Mis-type the Web address of hipster blog network Tumblr, and you get to an Indian provider of "reefer trucks." Apparently "reefer" is short for "refrigeration" in India. Still: Fucking hipsters are everywhere. Tumblr founder David Karp commented via email: "HAHAHH!"
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?
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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.
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Microblogging platform and lazy book deal factory Tumblr introduced a "feature" yesterday called Tumblarity, a single convenient number that lets users know exactly how many terrible blogs are better than theirs.
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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.
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Mallory from Family Ties just liked to go to the mall and stuff, but that was the 1980s; today's Mallory would hang out on Twitter and Tumblr, reblogging cute boys. So it is with Justine Bateman. More »
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