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url('https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223im_/http://assets.tumblr.com/images/testimonial_logo_fastcompany.png')"> It's blogging, the way blogging was meant to be. </div> <div class="quote long left telegraph" style="background-image: url('https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223im_/http://assets.tumblr.com/images/testimonial_logo_telegraph.png')"> Weblogs? Been there, done that. Facebook? It's full of kids. Twitter? That's so 2006, darling. No, the smart thing to be doing online these days is tumblelogging, which is to weblogs what text messages are to email - short, to the point, and direct. </div> <div class="quote short right cnet" style="background-image: url('https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223im_/http://assets.tumblr.com/images/testimonial_logo_cnet.png')"> Tumblr: Microblogging Done Right. </div> <div class="quote short left businessweek" style="background-image: url('https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223im_/http://assets.tumblr.com/images/testimonial_logo_businessweek.png')"> Best Young Entrepreneurs 2009 </div> <div class="quote medium right forbes" style="background-image: url('https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223im_/http://assets.tumblr.com/images/testimonial_logo_forbes.png')"> CEO Spotlight: Tumbling is a fast form of blogging, and it's catching on. </div> <div class="quote long left salon" style="background-image: url('https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223im_/http://assets.tumblr.com/images/testimonial_logo_salon.png')"> Collect Every Moment Wherever You Go. Browsing through various tumblelogs is like sifting through the Lost and Found Department of the entire Internet. It's a beautiful mix of everything and anything, from the shocking to the spectacular. </div> <div class="quote medium right pcworld" style="background-image: url('https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223im_/http://assets.tumblr.com/images/testimonial_logo_pcworld.png')"> Obama's Top 5 Tech Tools. </div> <div class="quote bottom medium left nyobserver" style="background-image: url('https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223im_/http://assets.tumblr.com/images/testimonial_logo_nyobserver.png')"> Tumblr—which is beloved by its users for its clean interface, ease of use and community. </div> <div class="quote bottom long right brandweek" style="background-image: url('https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223im_/http://assets.tumblr.com/images/testimonial_logo_brandweek.png')"> Marketers trying to keep pace with Twitter and Facebook may want to check out another emerging social media platform: Tumblr. </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="chrome_box" id="press"> <div class="section" style="border-top: none; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; margin-left: -3px"> <div class="title" style="font-size:32px;">Press Info</div> <div class="description" style="min-height: 185px"> <p> We launched <strong>4 years and 6 months</strong> ago out of our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223/http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=29th+st+and+park+ave&sll=40.743973,-73.983704&sspn=0.007503,0.007381&g=29th+st+and+park+ave,+se+corner&ie=UTF8&z=17" title="Google Maps">office</a> in New York City. Since then, we've grown from a team of <strong>two</strong>, to more than <strong>49</strong> people. Tumblr is something we've always wanted, and we're thrilled so many people care about it as much as we do. </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0"> See <strong class="highlighted"><a href="/web/20110824171223/http://www.tumblr.com/why-tumblr">why everyone loves Tumblr</a></strong>, and check out <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223/http://staff.tumblr.com/">what's new</a></strong>. </p> </div> <div id="rolodex"> <div class="name">John Maloney</div> <div class="position">President, Tumblr</div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223/mailto:enquiries@tumblr.com"><div class="email">enquiries@tumblr.com</div></a> <div class="phone" onmouseover="this.innerHTML = '(678) 439-8862';" onmouseout="this.innerHTML = '(678) HEY-TUMBLR';">(678) HEY-TUMBLR</div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="address"> 35 East 21st Street, 9th Floor.<br/>New York, NY. 10010. </div> </div> <div id="thumbnails"> <ul> <li> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223/http://assets.tumblr.com/images/press_screenshots/dashboard.png" class="thumbnail" onclick="Lightbox.setBoxCaption('The Tumblr Dashboard'); Lightbox.showBoxImage(this.href); return false;"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223im_/http://assets.tumblr.com/images/press_screenshots/dashboard_thumbnail.png"/> </a> </div> </li> <li> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223/http://assets.tumblr.com/images/press_screenshots/iphone.png" class="thumbnail" onclick="Lightbox.setBoxCaption('\x3ca href=\x22http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=305343404\x26mt=8\x22\x3eTumblr iPhone App\x3c/a\x3e'); Lightbox.showBoxImage(this.href); return false;"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223im_/http://assets.tumblr.com/images/press_screenshots/iphone_thumbnail.png"/> </a> </div> </li> <li> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223/http://assets.tumblr.com/images/press_screenshots/bookmarklet.png" class="thumbnail" onclick="Lightbox.setBoxCaption('The Tumblr Bookmarklet'); Lightbox.showBoxImage(this.href); return false;"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223im_/http://assets.tumblr.com/images/press_screenshots/bookmarklet_thumbnail.png"/> </a> </div> </li> <li> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223/http://assets.tumblr.com/images/press_screenshots/submissions.png" class="thumbnail" onclick="Lightbox.setBoxCaption('Tumblr \x22Submit\x22 feature (\x3ca href=\x22http://www.eatsleepdraw.com/\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3eEat Sleep Draw\x3c/a\x3e)'); Lightbox.showBoxImage(this.href); return false;"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223im_/http://assets.tumblr.com/images/press_screenshots/submissions_thumbnail.png"/> </a> </div> </li> <li> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223/http://assets.tumblr.com/images/press_screenshots/boxee.png" class="thumbnail" onclick="Lightbox.setBoxCaption('Tumblr on \x3ca href=\x22http://www.boxee.tv/\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3eBoxee\x3c/a\x3e'); Lightbox.showBoxImage(this.href); return false;"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223im_/http://assets.tumblr.com/images/press_screenshots/boxee_thumbnail.png"/> </a> </div> </li> <li> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223/http://assets.tumblr.com/images/press_screenshots/themes.png" class="thumbnail" onclick="Lightbox.setBoxCaption('Tumblr \x3ca href=\x22http://www.tumblr.com/themes\x22\x3eTheme Garden\x3c/a\x3e'); Lightbox.showBoxImage(this.href); return false;"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223im_/http://assets.tumblr.com/images/press_screenshots/themes_thumbnail.png"/> </a> </div> </li> <li> <div> <a href="/web/20110824171223/http://www.tumblr.com/images/press_screenshots/logos.html" class="thumbnail" onclick="Lightbox.setBoxCaption('Download as \x3ca href=\x22http://assets.tumblr.com/images/press_screenshots/tumblr_on_blue_large.png\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3ePNG\x3c/a\x3e or \x3ca href=\x22/images/press_screenshots/tumblr_on_blue.eps\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3eEPS\x3c/a\x3e.'); Lightbox.showBoxByAJAX('/images/press_screenshots/logos.html', 750, 305); return false;"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223im_/http://assets.tumblr.com/images/press_screenshots/logos_thumbnail.png"/> </a> </div> </li> </ul> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="faq" style="border-bottom:none; padding-bottom:0;"> <div class="question">What is Tumblr?</div> <div class="answer"> Millions of people sharing the things they do, find, love, think, or create. </div> <div class="question">How are people using Tumblr?</div> <div class="answer"> The average Tumblr user creates 14 original posts each month, and reblogs 3. Half of those posts are photos. The rest are split between text, links, quotes, music, and video. </div> <div class="question">What is reblogging?</div> <div class="answer"> The same way YouTube embeds make it easy for a video to become a viral hit, the "reblog" button on all Tumblr posts allows a meme to spread rapidly across thousands of blogs with just a click. </div> <div class="question">Who are Tumblr's investors?</div> <div class="answer"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223/http://www.sparkcapital.com/">Spark Capital</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223/http://unionsquareventures.com/">Union Square Ventures</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223/http://www.sequoiacap.com/">Sequoia Capital</a>, along with several angel investors including <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223/http://betaworks.com/">Betaworks</a>, John Borthwick, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Seibert">Fred Seibert</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223/http://www.unionsquareventures.com/bios/albert.html">Albert Wenger</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171223/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martín_Varsavsky">Martín Varsavsky</a>. 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