5.36% in the last 30 days. <p/> If you are among the 5.36% <a href="http://www.simpy.com/">Simpy</a> Mac users, here is something for you/us - a brand new <a href="http://voidberg.org/blog/simpy_tools_update.html">Simpy dashboard widget for OSX</a> (there is a screenshot behind this links, too). The widget lets you search your Simpy bookmarks directly from OSX. <p/> Thank you, <a href="http://voidberg.org/">Andu</a>! http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/news/?permalink=Announcement-Simpy-OSX-Dashboard-Widget.html Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:50:36 -0400 /news/ simpy apple osx macintosh widget http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/commentapi/otis/news/?permalink=Announcement-Simpy-OSX-Dashboard-Widget.html http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/news/?permalink=Announcement-Simpy-OSX-Dashboard-Widget.html&page=comments&flavor=rss2 Safari Stats http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/?permalink=Safari-Stats.html I just posted <a href="http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/2008/03/25/Firefox-3-0-Stats.html">Firefox 3.0</a> stats and info about <a href="http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/news/2008/03/09/Usage-IE6-vs-IE7-vs-IE8.html">IE6 vs. IE7 vs. IE8</a> usage. But what about Safari? I said Safari 3.1 is not showing increased usage, but I was wrong. Safari is showing increased overall usage (all versions combined). Its usage is a single digit percentage, but that percentage has been increasing over time. Concretely, over the last 2 months, its usage grew by 25%! <p/> I think this trend will continue, especially as people discover Safari on Windows. What do you think? http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/?permalink=Safari-Stats.html Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:39:58 -0400 / simpy safari stats http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/commentapi/otis/?permalink=Safari-Stats.html http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/?permalink=Safari-Stats.html&page=comments&flavor=rss2 More Memory, More Speed http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/news/?permalink=More-Memory-More-Speed.html Things have not been <a href="http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/news/2007/08/24/Dirty-Laundry.html">this bad</a> in a long time. If you looked at the screen shot there, you may have noticed just how little memory that server has. This will be changing soon. The memory is in, and I just need to schedule for some down time one of these days. <p/> Once the memory upgrade is done, I think we'll all see even faster <a href="http://www.simpy.com/">Simpy</a>. http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/news/?permalink=More-Memory-More-Speed.html Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:27:14 -0400 /news/ simpy maintenance upgrade memory http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/commentapi/otis/news/?permalink=More-Memory-More-Speed.html http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/news/?permalink=More-Memory-More-Speed.html&page=comments&flavor=rss2 Firefox 3.0 Stats http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/?permalink=Firefox-3-0-Stats.html Several days ago I posted about the <a href="http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/news/2008/03/09/Usage-IE6-vs-IE7-vs-IE8.html">IE8 usage</a> on <a href="http://www.simpy.com/">Simpy</a>. Since that post, its usage went from 0.01% (in the last 30 days then) to the massive 0.04% (also in the last 30 days, but from today) of all Internet Explorer users. <p/> I have been paying minimal attention to usage of Firefox 3.0 on Simpy over the last few months, but I had a look at the stats and can report that Firefox 3.0 is ahead of IE8 in terms of usage numbers on Simpy - Firefox 3.0 accounts for 2.23% of all Firefox users. The dominant version is still 2.0.0.12, of course. <p/> Apple has recently released Safari 3.1 and has started pushing it even on Windows via iTunes updates. The story about this and the motives (the browser built-in search box that search engines like Google pay for) is all over the news/blogosphere, just check <a href="http://www.technorati.com/">Technorati</a>. In any case, so far I have not noticed the increased Safari usage on Simpy. I think this will take time. Not all people run iTunes update yet. Of those who have, some opted not to install Safari 3.1. Of those who installed it, some portion did not even realize they now have a new browser available to them. Of those who did install Safari, some portion decided to stick with their previous browser anyway. http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/?permalink=Firefox-3-0-Stats.html Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:21:07 -0400 / simpy firefox stats http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/commentapi/otis/?permalink=Firefox-3-0-Stats.html http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/?permalink=Firefox-3-0-Stats.html&page=comments&flavor=rss2 Delicious 2.0 Delayed: Scaling Problems http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/?permalink=Delicious-2-0-Delayed-Scaling-Problems.html Ouch, ouch. Apparently, Furl is not the only social bookmarking service that is having problems scaling these days (see: <a href="http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/2008/02/26/Furl-Is-Going-Down.html">Furl Going Down</a>). TechCrunch <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/14/delicious-20-news-finally-comes-to-new-york/">reports</a> that Del.icio.us 2.0 has been delayed due to difficulties scaling the new code: <em>"they are having problems scaling the new code. absolutely."</em> Ouch, ouch... but I'm sure they'll fix it soooooon. <p/> Delicious users may be interesting in <a href="http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/2008/01/18/10-Reasons-for-Simpy-vs-del-icio-us.html">10 Reasons for Simpy vs. del.icio.us</a> (1.0, since 2.0 is not there yet). http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/?permalink=Delicious-2-0-Delayed-Scaling-Problems.html Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:31:57 -0400 / del.icio.us performance techcrunch http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/commentapi/otis/?permalink=Delicious-2-0-Delayed-Scaling-Problems.html http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/?permalink=Delicious-2-0-Delayed-Scaling-Problems.html&page=comments&flavor=rss2 Usage: IE6 vs. IE7 vs. IE8 http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/news/?permalink=Usage-IE6-vs-IE7-vs-IE8.html <b>Update:</b> More recent numbers for <a href="http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/2008/03/25/Firefox-3-0-Stats.html">IE8 and Firefox 3.0</a>, as well as <a href="http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/2008/03/25/Safari-Stats.html">Safari Stats</a>. <p/> It's interesting, I've been watching the usage of Internet Explorer 6 vs. Internet Explorer 7 over on <a href="http://www.simpy.com/">Simpy</a>, waiting for the day when I can say that there are more Simpy IE7 users than IE6 users. Well, that day has come - it happened yesterday, actually. Over the last 30 days, of all Internet Explorer users, 50.05% were using IE7, and 49.39% were using using IE6. What's in the remaining half a percent? All kinds of older IE versions, of course, but also IE8. Yes, IE8 showed up on Simpy on March 6th, 2008 for the first time, and makes us for a whopping 0.01% of all Simpy IE users. I am sure this percentage will grow nicely in the coming month. http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/news/?permalink=Usage-IE6-vs-IE7-vs-IE8.html Sun, 9 Mar 2008 15:54:29 -0400 /news/ simpy browser internet explorer ie6 ie7 ie8 http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/commentapi/otis/news/?permalink=Usage-IE6-vs-IE7-vs-IE8.html http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/news/?permalink=Usage-IE6-vs-IE7-vs-IE8.html&page=comments&flavor=rss2 New Featurette: Explore Bar http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/news/?permalink=New-Featurette-Explore-Bar.html Here is a little new feature that was just added earlier today (no, uh, yesterday already). I can't think of a good name for this, so for now I'm calling it "explore bar". Let's just look at the screenshot first. <div> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/otis/2315412513/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3224/2315412513_2de8bd7598.jpg?v=0"/></a> </div> (click to enlarge) <p/> When you click on a bookmark tag, whether yours or somebody else's, you will see this gray box with several (3 currently) options that let you explore other areas of Simpy using that tag you just clicked on. Concretely, you can: <ol> <li>Simply look at everyone's bookmarks using the current tag</li> <li>See the list of <a href="http://simpy.com/people">people</a> who, based on the analysis of their bookmarks, look like they might know a thing or two about the current tag. We assume they are experts on the tag/topic, of course.</li> <li>See the list of <a href="http://simpy.com/groups">Groups</a> that have something to do with the current tag you used</li> </ol> This is not limited to tags. When you perform any kind of a bookmark search, the same options will pop-up. The idea is to let people get to know other parts of Simpy, easily expand their search to everyone's bookmarks, quickly see what other users they may want to look at, perhaps put them on their Watchlist or invite them to a Group, etc. <p/> I circled 2 "experts" in the above example. The tag I was looking at was "subway". Simpy showed me several "subway experts". I don't know all those people, but I do know the two that I circled. I actually do know those two people in real life, they are good friends, and I happen to know they do know about subways (in New York). Thus, this is a good example of this little new feature actually providing something accurate and useful. <p/> Any feedback? Thoughts? 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