Apr 4, 2011, 08:10
I don't use image hosting but some folks do and I don't know if this is of any interest to ST's members.
I spotted it while reading a kite forum.
Quote:- < < < < < < < < < Most of you that have sites with Fotopic will probably have noticed, but for those that haven't - fotopic took all their servers off line a few days back.
It looks like they have finally folded - but (as is the fotopic way) they are saying nothing as yet.
Joel Rowbottom set up Fotopic - and ran it with good results - but sold it on a few years ago (he's about to launch pikfu.com a new hosting site)
After he sold it the new owners ran it on 'auto-pilot' - no promotion, no updates, just relying on word of mouth and brand loyalty.
Joel has offered to try and help sort whatever has gone wrong at fotopic on a consultancy basis - but they are not even telling him what the problem is.
Joel has said that if he can open any sort of dialog with the current owners, then his aim will be to find a way for those that have work on fotopic that they need to retrieve to do so - so even he is not talking about getting it fully back up.
As we know they had a serious 'out' a while ago, but did eventually come back - looks like it might be more 'terminal' this time
Looking on a fotopic users forum there people that have potentially lost thousands of pics (I would insert some smart-arsed comment about backing up here - but I'm not as good at backing-up as I should be ) > > > > > > > > > >Unquote
I spotted it while reading a kite forum.
Quote:- < < < < < < < < < Most of you that have sites with Fotopic will probably have noticed, but for those that haven't - fotopic took all their servers off line a few days back.
It looks like they have finally folded - but (as is the fotopic way) they are saying nothing as yet.
Joel Rowbottom set up Fotopic - and ran it with good results - but sold it on a few years ago (he's about to launch pikfu.com a new hosting site)
After he sold it the new owners ran it on 'auto-pilot' - no promotion, no updates, just relying on word of mouth and brand loyalty.
Joel has offered to try and help sort whatever has gone wrong at fotopic on a consultancy basis - but they are not even telling him what the problem is.
Joel has said that if he can open any sort of dialog with the current owners, then his aim will be to find a way for those that have work on fotopic that they need to retrieve to do so - so even he is not talking about getting it fully back up.
As we know they had a serious 'out' a while ago, but did eventually come back - looks like it might be more 'terminal' this time
Looking on a fotopic users forum there people that have potentially lost thousands of pics (I would insert some smart-arsed comment about backing up here - but I'm not as good at backing-up as I should be ) > > > > > > > > > >Unquote
Lumix LX5.
Canon 350 D.+ 18-55 Kit lens + Tamron 70-300 macro. + Canon 50mm f1.8 + Manfrotto tripod, in bag.