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Unlike blogging, where you spend time thinking carefully about what you say in each post, Tumblr is really more about the moment of consciousness, and capturing a snapshot of it. Hence, where blog posts are supposed to be solid and stand-alone, Tumblr posts stand in relation to an entire thread of posts. That’s why looking at a Tumblr page is like taking a peek into a person’s stream of consciousness.

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—	The Manila Bulletin: Retention, self-expression, Tumblr Maraming salamat! (via staff)

huffnos:

Entertainment page, October 2011

staff:

Introducing your new Activity page (and “Tumblarity”)

Two big things:

We’ve added a new link on your Dashboard labeled Tumblarity. This will take you to your new Activity page where you can see cumulative and trending stats about your activity on Tumblr.

For the past few months we’ve been using an internal metric called “Tumblarity” to sort and filter content on the Search and Popular Content pages. Tumblarity is derived from every blog’s activity and popularity across our network. We’re getting ready to start using it to organize the boss new Tumblr directory (which should be done next week!).

For the first time, you can view your Tumblarity on the Dashboard and Activity page.

Please ignore the fact that I’m less popular than fuckyeahparamore.

creativemornings:

You’re going to change your mind a thousand times. That’s a good thing. Only imbeciles never change their minds.

Anna Rascouët-Paz
speaking at CreativeMornings/SF (watch the talk)

Tumblr Engineering: Staircar: Redis-powered notifications »

engineering:

Soon after I started at Tumblr all the way back in May, I was tasked with reworking our aging notifications system. A notification is the item that shows up in your dashboard, interleaved with posts, that tells you that another Tumblr blog reblogged or liked one of your posts or started following…

philnoto:

Reed and Sue Richards- LIFE Magazine, 1973

staff:

Name The Burning House
Location New York

If your house was burning, what would you take with you? The answer says a lot about your values and background, according to photographer Foster R. Huntington. The Burning House is a living gallery of photographs of the items chosen by people from all backgrounds, from all around the world. “It’s a philosophical conflict between what’s practical, valuable, and sentimental. You’re forced to prioritize and boil down a life of accrued possessions into what you can carry out with you,” Foster says.

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Dan Harmon Poops: Fine, we're geniuses but not EVIL geniuses. »

danharmon:

(this is a post for Community fans, clarifying an odd rumor about a recent episode. No need to read more if you’re not absurdly obsessed with our show).

I have been trying not to read reviews, and especially the discussions under them, this season, as I have become emotionally fused with our TV…

felixsalmon:

Pantone Christmas-tree decorations!

(via Benvenuti in Seletti)