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This isn’t going to be good for my health because I’ll watch all five hours of it in one sitting.
“You’re never going to learn something as profoundly as when it’s purely out of curiosity.”
I don’t think this kindergarten class appreciates the irony of handing out flyers asking people not to litter.
- How Tumblr Changed my Life
I started my Tumblr back in September of 2008, nearly four years ago. Back then,Tumblr was still relatively new and I remember when it was a big deal for posts to get over 1,000 or so notes. No one I knew used Tumblr and I only followed a select few people I knew from watching their videos.
Now, I see posts in the ten thousands every day, a lot of people in real life that I know use the service, and I’ve been presented many opportunities because of Tumblr. It’s a great service that I enjoy using and love to support anyway I can, and I can’t say that about a lot of other social networks.
The first thing that opened up for me because of Tumblr is New in November. My first year on tumblr I was following Justin Johnson and he was posting his New in November videos and I really liked the idea of the project. So, the next November I e-mailed Mr. Johnson himself and asked to join the project and he welcomed me to do so. For the past 3 years I’ve created a new video everyday in November and it’s been a blast.
The second memory I have from Tumblr is from two years ago when I created tumblr roulette, which was a spin-off from the popular website chat roulette that allowed you to explore random Tumblr users. I posted it…and nothing happened. Then, on April 1st, Tumblr’s prank was to promote yourself in a little box on the side of the dashboard. I did it. People came to my blog and noticed tumblr roulette, and most notably Jennifer Morris reblogged the post which led to a chain reaction. Eventually came the highlight of my tumblr experience when David Karp, the founder of Tumblr, liked the post.
My final Tumblr memory comes in conjunction with Vimeo, another fantastic site. When I visited New York last summer, I actually got to go into the offices of Vimeo and got to meet Matt Schwarz, who I had followed on Tumblr for awhile and participated in his tumbleCal project, which was a really cool experience.
Tumblr has been a great experience and I’m happy to be a part of it. I would especially like to thank people like Jennifer Morris, Andrew Cornett, Michael Perry, Justin Johnson, Matt Schwarz, Rob Currie, and David Seger who I followed at the very beginning of my Tumblr experience and who have really inspired me and also encouraged me by liking my posts or following me back. Thank you.
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