James Fallow's take on Thinklinkr: "interesting software"

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Posted by gunars
Dec 22, 2012 at 05:00 PM

> MsJulie wrote:
> http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2010/01/happy_new_year.php

I recently tried to log into a thinklinkr (cloud-based outliner) account I had set up to try it out - no luck. I got the following email from Jason Tillery, one of thinklnkr’s developers:

We are in the process of shutting the site down. You can still access your data through the mobile interface. It’s read-only but it works. https://thinklinkr.com/mobile

Thanks for using the app,
Jason

Posted by shatteredmindofbob
Dec 22, 2012 at 10:13 PM

I know I harp on this constantly, but this is exactly why I don’t like web apps or “The Cloud” and wish they would stop being considered the only way forward. There are many disadvantages but this is the biggest.

I can still use Ecco Pro, but if Thinklinkr was something I relied on, well, it’s gone just like hundreds of other web apps before it.

Posted by Cassius
Dec 23, 2012 at 05:28 AM

I totally agree. I think of Web apps as being analogous to the applications on servers that I once upon a time accessed through dumb terminals. A PC is a PERSONAL Computer—not a dumb terminal !
-cassius

shatteredmindofbob wrote:
I know I harp on this constantly, but this is exactly why I don’t like
>web apps or “The Cloud” and wish they would stop being considered the
>only way forward. There are many disadvantages but this is the biggest.
> >I can still use Ecco Pro, but if Thinklinkr was something I relied on,
>well, it’s gone just like hundreds of other web apps before it.
> >

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