by MIA FREEDMAN
You know how Wednesday is hump day?
We got in a day early this week when Mamamia.com.au crashed for, oh, I don’t know exactly how long but MORE THAN 5 HOURS.
It was a weird feeling. When you’re working on a website that isn’t there. We went through all the stages of grief:
1. Shock: “Oh my God! We’re down! We’re down!”
2. Denial: “No way! The site CANNOT be down!”
3. Anger: “Fuck this! How can the site STILL be down?”
4. Depression: “This is a disaster. The site will never go up again. There’s nothing we can do.”
5. Reconstruction: “Maybe I could go and get some lunch? Or a cupcake.”
6. Acceptance: “The site may not come back for hours.”
7. Hope: “Think of all the unposted content we’ll be able to use tomorrow instead!”
Eventually (aka 5 HOURS LATER), the site came back up. Not before Managing Ed Jamila’s mum emailed her to say “Darling, I think your site is down. Is there anything I can do?” I love that woman and her kindly offer of civilian help.
We also welcomed a new member to the MM team this week. Jasmine Garnsworthy will be working on our e-commerce site, Mamamia Shopping which will be launching very soon. [Text continues after the gallery]