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Fwd: Goodreads Quote of the Day for Tuesday

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:01:44 +0800

> Subject: Goodreads Quote of the Day for Tuesday
> Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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> Alexander Pope

marissamayr: I’m delighted to announce that we’ve reached an...

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:23:56 +0800

I’m delighted to announce that we’ve reached an agreement to acquire Tumblr!

We promise not to screw it up. Tumblr is incredibly special and has a great thing going. We will operate Tumblr independently. David Karp will remain CEO. The product roadmap, their team, their wit and irreverence will all remain the same as will their mission to empower creators to make their best work and get it in front of the audience they deserve. Yahoo! will help Tumblr get even better, faster.

Tumblr has built an amazing place to follow the world’s creators. From art to architecture, fashion to food, Tumblr hosts 105 million different blogs. With more than 300 million monthly unique visitors and 120,000 signups every day, Tumblr is one of thefastest-growing media networks in the world. Tumblr sees 900 posts per second (!) and 24 billion minutes spent onsite each month. On mobile, more than half of Tumblr’s users are using the mobile app, and those users do an average of 7 sessions per day. Tumblr’s tremendous popularity and engagement among creators, curators and audiences of all ages brings a significant new community of users to the Yahoo! network. The combination of Tumblr+Yahoo! could grow Yahoo!’s audience by 50% to more than a billion monthly visitors, and could grow traffic by approximately 20%.

In terms of working together, Tumblr can deploy Yahoo!’s personalization technology and search infrastructure to help its users discover creators, bloggers, and content they’ll love. In turn, Tumblr brings 50 billion blog posts (and 75 million more arriving each day) to Yahoo!’s media network and search experiences. The two companies will also work together to create advertising opportunities that are seamless and enhance user experience.

As I’ve said before, companies are all about people. Getting to know the Tumblr team has been really amazing. I’ve long held the view that in all things art and design, you can feel the spirit and demeanor of those who create them. That’s why it was no surprise to me that David Karp is one of the nicest, most empathetic people I’ve ever met. He’s also one of the most perceptive, capable entrepreneurs I’ve worked with. His respect for Tumblr’s community of creators is awesome, and I’m absolutely delighted to have him and his entire team join Yahoo!.

Both Tumblr and Yahoo! share a vision to make the Internet the ultimate creative canvas by focusing on users, design — and building experiences that delight and inspire the world every day.

http://yahoo.tumblr.com/

Genesis 2:10–14

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:24:47 +0800

“And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.”

Come Fly with Me : Natural Hazards

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:21:40 +0800

Come Fly with Me : Natural Hazards

xoxogothicgirl: motionburnsthemood: Abandoned Amusement Park...

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:33:39 +0800

xoxogothicgirl:

motionburnsthemood:

Abandoned Amusement Park in New Orleans

Im pretty sure these pictures are from different abandoned amusement parks from several different countries, not New Orleans.

futurejournalismproject: Scaling Mt....

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:33:00 +0800

futurejournalismproject:

Scaling Mt. Everest

Twenty-five-year-old Raha Moharrak is the first Saudi Arabian woman, and youngest Arab ever, to reach the summit of Mt. Everest. She accomplished the feat with the first Qatari and Palestinian men to ever reach the peak, and an Iranian man.

The group calls itself Arabs with Altitude and the expedition was made in an attempt to raise $1 million for education projects in Nepal.

Image: Raha Moharrak on being “first”. Mt. Everest aerial view via Wikimedia Commons. Select to embiggen.

mavicaman: Macau, November 2012

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:30:30 +0800

mavicaman:

Macau, November 2012

mavicaman: Zhuhai, January 2013

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:30:24 +0800

mavicaman:

Zhuhai, January 2013

iso732: Beijing, 2009

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:13:49 +0800

iso732:

Beijing, 2009

iso732: Shanghai, 2009

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:13:45 +0800

iso732:

Shanghai, 2009

iso732: Kunming, 2009

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:10:52 +0800

iso732:

Kunming, 2009

antisnap: ‘The studio’ in its current configuration. Not much...

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:10:34 +0800

antisnap:

‘The studio’ in its current configuration. Not much beyond naps happening here since Chinese New Year, but ideas are brewing.

Such a cool place.

holdnoquarter: Today I came across goats playing on a...

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:08:25 +0800

holdnoquarter:

Today I came across goats playing on a trampoline while I was driving around and it was the happiest thing I’ve ever seen

benoitp: lynch narrative, and compact camera

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:05:54 +0800

benoitp:

lynch narrative, and compact camera

lafregna: r001-028 by trepetnosinee http://flic.kr/p/eiLXax

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:05:42 +0800

lafregna:

r001-028 by trepetnosinee http://flic.kr/p/eiLXax

modelsandfitness: itstimetogetfit: spicy black beans with...

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:01:13 +0800

modelsandfitness:

itstimetogetfit:

spicy black beans with avocado, coriander, tomato, lettuce, cucumber, red onion & sprouts on a wholemeal wrap

THIS LOOKS SO GOOD UGH

The World Is Less Fantastic Today. RAY HARRYHAUSEN 1920-2013 | Twitch

Thu, 09 May 2013 04:44:47 +0800

The World Is Less Fantastic Today. RAY HARRYHAUSEN 1920-2013 | Twitch:

Ray Harryhausen died today at the age of 93 in London.

iso732: Shanghai, 2009

Wed, 08 May 2013 15:17:29 +0800

iso732:

Shanghai, 2009

Reading 'The Great Gatsby' in Beijing : The New Yorker

Sat, 04 May 2013 21:56:30 +0800

Reading 'The Great Gatsby' in Beijing : The New Yorker

Photo

Wed, 01 May 2013 02:30:39 +0800