Tumblr engineer #4
A scammer is impersonating me on Discord and messaging people about Tumblr account takedowns. I’ve never used Discord at all, haven’t worked for Tumblr in over 8 years, and was never involved in account takedowns anyway. If you receive messages about Tumblr on another platform from someone claiming to be me (or any other early Tumblr staffer), it is 100% definitely a scam, and you…
RIP Tumblr HQ, Nov 10 2010 - Mar 29 2018 Tumblr moved to its home on 35 East 21st Street on my third day with the company. Initially just occupying half a floor of the building that once housed Swatch’s US HQ , the office seemed extravagantly vast for our then-twelve-person crew. We soon filled the space with beautiful wide desks (one of which survives as the table at Rhong Tiam Express next door)…
Second place!
“Look at the face of this taco, and tell me it’s not Peter Quinn from Homeland!!!” was how Zoya explained this in person.
I may have gone a bit overboard today at Big Apple Comic Con!
Sterling is so excited about having his own office on weekdays now! He’s already started celebrating by taking up as much space as possible.
The illusion of choice.
ok Feline Greenies Pet Treat Co, so you want me to give my cat 35 treats per day? I mean I know you’re the experts and I’m just a lowly consumer trying to appease my carnivorous furry companion, but like I gotta ask… are you 100% totally sure your company’s CEO isn’t secretly a giant hungry cat wearing a people-disguise?
Instapaper is joining Pinterest : Too bad I never got around to doing something clever with my best secondary blog URL, RichKidsOfInstapaper.tumblr.com !
Whoever built this has some fundamental misunderstanding around the purpose of subject lines…
We are the watchers of the wall, the paw in the darkness, the meow that wakes the sleepers.
RIP, spice-colored Tumblr couch. You had a good 5 year run.
Try the jellied chicken, they said. We promise it’s not actually cat food disguised by a side of lettuce, they said.
Perhaps this is a sign that I should change credit card providers?
If this turns out to mostly be wood pulp , at least it’s not a surprise.
Well, I suppose an empty gradient is indeed more enjoyable than Adobe Flash Player
It’s ok, I don’t plan on doing anything productive soon anyway.
Just realized Sterling has actually been an oversized Oreo Churro this whole time