Lookit that beautiful genius!
We pretty much only hire beautiful geniuses as a rule.
Brant McLean of Tumblr gave a great talk at the Digital Marketing stage on Day One of the Web Summit.
Photographer: Mark Holland
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Main rule: “Don’t be a robot.”
Tumblr declares war on the internet’s identity crisis
What’s a profile if it looks like everybody else’s?
<3
Ellis Hamburger talks to Tumblr’s Peter Vidani:
Nice picture, Peter.
But are we the things we share? That’s a big question. In real life, that could hold up. These are the clothes I’m wearing, these are the things I want to talk about, here’s what I’ve done lately. It might be more chaotic than a chronological timeline on a page, but it’s not far from what we’re trying to do here. I don’t think anyone can create a new de facto way to represent identity, but we can get closer and closer to how we’re getting along in real life.
My bf is really handsome.
That Peter, always plotting something.
If you’re interested in going behind the scenes of the battle for net neutrality, MSNBC made a swell little documentary about it, and it stars us nerds on staff.
Thanks again, all of you, for making all those phone calls, and making this thing happen.
Love this so hard.
Throwback Thursday — Tumblr HQ Tour from 2011:
Fast Company (fastcompany) recently named Tumblr HQ the best office in New York City. In 2011, TechCrunch Cribs created a 10-minute video of Tumblr HQ, featuring two Tumblr tour guides — current communications director Katherine Barna (alittlespace) and former engineering vice president Matt Hackett (matthew). Plus, there’s a cameo by Tumblr’s former editorial extraordinaire Christopher Price (topherchris).
Aghhhh talk about a blast from the past.
Wow Wow Wow, this video has everything:
- a couch we still have (and a couch that thank god does not exist anywhere)
- baby bulldogs
- ill advised pink jeans
- lots of giggling and hair flipping
- Minute 6 “We love Canadians!” (foreshadowing jeffdtaylor?)
- petervidani‘s “Help!” message at 7:43
- 8:07 enthusiastic/fearful “David’s very into lighting!”
- Cameos by topherchris, strle, memegan and more!
- matthew and I really trying our best to stretch a tour of one half of a floor into a ten minute segment, occasionally by casually dragging people on camera with us (we did it!)
- <3 <3 <3
The six charges I was sentenced for and the reason for the sentences, as my interrogator and the resident judge told me, are as follows, and they will tell you more about the regime than about me. I was, after all, just doing what a reporter does. But like the interrogators in George Orwell’s 1984, those at work in Iran’s justice system today are not interested in having you tell the truth, they are intent on making you accept their truth.
Our Maziar Bahari, on being sentenced to 13 years and six months imprisonment plus 74 lashes by an Iranian court. (via newsweek)
One of the more absurd charges against Maziar:
Six months for insulting the president.
“Someone tagged a photo of a young man kissing Ahmadinejad so that it appeared on my Facebook wall. My interrogator said that the picture implied that Ahmadinejad was a homosexual and that it was an insult.”
Today in Updates:
Very happy to announce that I work here now (trust me, this was a tough one to keep to myself for the past few weeks). I’m beyond thrilled to join the Tumblr team as their resident Communications girl. Drop me a line and say hello!
It’s amazing how much six years feels like just yesterday and a lifetime ago, simultaneously.
In 2011, we were a whopping 25 people (which, coincidentally is the median age of both David and I at that time); an entire company that could fit (sort of) comfortably into one small conference room, count ¾ of its female employees on six feet, and offsite together in one house.
Now, we’re hundreds of people across multiple offices, about to go through an acquisition (again!) and I’m certainly no longer 26. So, while I wouldn’t change the last six years for anything, I know in my heart that it’s time for me to move on to the next adventure.
It’s impossible to sum up six plus years in one sappy tumblr post, so here are some of the greatest hits:
- Helped save net neutrality for a minute there.
- Found a new passion in mental health reform.
- Rallied for Planned Parenthood.
- Fought the good fight.
- Raised over $318k for Hurricane Sandy relief with HONY.
- Brought Tumblr to the White House.
- Helped throw a yacht party, a gutter bar party, a pool party, a rally, a warehouse party, a gif festival, and put a tumblr ice cream truck in Times Square. Sadly, I never got the branded tiny train that I dreamt of for a couple years.
- Rang the opening bell with a hundred or so of my favorite people
- Cannes, SXSW, WHCD, Art Basel, NYFW, DLD, Web Summit, Advertising Week, etc. repeat.
- Spontaneously presented at least one award. Helped win a couple too.
- Watched the NYT Business Section turn blue
- Co-authored a wildly successful seasonal tumblr (hi, dad)
- Co-authored a not-so-successful tumblr (hi Lee, Amanda, DCH, Sima, Brant, Danielle)
- So many interviews, profiles, videos, photo shoots, articles, and at least one guest starring moment on the set of Colbert.
- Traveled the world talking Tumblr, from London to Australia, and a lot of places in between.
- Ruined my google image search results (for a good cause)
- Made some fucking amazing
and strangebest friends. - Took my dad to the White House and had a meeting in 10 Downing. Spent my birthday with the Mayor.
- Posed for an accidental mother/daughter photo shoot with Annie and some other slightly more flattering stuff
- Looked at my phone a lot.
- Essentially lived inside the most creative part of the Internet, with the most passionate users. It’s pretty cozy.
- Had the pleasure of working every day with the best. damn. team. out. there. I have learned so much from them, and so much about myself through them. I can’t wait to one day work for each of them, if they’ll have me. As anyone who has seen me spontaneously crying over the last two weeks knows, they are hard to leave.
Thank you, Tumblr, for an incredible six years. It’s been a dream.
(One last time) Fuck Yeah!
david