Google Calendar Down
Just got out my laptop and found that Google Calendar won't load. A 404 error message. I needed to load a couple of appointments that I have just made today.
I found a web page from The Sun announcing the outage in London, Newcastle, Dublin and importantly for me, Manchester.
Fortunately, the Google Calendar app on my phone is still there, so it could be worse. However, it brought home to me just how important that calendar really is.
Just to be on the safe side, I have jotted down on paper my more important dates, although I hope that the people at Google will soon sort out the mess.
On the other hand, I now realise a potential weakness of storing important dates (and other information) on the internet. Storage on my laptop is also copied on two external hard drives, so it is unlikely that those details will be lost, but relying on the internet to keep information safe has now come into question!
If things are not corrected quickly, I am seriously considering going back to a paper diary. That's progress!