Comments on: The Designer Who Gave Us Fail Whale and Showing The Whale http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2008/06/26/the-designer-who-gave-us-fail-whale-and-showing-the-whale/ An industry analyst blog looking at software ecosystems and convergence Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:27:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: friarminor http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2008/06/26/the-designer-who-gave-us-fail-whale-and-showing-the-whale/#comment-428406 friarminor Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:10:37 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2008/06/26/the-designer-who-gave-us-fail-whale-and-showing-the-whale/#comment-428406 Used to really hate it but with the cute balaena designs now I'm actually looking forward to more Twitter outages. Narcissistic. @MobyDick Luv the designs really. Used to really hate it but with the cute balaena designs now I’m actually looking forward to more Twitter outages.

Narcissistic.
@MobyDick

Luv the designs really.

]]> By: Deadly Bloody Serious » Blog Archive » Hello, Yiying! The creator of the “Fail Whale” http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2008/06/26/the-designer-who-gave-us-fail-whale-and-showing-the-whale/#comment-413879 Deadly Bloody Serious » Blog Archive » Hello, Yiying! The creator of the “Fail Whale” Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:18:21 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2008/06/26/the-designer-who-gave-us-fail-whale-and-showing-the-whale/#comment-413879 [...] James Governor had written an article “The Designer Who Gave Us Fail Whale and Showing The Whale”: I had assumed Twitter was using designs it had paid for for its Fail page, but apparently not. [...] [...] James Governor had written an article “The Designer Who Gave Us Fail Whale and Showing The Whale”: I had assumed Twitter was using designs it had paid for for its Fail page, but apparently not. [...]

]]> By: Stilgherrian http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2008/06/26/the-designer-who-gave-us-fail-whale-and-showing-the-whale/#comment-411946 Stilgherrian Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:41:29 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2008/06/26/the-designer-who-gave-us-fail-whale-and-showing-the-whale/#comment-411946 You will be pleased to know that there's now a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fail_Whale" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia entry for Fail Whale</a>, a competition to design a beer label for Fail Whale Pale Ale, and plans for a global for Fail Whale Pale Ale Tasting Day in September 2008. You will be pleased to know that there’s now a Wikipedia entry for Fail Whale, a competition to design a beer label for Fail Whale Pale Ale, and plans for a global for Fail Whale Pale Ale Tasting Day in September 2008.

]]> By: Tim Walker http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2008/06/26/the-designer-who-gave-us-fail-whale-and-showing-the-whale/#comment-411624 Tim Walker Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:44:56 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2008/06/26/the-designer-who-gave-us-fail-whale-and-showing-the-whale/#comment-411624 It's been interesting to see the appopriation of the Fail Whale as a CafePress t-shirt design and so on. In my view, it's *good* news for Twitter in that it builds their brand. You don't go to the trouble to pay homage to a fail screen unless you *care* about the thing that's failing. It’s been interesting to see the appopriation of the Fail Whale as a CafePress t-shirt design and so on. In my view, it’s *good* news for Twitter in that it builds their brand. You don’t go to the trouble to pay homage to a fail screen unless you *care* about the thing that’s failing.

]]> By: Jen Robinson http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2008/06/26/the-designer-who-gave-us-fail-whale-and-showing-the-whale/#comment-411552 Jen Robinson Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:34:23 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2008/06/26/the-designer-who-gave-us-fail-whale-and-showing-the-whale/#comment-411552 Great post, James! Love the references, and good call on social object status. It certainly is! I'm the newest fan on FB. Great post, James! Love the references, and good call on social object status. It certainly is! I’m the newest fan on FB.

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