If you’re reading this, you know how integral technology is for Noozhawk’s very existence.
When it works, you’d hardly notice it. But when it doesn’t, well, it was hard to miss this morning.
Noozhawk’s free A.M. Report went out on time at 4:15 a.m. today after our MailChimp email program pulled the file we assembled in our content management system. It’s a simple, automated daily routine.
Due to a database glitch, however, the system pulled the file from Jan. 11, logged as 20210111, and not Nov. 21, logged as 20211121.
I don’t really understand the mechanics of what happened, only that we could fix it and ensure it doesn’t happen again. It took a while to figure out a workaround, but we did eventually. The correct version of the Nov. 21 A.M. Report was sent a few minutes later.
I apologize for the inconvenience and confusion — and for the alarm we caused by resurrecting some pretty significant bad news from a period most of us would like to forget.
The incorrect date was only related to our A.M. Report, and our actual website was never affected. Further, all of our articles are published with a date and time stamp if there’s ever any doubt.
And if you’re not a subscriber to either our A.M. Report or its companion, the P.M. Report, click here to sign up. I promise we’ll send you the right one. For free.
Again, I’m sorry for the malfunction. Thank you for your understanding.
— Bill Macfadyen is Noozhawk’s founder and publisher. Contact him at wmacfadyen@noozhawk.com, follow him on Instagram: @bill.macfadyen, or click here to read previous columns. The opinions expressed are his own.
