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more about #davidkarp more comments → Bottle-Of-Smoke: Note to Lance: Dudes shouldn't Twitter. Exceptions made for war, natural disasters, resistance to oppressive despotic regimes, and when Matty McCona... more » HomerTurtle: iplaudius, I think his record both on and off the bike makes it pretty clear that Lance is twice the man with only one testicle than any other man who... more » AubreyMusca: BettyCrocker, Lance didn't meet his ex-wife Kristin until after he was diagnosed, treated, and all of his cancer was gone. don't be ignorant more » iplaudius: Lance, dudes who still have both their testicles don’t have to compensate with macho bullshit. ;-) more » BettyCrocker: Um, Lance? Dudes also shouldn't dump their wives (or girlfriends) when they have cancer. more » Carol Gardens: Salkin interviewing Harris is an amazing convergence of annoyingly pushy and persistently self-promoting bullshit artists. more » triplethreat: Dig! was a great movie but far from reality as to be laughable. It seemed like the filmmaker was totally manipulated by the bands and played fast and... more » musicmope: This write-up reminds me how young the NYC media world has become. Because I would have assumed you could throw a box of deli sushi out the window of... more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: the delusions sound like textbook paranoia more » snugbug: This Josh Harris dude sounds really fascinating--looking forward to the doc. Enjoyed both the Salkin piece and the commentary above. I'd like to, if ... more » Jason McCabe Calacanis: The parties were amazing and his brain is still razor sharp. Josh Harris will be back... and bigger than ever. Mark my words.... the kid will stay... more » RonMwangaguhunga: I'm oddly pulling for Josh to get redemption. And not just b/c he threw some killer parties, but he was very fair to the content creators. It would ha... more » Cheap Shot: I have to thank him for the parties. The grand, ridiculous parties. more » Dickdogfood: I don't think Harris' "experiments" were all that prophetic. Sure, he "overshared," but his webcam projects were about ceding control of one's public ... more » Lux Alptraum: It seems odd to compare Tumblr statistics to Wordpress.com statistics, as many Wordpress users use their own build, rather than Wordpress.com. (In fac... more » -
#twitterati
How To Be a Man, By Lance Armstrong
David Karp lectured the twittering masses on acting "classy," Lance Armstrong held forth on what Real Men don't do on the internet, and Andrew Keen detested your inspirational quotes. The Twitterati were feeling judgy. More » -
#mightyhavefallen
Josh Harris' Sunday Styles Treatment: The Ultimate Tech Cautionary Tale
Josh Harris—the Silicon Valley O.G. who washed up when the 1.0 tech bubble burst—had his second life profiled by the Sunday Styles. Harris is the ultimate Where Are They Now? of the tech scene. And where is he? More » -
#nerdfight
The Blog-War Revenge of Brooklyn's Hipsters
Matt Mullenweg should be proud; his giant WordPress.com has reportedly earned him millions. But his blog-platform rival, Tumblr founder David Karp, just surpassed him in one key metric. Mullenweg can blame Brooklyn one-upsmanship. More » -
#curses
The Voodoo Curse of Julia Allison's Dog on Tech Companies
Theory: the closer internet persona(e) (non grata) Julia Allison gets to your internet startup, the more it's bound to falter. The breaking moment comes when her dog shits on your carpet. More » -
#boysdomen
Are Bisexual Dudes Cool These Days?
This is what Rachel Kramer Bussel, a sex writer, argues on The Daily Beast today. Because, you know, David Karp touches other boys and, um, I Love You, Man came out. There's only one problem:
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#videuhoh
New York Times Writer Learns about 'Internets' at SXSW
In the '90s, the Web cognoscenti joked about doing crack. But New York Times columnist David Carr actually did crack! Which might explain his befuddlement in this clip from the SXSW Interactive conference in Austin. More » -
#rants
South By Southwest Is a Pointless Party
Why does the tech world get a throwdown in Austin when the banks have had to cancel their bashes? The news out of South By Southwest shows that Web hipsters are every bit as bankrupt. More » -
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#tumblr
New Tumblr Stumble Renews Censorship Scandal
There's an old saying: Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity. The latest exemplar: Tumblr CEO David Karp, who keeps getting charged with squelching his users' freedom of speech. More » -
#mistakesweremade
Tumblr CEO Acts His Age on Censorship Dilemma
David Karp, the 22-year-old CEO of blogging startup Tumblr, has decided he doesn't want to be in the business of censorship after all. Now everyone's free to make fun of his friend Julia Allison. More » -
#theinternet
Julia Allison: I'm 'Thrilled' Tumblr Muzzled My Hecklers
At least one blogger has condemned Tumblr for deleting her "reblogger" critics, writing "don't those cunts have the same freedom of blog rights that the rest of us?" But Julia Allison is "proud." More » -
#censorship
Deblogging Julia
An anonymous critic of microcelebrity egoblogger Julia Allison has been silenced, all in the name of "freedom of expression." Welcome to the wacky world of Tumblr, New York's pinchy-cheeked hypercute blogging startup. More » -
#bloggingfordollars
Yahoo Might Buy Tumblr, New York's Cutest Startup
We hear Yahoo is in talks to buy Tumblr, a blogging startup run by 22-year-old David Karp for "low-to-mid eight figures" — which would translate to a small fortune for the New York entrepreneur. More » -
#fieldguide
David Karp
This kid, David Karp, the Tumblr founder—he's now a confirmed (notional) multimillionaire! That means it's time for a field guide, in case you need to hit him up for money soon. Which you will. More » -
#carolinemccarthy
CNET Writer Goes Perez On Ex
It was kind of an awkward joke to begin with: CNET News.com writer Caroline McCarthy publicly imagining how her fameball buddies David Karp and Charles Forman would be mocked by Perez Hilton if the celebrity blogger worked for Valleywag. Hilton would, of course, call the cuddle-buddies gay, as McCarthy made clear in a mockup posted to her Tumblr Wednesday night. But throw in the fact that McCarthy and Karp very recently, we heard, broke up, and the image takes on an entirely more vicious, passive-aggressive sheen. More »
