In 2007, when others his age were studying for midterms and living on dorm food, David Karp was busy launching Tumblr, an easy-to-use blogging platform that now hosts 17.5 million blogs and receives about 1.5 billion page views per week. The company has also attracted some $40 million in venture funding. READ MORE
Popular blogging platform WordPress is quickly closing in on the 20 million hosted blogs mark, but the company shouldn’t celebrate just yet. One of its prime competitors, New York-based social blogging platform Tumblr, is closing in on WordPress with 18.4 million total hosted blogs of its own. According to Crenk, Tumblr will overtake WordPress “very soon.” READ MORE
This story was too good for it not to be one of my five blogs for today. So basically, Joshua Kaufman’s laptop was stolen in San Francisco back in March. He reported it to the police and they did nothing because, let’s be honest, as awesome as Josh’s laptop is, they probably had more important things to do. But this thief stole the wrong laptop. Kaufman had a piece of software on it called Hidden that allowed him to take pictures with his webcam from a third-party location. So… he got all these hilarious shots of the dude who stole his laptop. READ MORE
The first time I met Jason Pollock was NOT on Twitter. We met in person because he was a panelist at Inc.’s GrowCo conference in Las Vegas earlier this year. The irony is that Pollock is known for being one of the most influential people on Twitter. I was fascinated to actually meet someone in person that is better known for his online interactions than in-person networking. And I always wonder about people who are put on lists for being influential on social media. Are they as interesting offline as they are online? Pollock exceeded my expectations. READ MORE
How are people finding your web site? Which key words are luring them there? What design elements might be turning them off? As Mashable’s Meghan Peters points out, Google Analytics makes it easy for anyone to track and analyze loads of data that can help improve a site’s performance. Here’s how to get started using it. READ MORE
