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.

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PayneFamily says:

HA! I love it!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

TheSatch says:

Nice!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

YouStar.Me [deleted] says:

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
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

C.W.Brown says:

You need to put glasses on Scoble...
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

MikeScott8 says:

You forgot the calling out of Scoble as that big bird by Twitter.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

joeschmidt says:

Dugg - digg.com/tech_news/New_Design_for_Twitter_s_O ver_Capacity...
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

waiting line says:

Dang! That's one big bird.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Casey McKinnon says:

Damn, dude, you're a frakking genius!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

interstar says:

I think you need a two-frame animation ... in the second, the phone wire breaks
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

erica_g says:

I love it! Hope they adopt it.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

ke9v says:

Scoble needs to lose a few kilos, eh?
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

robertchute says:

I like it. T-shirts anyone?
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Kevin D. Hendricks says:

That is pretty good. Nice.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

rmsylte says:

Lovin' it!!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Lilyhill says:

Makes more sense. Birds carrying a whale?
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

CrystalClear says:

Cute! Althoug I hope soon there won't be such a need for it!!!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

infelix says:

Waaaaay better than the original! And closer to the bird concept (the whale is so not-related)
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

keithhopper says:

Inspired another alternative: keithhopper.com/blog/twitter-is-over-capacity
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

tjgillies says:

hahaha!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

mary hodder says:

love it. that's terrific.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Mykl Roventine says:

Thanks everyone!

Love the dead whale! Thanks for the link in your post.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

admiral70 says:

No one should have to jump ship. Cowboy up and make it work before everyone mutinies.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

jeremiah_owyang says:

What's the name of that big bird?
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

grainofsaltjd says:

Freaking awesome!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Photocology says:

That fat ole orange bellied Scobleizer bird has a lot of poop in it. Pa, where's muh rifle?!?!?
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

susan.beebe says:

that bird needs to go on a diet!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Meshl says:

Mykl! Way to sing the Twitter blues!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

D. Shaw says:

Much better.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Dread Pirate Roberts says:

I took a shot at making my own fail whale awhile ago.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Mykl Roventine says:

Very nice!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

aaronsimonsen says:

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?
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

lisalisarussell says:

Here's mine mrshannigan.wordpress.com/2008/06/13/finding- joy-amidst-t... Enjoy
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Mykl Roventine says:

Very nice. Like a little comic strip.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Shovelling Son says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Twitter Over Capacity, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

ACME-Nollmeyer says:

love it. @acmePhoto
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

AnnieB. says:

Cute. I still like the whale, though.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

BrianG2k says:

has anyone created a grease monkey plug-in so that this image will display in Firefox instead of the whale?
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

mil8 says:

www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/19/the-top-21-twit ter-clients-...
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

ninotschka says:

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!
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

Mykl Roventine says:

Absolutely.
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

Matt Hamm says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Twitter Birds, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

freddy_vince says:

lmao I love it, that fat bird is oprah and all those other goons coming into the twitter universe.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

aceaphotos says:

LOVE IT haha
i've seen this SOO much lately
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

newyork music says:

Twitter Rocks. nopolicestategirl.net
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

SphereCat1 says:

I love this version!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

ikeepsafenews says:

Blogged here:
ikeepsafe.blogspot.com/2009/08/twitter-changi ng-education...

thank you for your creative commons!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

gariphic says:

Fun.

Reminds me i've got to order the bird for Thanksgiving.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

alxflickrrr says:

hahah what an idea!!!
Posted 4 weeks ago. ( permalink )

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