My design for Twitter's "over capacity" screen
I was getting frustrated with seeing the the original birds-carrying-whale version all the time. So I thought I'd mix it up a bit.
Based on the awsome original Fail Whale illustration by @yiyinglu.
Proud to be a part of www.whatisfailwhale.info/.
Comments and faves
chrisheuer, jdandrea, dilellaedwards, Orli Yakuel, and 111 other people added this photo to their favorites.
PayneFamily (49 months ago | reply)
HA! I love it!
TheSatch (49 months ago | reply)
Nice!
YouStar.Me [deleted] (49 months ago | reply)
Dave. I think you and the other heavy A-list twitters should jump the twitter ship and just use FF for about a month and see what the impact is. Don't be afraid to do this. It might prove a benefit to eveyone
C.W.Brown (49 months ago | reply)
You need to put glasses on Scoble...
MikeScott8 (49 months ago | reply)
You forgot the calling out of Scoble as that big bird by Twitter.
joeschmidt (49 months ago | reply)
Dugg - digg.com/tech_news/New_Design_for_Twitter_s_O ver_Capacity...
Ren (WL) (49 months ago | reply)
Dang! That's one big bird.
Casey McKinnon (49 months ago | reply)
Damn, dude, you're a frakking genius!
interstar (49 months ago | reply)
I think you need a two-frame animation ... in the second, the phone wire breaks
erica_g (49 months ago | reply)
I love it! Hope they adopt it.
ke9v (49 months ago | reply)
Scoble needs to lose a few kilos, eh?
robertchute (49 months ago | reply)
I like it. T-shirts anyone?
Kevin D. Hendricks (49 months ago | reply)
That is pretty good. Nice.
rmsylte (49 months ago | reply)
Lovin' it!!
Lilyhill (49 months ago | reply)
Makes more sense. Birds carrying a whale?
CrystalClear (49 months ago | reply)
Cute! Althoug I hope soon there won't be such a need for it!!!
infelix (49 months ago | reply)
Waaaaay better than the original! And closer to the bird concept (the whale is so not-related)
keithhopper (49 months ago | reply)
Inspired another alternative: keithhopper.com/blog/twitter-is-over-capacity
tjgillies (49 months ago | reply)
hahaha!
mary hodder (49 months ago | reply)
love it. that's terrific.
Mykl Roventine (49 months ago | reply)
Thanks everyone!
admiral70 (49 months ago | reply)
No one should have to jump ship. Cowboy up and make it work before everyone mutinies.
jeremiah_owyang (49 months ago | reply)
What's the name of that big bird?
grainofsaltjd (49 months ago | reply)
Freaking awesome!
Photocology (49 months ago | reply)
That fat ole orange bellied Scobleizer bird has a lot of poop in it. Pa, where's muh rifle?!?!?
susan.beebe (49 months ago | reply)
that bird needs to go on a diet!
Meshl (49 months ago | reply)
Mykl! Way to sing the Twitter blues!
D. Shaw (49 months ago | reply)
Much better.
Dread Pirate Roberts (48 months ago | reply)
I took a shot at making my own fail whale awhile ago.
Mykl Roventine (48 months ago | reply)
aaronsimonsen (48 months ago | reply)
very good but isn't nice for the bird (probably feeling self concious about its weight already) or twitter (the bird must struggle to fly any time so the outage isn't a temporary problem). am i the only person who doesn't mind the whale?
Gypsy-Mom (48 months ago | reply)
Here's mine mrshannigan.wordpress.com/2008/06/13/finding- joy-amidst-t... Enjoy
Mykl Roventine (48 months ago | reply)
Shovelling Son (48 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Twitter Over Capacity, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
ACME-Nollmeyer (46 months ago | reply)
love it. @acmePhoto
AnnieB. (46 months ago | reply)
Cute. I still like the whale, though.
BrianG2k (40 months ago | reply)
has anyone created a grease monkey plug-in so that this image will display in Firefox instead of the whale?
mil8 (40 months ago | reply)
www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/19/the-top-21-twit ter-clients-...
ninotschka (40 months ago | reply)
beautiful, will try to use it in a post i am currently writing for my blog iblogforbrands.blogspot.com/ on brands and twitter, hope that is ok!
Mykl Roventine (40 months ago | reply)
Matt Hamm (39 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Twitter Birds, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
freddy_vince (38 months ago | reply)
lmao I love it, that fat bird is oprah and all those other goons coming into the twitter universe.
aceaphotos (38 months ago | reply)
LOVE IT haha
i've seen this SOO much lately
newyork music (38 months ago | reply)
Twitter Rocks. nopolicestategirl.net
SphereCat1 (37 months ago | reply)
I love this version!
ikeepsafenews (34 months ago | reply)
Blogged here:
ikeepsafe.blogspot.com/2009/08/twitter-changi ng-education...
thank you for your creative commons!
gariphic (33 months ago | reply)
Fun.
Reminds me i've got to order the bird for Thanksgiving.
alxflickrrr (32 months ago | reply)
hahah what an idea!!!
itsvencel (30 months ago | reply)
luv this pic.right now,twitter's over capacity *again*..hope i can see this one!