UPDATE 8/6 8.04am: It appears to be a Denial of Service attack that Twitter is currently combating. Back when Twitter was still just a method for geeks to spout off about whatever, seeing the Fail Whale was quite commonplace. Multiple times per day, Twitter would get overloaded and the system simply couldn’t keep up. Post venture capital, it’s finally come around that everyone from...
We live in a very distractable world. Email, Instant Messanger, Cell Phones, Home Phone (if you still have one), Text Messages, Desk Phone. No matter where you are, you can be interrupted. Sometimes in more ways than just one… How many times has this happened to you: You’re on a call at your desk, and another call beeps in. You have to ignore it, as…you’re on another...