If Twitter stays on this design track and keeps pairing with quality designers like it has, I expect a lot more positive buzz, and a lot less failwhale.
Instead of the failwhale Thursday, some people who tried to log onto Twitter's website saw what looked to be a cartoon duo of an inch worm and a soft-serve ice-cream cone.
Whimsical or not, the Twitter fail-whale is now an icon of an adolescence that the company is eager to move past as the service has become a powerhouse medium for not only mega-events like Election Night conversations and debates but also for corporate marketing teams eager to tap into the sentiments of crowds and gain real-time insights and opportunities.