Comments on: Twitter draws closer to harpooning the Fail Whale

By: The Power of the Social Media Embrace « Digital Advocate

The Power of the Social Media Embrace « Digital Advocate — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:17:08 +0000

[...] Twitter is slowly plugging the Fail Whale’s blowhole [...]

By: Caterpillar Cone: The new Fail Whale for Twitter? » VentureBeat

Caterpillar Cone: The new Fail Whale for Twitter? » VentureBeat — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:24:02 +0000

[...] issues all day today (you know, just like the good old days). But right now, instead of the typical Fail Whale picture (shown when Twitter is down), there is a database maintenance message and a picture that I’ll [...]

By: Twitter reports huge usage, no Fail Whales for Election Day » VentureBeat

Twitter reports huge usage, no Fail Whales for Election Day » VentureBeat — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:31:12 +0000

[...] In his post, Stone also rightly gives his team of developers a pat on the back for keeping Twitter running during the increased usage. Certainly, a few months ago there is no way the service would have stayed up under such stress. But yesterday, as Stone notes, there was “not a whale in site” — which, aside from the typo (or bad joke), is refering to Twitter’s Fail Whale that would show up every time the site went down. [...]

By: A swap atop Twitter for the “new phase” » VentureBeat

A swap atop Twitter for the “new phase” » VentureBeat — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:47:11 +0000

[...] a change at the top of the company, it was then. Instead, Twitter weathered the storm and has had uptime galore recently — and oddly, now it’s making a change at the [...]

By: A new kind of Twitter Fail Whale » VentureBeat

A new kind of Twitter Fail Whale » VentureBeat — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:21:13 +0000

[...] they’re working to fix it. As longtime users of the service will know, Twitter used to be plagued by appearance of the “Fail Whale” a whale cartoon that Twitter put up every time it went down. This new “Fail Whale” is [...]

By: Google finally ready to take Jaiku seriously? » VentureBeat

Google finally ready to take Jaiku seriously? » VentureBeat — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:34:49 +0000

[...] downtime Fail Whale (the lovable graphic Twitter uses when it’s down) rather than a bird (which is also [...]

By: A Payne in the Twitter Fail Whale’s side » VentureBeat

A Payne in the Twitter Fail Whale’s side » VentureBeat — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:35:37 +0000

[...] the downtime was so frequent up until recently, the whale has become a cult figure of sorts. Twitter has been ramping up efforts to slay it.] Tags: co:summize, co:Twitter SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “A Payne in the Twitter Fail [...]

By: The Gfail Whale: Gmail’s Google Gears integration can’t come soon enough » VentureBeat

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:04:29 +0000

[...] Until things get fixed, if you need to get contact me right away, please direct message me on Twitter. And no, the irony of that statement isn’t lost on us. Hopefully, Google won’t have to design a cute logo to remind everyone when its services are down, like Twitter’s Fail Whale. [...]

By: SoCal earthquake a powerful reminder of Twitter’s potential » VentureBeat

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:47:37 +0000

[...] Many people only like to talk about Twitter’s monetization strategy or when it will hit “mainstream” usage. Throughout all of this the most important fact remains that Twitter is useful. As long as it stays that way and can maintain (or achieve depending on the week) reliability, the rest of that will come. [...]

By: 10gen gets $1.5M from Union Square for its open source cloud » VentureBeat

10gen gets $1.5M from Union Square for its open source cloud » VentureBeat — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:24:27 +0000

[...] with Amazon’s S3 storage service took down parts of Union Square investment Twitter, which is already notorious for its scaling problems.) Even if you just look at open source, there’s some interesting startup competition, like [...]

By: Twitter CEO Dorsey sees embeds, mobile in Twitter’s future » VentureBeat

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:32:39 +0000

[...] been refreshing to have the service working, some would say downright boring (as indicated by the calls for the Fail Whale) — so what’s [...]

By: Has Twitter been hacked, or is it just broken again? » VentureBeat

Has Twitter been hacked, or is it just broken again? » VentureBeat — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:17:02 +0000

[...] also put up its site redesign (apparently) a bit early today before pulling it down. Despite the great strides being made in harpooning the Fail Whale (fixing the service), it’s important to remember that things are still very much a work in [...]

By: Twitter has its search, now it’s time to embrace mobile » VentureBeat

Twitter has its search, now it’s time to embrace mobile » VentureBeat — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:18:26 +0000

[...] doing a great job recently fixing the reliability issues that have plagued the site for months. The Fail Whale (pictured: left) is showing up less and less. Now with Summize onboard, I have a feeling we’re going to see a lot less animosity [...]

By: Between the Lines mobile edition

Between the Lines mobile edition — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:41:50 +0000

[...] the capacity issues that have kept people from accessing the site in recent weeks. In all fairness, Twitter says the problems are being addressed and that performance has improved considerably. But Twitter [...]

By: Links List 7.11.08 | IT's About Uptime - The StackSafe Blog

Links List 7.11.08 | IT's About Uptime - The StackSafe Blog — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:38:45 +0000

[...] much press as Twitter stirred up with downtime reports, the infamous micro-blogging site’s efforts to achieve better stability seem to be paying off. Reports show that in a span of one week (from July 1st – 7th), it use to [...]