Gmail Goes South

When the electricity goes out or the cable feed fades, it's hardly news.  But when Google drops the ball, hundreds of millions of people lose their lifeline. That's very un-Googlelike.

Today, my latest Ball in Your Court column was published, about harvesting webmail in e-discovery.  Ironically, I wrote how I've used the cloud for e-mail for years.  Ironic, because someone tripped on the cord at Google last night, and Gmail stopped working for me and a zillion other users this afternoon. I can't get to my mail.  No hubris goes unpunished.