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Foursquare Fail Page

Published on June 21, 2010 By Todd Lyons

Latest in my series of website fail pages is Foursquare, who, late on a Sunday evening of all times, served me up this:

Last.fm Fail Page

Published on June 6, 2010 By Todd Lyons

I’ve been on last.fm since late 2006 and don’t recall ever getting a failpage before: Hopefully it’s a good sign: of increasing popularity, and not just inadequate infrastructure due to declining revenues and diminishing paid subscriber base.

Hootsuite Fail Page

Published on May 6, 2010 By Todd Lyons

Hootsuite’s always been very reliable for me.  Here’s proof it can fail with the same grace and good humour as Twitter.

Product #FAIL: Koodo Phone Case

Published on April 7, 2010 By Todd Lyons

Here’s a few questions it might be useful to ask before designing a mobile phone case, or alternately, before buying a warehouse full of some other manufacturer’s mobile phone cases: (1.)  Should we use rivets to attach the belt clip to the main body of the case? (2.) How many should we use? (3.) How large [...]

Product #FAIL: Crest for Kids

Published on March 24, 2010 By Todd Lyons

Can you see anything wrong with this product? Perhaps. But how about from inside a sealed box? No, and as luck would have it, that’s how these kid-friendly tubes happen to be sold. Having had some time to field test it (something I’m guessing Crest didn’t do), I can see at least two fun-enhancing benefits [...]