http://www.thestandard.com/node/105145/comments comments feed. en Twitter me this: What is parislemon.json? http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/04/21/twitter-me-what-parislemon-json <p> <p> </p> <p><i>The Standard</i> received a lot of flack for <a href="/news/2008/03/30/twitter-fanatical-users-help-build-brand-not-revenue">assigning Twitter</a> to the "fail" category in our special feature, "<a href="/news/2008/03/27/opinion-10-net-services-will-succeed-and-10-will-probably-fail">10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)</a>." The reasons related to Twitter's business model and lack of mainstream appeal. </p> <p>Add another problem to the list: The service is experiencing more site downtime and user-facing bugs. The latest failure has been noted by many anguished Twitterers, including VentureBeat writer and blogger <a href="http://www.parislemon.com/2008/04/twitter-fail-day-3-communications.html">MG Siegler</a> and <a href="http://mashable.com/2008/04/21/twitter-disconnection-option/">Mashable</a>, but the latest breakdown seems to go beyond a "service unavailable" page. When I attempted to log on this morning, I received a "save to disk" prompt, which asked me to open or save "parislemon.json":</p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u158/twitter_window.jpg" alt="Twitter parislemon.json" align="middle" height="269" width="500" /> </p> <p><br clear="all" /> <p>Bizarre. ParisLemon happens to be the <a href="http://www.parislemon.com">name of Siegler's blog</a>. However, the prompt I received occured after hitting the "sign in" button on <a href="http://twitter.com/login">twitter.com/login</a> page. It is a <a href="http://www.json.org/">JavaScript Object Notation</a> file. Twitter does use JavaScript extensively, but there was no other information about the specific file on Google or in the HTML source of the Twitter login page, although it does show up in the ParisLemon HTML source. I didn't download it -- unwarranted pop-up "save to disk" prompts are often employed by marginal porn sites and other baddies to install adware and spyware -- and now I can't get the prompt back. </p> <p>Did anyone experience the same behavior, or try examining the .json file? Comment below or email me at ian at thestandard dot com. Or, twitter me at <a href="http://twitter.com/ilamont">twitter.com/ilamont</a> -- if you can get the service to work.</p> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Opinion: <b><a href="/news/2008/03/27/opinion-10-net-services-will-succeed-and-10-will-probably-fail">10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)</a></b></li> <li>Bill Snyrder: <b><a href="/news/2008/03/30/twitter-fanatical-users-help-build-brand-not-revenue">Twitter: Fanatical users help build the brand, but not revenue</a></b></li> </ul> <p><b>Note:</b> Anonymous comments on <i>The Industry Standard</i> are disabled. 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The reasons related to Twitter's business model and lack of mainstream appeal. </p> <p>Add another problem to the list: The service is experiencing more site downtime and user-facing bugs. The latest failure has been noted by many anguished Twitterers, including VentureBeat writer and blogger <a href="http://www.parislemon.com/2008/04/twitter-fail-day-3-communications.html">MG Siegler</a> and <a href="http://mashable.com/2008/04/21/twitter-disconnection-option/">Mashable</a>, but the latest breakdown seems to go beyond a "service unavailable" page. When I attempted to log on this morning, I received a "save to disk" prompt, which asked me to open or save "parislemon.json":</p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u158/twitter_window.jpg" alt="Twitter parislemon.json" align="middle" height="269" width="500" /> </p> <p><br clear="all" /> <p>Bizarre. ParisLemon happens to be the <a href="http://www.parislemon.com">name of Siegler's blog</a>. However, the prompt I received occured after hitting the "sign in" button on <a href="http://twitter.com/login">twitter.com/login</a> page. It is a <a href="http://www.json.org/">JavaScript Object Notation</a> file. Twitter does use JavaScript extensively, but there was no other information about the specific file on Google or in the HTML source of the Twitter login page, although it does show up in the ParisLemon HTML source. I didn't download it -- unwarranted pop-up "save to disk" prompts are often employed by marginal porn sites and other baddies to install adware and spyware -- and now I can't get the prompt back. </p> <p>Did anyone experience the same behavior, or try examining the .json file? Comment below or email me at ian at thestandard dot com. Or, twitter me at <a href="http://twitter.com/ilamont">twitter.com/ilamont</a> -- if you can get the service to work.</p> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Opinion: <b><a href="/news/2008/03/27/opinion-10-net-services-will-succeed-and-10-will-probably-fail">10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)</a></b></li> <li>Bill Snyrder: <b><a href="/news/2008/03/30/twitter-fanatical-users-help-build-brand-not-revenue">Twitter: Fanatical users help build the brand, but not revenue</a></b></li> </ul> <p><b>Note:</b> Anonymous comments on <i>The Industry Standard</i> are disabled. 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The reasons related to Twitter's business model and lack of mainstream appeal. </p> <p>Add another problem to the list: The service is experiencing more site downtime and user-facing bugs. The latest failure has been noted by many anguished Twitterers, including VentureBeat writer and blogger <a href="http://www.parislemon.com/2008/04/twitter-fail-day-3-communications.html">MG Siegler</a> and <a href="http://mashable.com/2008/04/21/twitter-disconnection-option/">Mashable</a>, but the latest breakdown seems to go beyond a "service unavailable" page. When I attempted to log on this morning, I received a "save to disk" prompt, which asked me to open or save "parislemon.json":</p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u158/twitter_window.jpg" alt="Twitter parislemon.json" align="middle" height="269" width="500" /> </p> <p><br clear="all" /> <p>Bizarre. ParisLemon happens to be the <a href="http://www.parislemon.com">name of Siegler's blog</a>. However, the prompt I received occured after hitting the "sign in" button on <a href="http://twitter.com/login">twitter.com/login</a> page. It is a <a href="http://www.json.org/">JavaScript Object Notation</a> file. Twitter does use JavaScript extensively, but there was no other information about the specific file on Google or in the HTML source of the Twitter login page, although it does show up in the ParisLemon HTML source. I didn't download it -- unwarranted pop-up "save to disk" prompts are often employed by marginal porn sites and other baddies to install adware and spyware -- and now I can't get the prompt back. </p> <p>Did anyone experience the same behavior, or try examining the .json file? Comment below or email me at ian at thestandard dot com. Or, twitter me at <a href="http://twitter.com/ilamont">twitter.com/ilamont</a> -- if you can get the service to work.</p> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Opinion: <b><a href="/news/2008/03/27/opinion-10-net-services-will-succeed-and-10-will-probably-fail">10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)</a></b></li> <li>Bill Snyrder: <b><a href="/news/2008/03/30/twitter-fanatical-users-help-build-brand-not-revenue">Twitter: Fanatical users help build the brand, but not revenue</a></b></li> </ul> <p><b>Note:</b> Anonymous comments on <i>The Industry Standard</i> are disabled. 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The reasons related to Twitter's business model and lack of mainstream appeal. </p> <p>Add another problem to the list: The service is experiencing more site downtime and user-facing bugs. The latest failure has been noted by many anguished Twitterers, including VentureBeat writer and blogger <a href="http://www.parislemon.com/2008/04/twitter-fail-day-3-communications.html">MG Siegler</a> and <a href="http://mashable.com/2008/04/21/twitter-disconnection-option/">Mashable</a>, but the latest breakdown seems to go beyond a "service unavailable" page. When I attempted to log on this morning, I received a "save to disk" prompt, which asked me to open or save "parislemon.json":</p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u158/twitter_window.jpg" alt="Twitter parislemon.json" align="middle" height="269" width="500" /> </p> <p><br clear="all" /> <p>Bizarre. ParisLemon happens to be the <a href="http://www.parislemon.com">name of Siegler's blog</a>. However, the prompt I received occured after hitting the "sign in" button on <a href="http://twitter.com/login">twitter.com/login</a> page. It is a <a href="http://www.json.org/">JavaScript Object Notation</a> file. Twitter does use JavaScript extensively, but there was no other information about the specific file on Google or in the HTML source of the Twitter login page, although it does show up in the ParisLemon HTML source. I didn't download it -- unwarranted pop-up "save to disk" prompts are often employed by marginal porn sites and other baddies to install adware and spyware -- and now I can't get the prompt back. </p> <p>Did anyone experience the same behavior, or try examining the .json file? Comment below or email me at ian at thestandard dot com. Or, twitter me at <a href="http://twitter.com/ilamont">twitter.com/ilamont</a> -- if you can get the service to work.</p> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Opinion: <b><a href="/news/2008/03/27/opinion-10-net-services-will-succeed-and-10-will-probably-fail">10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)</a></b></li> <li>Bill Snyrder: <b><a href="/news/2008/03/30/twitter-fanatical-users-help-build-brand-not-revenue">Twitter: Fanatical users help build the brand, but not revenue</a></b></li> </ul> <p><b>Note:</b> Anonymous comments on <i>The Industry Standard</i> are disabled. 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The reasons related to Twitter's business model and lack of mainstream appeal. </p> <p>Add another problem to the list: The service is experiencing more site downtime and user-facing bugs. The latest failure has been noted by many anguished Twitterers, including VentureBeat writer and blogger <a href="http://www.parislemon.com/2008/04/twitter-fail-day-3-communications.html">MG Siegler</a> and <a href="http://mashable.com/2008/04/21/twitter-disconnection-option/">Mashable</a>, but the latest breakdown seems to go beyond a "service unavailable" page. When I attempted to log on this morning, I received a "save to disk" prompt, which asked me to open or save "parislemon.json":</p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u158/twitter_window.jpg" alt="Twitter parislemon.json" align="middle" height="269" width="500" /> </p> <p><br clear="all" /> <p>Bizarre. ParisLemon happens to be the <a href="http://www.parislemon.com">name of Siegler's blog</a>. However, the prompt I received occured after hitting the "sign in" button on <a href="http://twitter.com/login">twitter.com/login</a> page. It is a <a href="http://www.json.org/">JavaScript Object Notation</a> file. Twitter does use JavaScript extensively, but there was no other information about the specific file on Google or in the HTML source of the Twitter login page, although it does show up in the ParisLemon HTML source. I didn't download it -- unwarranted pop-up "save to disk" prompts are often employed by marginal porn sites and other baddies to install adware and spyware -- and now I can't get the prompt back. </p> <p>Did anyone experience the same behavior, or try examining the .json file? Comment below or email me at ian at thestandard dot com. Or, twitter me at <a href="http://twitter.com/ilamont">twitter.com/ilamont</a> -- if you can get the service to work.</p> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Opinion: <b><a href="/news/2008/03/27/opinion-10-net-services-will-succeed-and-10-will-probably-fail">10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)</a></b></li> <li>Bill Snyrder: <b><a href="/news/2008/03/30/twitter-fanatical-users-help-build-brand-not-revenue">Twitter: Fanatical users help build the brand, but not revenue</a></b></li> </ul> <p><b>Note:</b> Anonymous comments on <i>The Industry Standard</i> are disabled. To leave a comment and participate in the <i>Standard's</i> <b><a href="/predictions">prediction market</a></b>, please <b><a href="/user/register?destination=search/predictions">register</a></b> first.</p> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/04/21/twitter-me-what-parislemon-json#comments microblogging Software & Web The Industry Standard Twitter Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:21:08 -0700 Ian Lamont 105145 at http://www.thestandard.com Twitter me this: What is parislemon.json? http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/04/21/twitter-me-what-parislemon-json <p> <p> </p> <p><i>The Standard</i> received a lot of flack for <a href="/news/2008/03/30/twitter-fanatical-users-help-build-brand-not-revenue">assigning Twitter</a> to the "fail" category in our special feature, "<a href="/news/2008/03/27/opinion-10-net-services-will-succeed-and-10-will-probably-fail">10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)</a>." The reasons related to Twitter's business model and lack of mainstream appeal. </p> <p>Add another problem to the list: The service is experiencing more site downtime and user-facing bugs. The latest failure has been noted by many anguished Twitterers, including VentureBeat writer and blogger <a href="http://www.parislemon.com/2008/04/twitter-fail-day-3-communications.html">MG Siegler</a> and <a href="http://mashable.com/2008/04/21/twitter-disconnection-option/">Mashable</a>, but the latest breakdown seems to go beyond a "service unavailable" page. When I attempted to log on this morning, I received a "save to disk" prompt, which asked me to open or save "parislemon.json":</p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u158/twitter_window.jpg" alt="Twitter parislemon.json" align="middle" height="269" width="500" /> </p> <p><br clear="all" /> <p>Bizarre. ParisLemon happens to be the <a href="http://www.parislemon.com">name of Siegler's blog</a>. However, the prompt I received occured after hitting the "sign in" button on <a href="http://twitter.com/login">twitter.com/login</a> page. It is a <a href="http://www.json.org/">JavaScript Object Notation</a> file. Twitter does use JavaScript extensively, but there was no other information about the specific file on Google or in the HTML source of the Twitter login page, although it does show up in the ParisLemon HTML source. I didn't download it -- unwarranted pop-up "save to disk" prompts are often employed by marginal porn sites and other baddies to install adware and spyware -- and now I can't get the prompt back. </p> <p>Did anyone experience the same behavior, or try examining the .json file? Comment below or email me at ian at thestandard dot com. Or, twitter me at <a href="http://twitter.com/ilamont">twitter.com/ilamont</a> -- if you can get the service to work.</p> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Opinion: <b><a href="/news/2008/03/27/opinion-10-net-services-will-succeed-and-10-will-probably-fail">10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)</a></b></li> <li>Bill Snyrder: <b><a href="/news/2008/03/30/twitter-fanatical-users-help-build-brand-not-revenue">Twitter: Fanatical users help build the brand, but not revenue</a></b></li> </ul> <p><b>Note:</b> Anonymous comments on <i>The Industry Standard</i> are disabled. To leave a comment and participate in the <i>Standard's</i> <b><a href="/predictions">prediction market</a></b>, please <b><a href="/user/register?destination=search/predictions">register</a></b> first.</p> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/04/21/twitter-me-what-parislemon-json#comments microblogging Software & Web The Industry Standard Twitter Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:21:08 -0700 Ian Lamont 105145 at http://www.thestandard.com