Kelly Mehler

From Ashton Kutcher to NASA, many are paying their respects on Twitter about the death of Steve Jobs. With over 12 different trending topics dedicated to the Apple co-founder, Twitter struggled to keep up with the news feed. Thousands of users reported seeing the "Fail Whale," a cartoon sperm whale that appears on the Twitter homepage when Twitter produces more messages than its server can handle. His crashing of Twitter can be seen as a kind of posthumous honor bestowed on Jobs -- a reflection of his impact on our global society. More