June 2010
547 posts
“Most, but not all, of these sites were created with Tumblr, a dead-simple...”
– Very cool Slate article on single-topic blogs (This is why you’re fat, Look at this fucking hipster, etc.)
I’ve always dug community-driven curated blogs like this (probably starting with Cute Overload back when the internet was invented). We’ll be launching some new community blogging tools this...
Last call for band submissions
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Today is your last chance to submit a band to perform at Reblog This Concert! We’ll be announcing the lineup next week.
Boston Meetup →
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Thursday, July 30th, 8pm
Publick House
(via bostonmeetups)
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We’re so excited to partner with the Obama Inaugural Committee for this historic Inauguration!
Follow today’s events, live, on the official Inauguration tumblelog. But more importantly, share your Inauguration Day moments to have them included in the feed.
The Tumblr team worked incredibly hard to pull this together. Congrats to everyone involved!
Miami Meetup →
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Thursday, January 29th, 7:30pm
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Tumblr Staff: I’ve read several hundred responses... →
I’ve read several hundred responses from users who are upset about the recent changes to our Content Policy.
First, let me again apologize for taking action before publicly explaining these policy changes. Some internal confusion lead to five accounts being suspended prematurely.
To clarify,…
Tumblr Staff: Theme designers: Notes are now... →
We’re about to start rolling out a bunch of features focused on interaction between tumblelog authors and their readers. Post notes are going to be the glue for all of this interaction, so we’d like to ask all theme designers (and anyone with custom themes) to incorporate this new tag: ...
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bebelestrange:
what’s going on tumblr? i can’t see any photos…is it just me?
It looks like the network that hosts our media just went down. We’ve switched to our failover infrastructure, so the downtime was minimized to a couple minutes.
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Now you can flip between Dashboard pages with the left (←) and right (→) arrow keys. This is great if you’re trying to navigate the Dashboard with a sandwich in one hand.
Let us know if you catch anything acting funny.
Salon.com reviews Tumblr for iPhone →
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The app comes together when you find yourself out on the streets, wanting to capture a moment, an incredible sight, or an odd overheard conversation. The photo and audio features that make this possible are deliciously addictive.
Lucca, Italy Meetup →
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Saturday, April 18th
Borgo a Mozzano
(via luccameetup)
London Tumblr Meetup →
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Thursday, April 16th, 7 p.m.
The Crown Tavern
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Tumblr Staff: 100,000,000th Post →
April 25, 2009 is a day you’ll tell your grandchildren about. Just imagine the bewilderment in their giant eyes when you explain that on this day, the 100,000,000th Tumblr post was published for all the world to see. It was arnug who made a post at just the right millisecond to gain this…
NYC Meetup: New Bar Theater →
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New Bar Theater is hosting a very cool meetup in NYC tonight. They’ll be featuring work from some of our favorite Tumblr photographers (including Erin, Paul, Lauren, Chris, Erik, Melissa, and Katie).
Paris Meetup →
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Thursday, April 30th, 8 p.m.
Dune Cafe
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The datacenter hosting Tumblr’s primary infrastructure just suffered major connectivity issues, leaving the site inaccessible for the last 30 minutes. All access is now restored, and we’re investigating the cause.
Our deepest apologies to anyone affected.
Seoul Meetup →
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Saturday, May 30th, 8 p.m.
Playground at Hongdae Park
(via inkorea)
Search and tag support in the Read API
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The Tumblr Read API now supports two new parameters:
tagged - Return posts with this tag.
search - Search for posts with this query.
See the API Documentation for details.
New: Lookup your email contacts on Tumblr →
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Find your contacts from Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL, or MSN!
Tonight: San Francisco Meetup →
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8 p.m. at Kate O’Brien’s Irish Pub
Meet Marco in person!
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lloyda2:
It is not helpful in designing a theme that Tumblr throws in inline style attributes in its preview.
Thanks for catching that! That was left over from an ancient bug. We just pulled out the style attribute, so it shouldn’t be a problem now. (via lloyda2)