Diigo Earthshake

May 15, 2008 admin MGuhlin.net, SocialBookmarkingTools

A few
days ago, I noticed that Diigo was down for a bit under 20 minutes.
Was Diigo buckling
under the pressure of global educators? No…the
truth is far more horrible.

At the time, I had no idea that an earthquake in China measuring 7.6 on
the Richter scale had hit. I now see reports of over 15,000 dead,
complete destruction and heroic rescues and volunteer efforts. Though I
knew Maggie and Wade at Diigo.com were of Chinese descent, I had no idea
that Diigo was partly housed in China, not 90 miles from the
epicenter of the earthquake.

Wow.

Maggie writes in the Diigo blog:

The past few days have not been easy for me, as I have been traveling on
the road, and just have a chance to sit down and write this blog post
now. Our prayers are with all the people impacted by this tragedy. We’re
doing Diigo because we thought we could make some difference to the
world of internet users… Given the severity of this Sichuan earthquake,
and at time like this, one realizes how precious our life is and what
our loved ones, friends, and families mean to us. We are sharing our
story, and doing what we can as individuals, and as a company. We’d also
like to appeal and urge people to consider donating & helping the needy.

My prayers are with you and your’s.