Twitter bump: Failwhale sightings on land prompt much conversation

Last August I was struck by how many comments Tara Hunt got when she took a picture of herself in her Failwhale T-Shirt. That was 2008 when twitter was for geeks.


Now it's 2009 and on a quiet March evening in London Imogen Heap who is best known for "Let Go"did the same thing with 3x times as many comments in a short period of time. I'm also pretty sure that very few of her 57,939 followers are considered 'in the tech industry'. She racked up 7,982 views to her Twitpic page, which means that 7,982 people clicked from seeing Imogen Heap tweet that she uploaded a picture. And then 23 people could not help but comment about her and the Failwhale she was wearing.









Facebook is making products talk too - I enabled Netflix with Facebook connect today, rated one movie, Midnight Run from 1988 and already I've had 3 comments in 1/2 hour

Here are all Imogen's comments from Twitpic

ginaaaxmarieee on March 27, 2009

hahaha. i love the fail whale too. walk on the streets with that shirt! (:

kimmieeee on March 27, 2009

This is so cute!

davidshepherd on March 27, 2009

Save the whale, its eyes its nose its tail... (John Shuttleworth)

lesliemmuller on March 27, 2009

Immie, I think you have my pajama bottoms--they look better on you. . !

ben_rio on March 27, 2009

That goes quite well actually. Very Sunday morning. Chariots of fire inspirational music, run for the kettle!

Andymy on March 27, 2009

Hehehe Ultra cooooool ^_^

witchlostintime on March 27, 2009

I wish I looked that good mid pj changeover! Loving it!

tec5x5 on March 27, 2009

Nice i dont where pjs i just sleep in my jeans

anonymousangel on March 27, 2009

sweet! lovin the 'do.

whereamigoing on March 27, 2009

You look great,this pic is so cool.

yukimi on March 27, 2009

awww I love the failwhale too! but don't make it a pj! I would happily walk around with one of these shirts! so lovely!!!

lindsayylou on March 27, 2009

Loooovve it!!!

lizzy1e on March 27, 2009

So coooool! Got that error yesterday and thought it was such a cute pic. :D

HeyLetsPogo on March 27, 2009

The t-shirts are for sale here: http://www.zazzle.com/failwhale. And I absolutely agree - you look fab, Immi :)

desvai on March 27, 2009

so cute, i want one!

truett on March 27, 2009

jealousssssssssss

kristwhy on March 27, 2009

it's awesome, you're beautiful as is your music

SidifromDC on March 27, 2009

Imogen...it's beautiful!

LiaisonOnEtsy on March 27, 2009

Who is the vendor Imogen? Where'd you get it??

Talklikeazombie on March 27, 2009

Awesome! And badass pjs Immi xD

georgiaelizabee on March 27, 2009

Win! (:

omnamaste on March 27, 2009

dude. we wants.

uberlab on March 27, 2009

cuuuute :) personally think the "fixing it now cat" was cuter tho

lexi_c on March 27, 2009

I love the shirt! And I love your hair! My goodness, you are gorgeous! :D