I have been forced to think about the time I spend on these networking sites. Admittedly, I do spend time… TIME…. on the webz. It has actually become my job as a Communications Coordinator for the non-profit I work for. So yes, I spend a great deal of time on Facebook, Twitter, Brizzly, Tumblr, LinkedIn, and the occasional MySpace visit.

Here is my defense of time spent on the internet vs getting ‘out there’!

I live in a socially bankrupt area of WA. I didn’t grow up here, so don’t have those ‘drop on by’ friendships I used to have. I’m also 51. So, going clubbing.. even if there were such a thing in this county.. is out.

But what I HAVE been able to do, being on ‘the internet all the time’, is not only land a great job… but connect with people I haven’t seen in 30+ years that I never would have ‘run into’ at the clubs… I’ve been able to interact with friends and family on nights when my husband is working and I would be sitting here with the dog and cats.. lonely and bored.

I’m able to join causes, donate money and time.. comment and sign up for change.

I don’t spend an hour getting dressed.. drive to a club or coffee place or restaurant to spend an hour with a few people… I get comfy, listen to music and chat with 70+ people who, for whatever reason, are home too. And they are all people who mean something to me.

I’m able to spend time. Time that would otherwise be wasted… with people that I enjoy.. and would maybe never have found… and that’s the important thing.

The bonus is meeting people I would never have met otherwise.

Bear in mind that we do leave the house.. we do a lot… it’s just when some people are out at the clubs, the rest of us are home in our jammies… interacting with people they haven’t seen since Jr High.

Nothing wrong with that!

barelysarcasm:

melissamayhem:

if you want meat…

twice on the boar… if the answer is no.

…and if I hear your shower start, I’ll take that as a sign to climb in your window and surprise you… or steal stuff…

topherchris:

Can you imagine what it must be like for David and Marco right about now? I cannot. They started this thing called Tumblr because it’s something they wanted to use. They watched us all sign up. They watched it grow and grow and discovered people using it in ways they never imagined. They saw people loving this thing. They became internet rock stars. And eventually, they decided Tumblr would be better served with some help. They went from two employees to 10.

And now we’re searching for two more people. This is an exciting time to be part of the Tumblr Crew, obviously, but I hope everyone who uses Tumblr even sporadically can appreciate what we’re all a part of right here, right now in this special community.

I can’t put into words what the opportunity given to me by Tumblr means. It’s my dream job. It’s everything I wanted. It comes with New York City as a bonus. This is all to say: Working here is awesome, and if you think you’re a good fit for our current openings, you need to go for it.

A brief note about New York City… I want to put it to you like this: NYC is one of the benefits of working at Tumblr. I’ve spent all my life in Florida, with all the space and calm and beautiful weather one could wish for. Yet I’ve fallen in love with this place. New York City is truly amazing and indescribable, and I can’t imagine being anywhere else right now. I’d ask anyone lamenting the idea of relocating to NYC to reframe their thinking. It’s not that you have to live here. You get to.

I’ll end now with how I answered “What is an average day like at the Tumblr office?” in a recent interview:

The Tumblr office is a really special place, so the average day isn’t average at all. In addition to the herd of incredibly cute little puppies that clumsily gallop through the office every hour, I get to work with the greatest collective of individuals ever gathered into one room. What makes Tumblr great, from both a user perspective and a staff perspective, is the people who make it happen. Seriously.

Plus, every day for lunch we ride ponies to a secret place in Midtown that serves the best desserts ever concocted and that somehow contain negative calories.

Where do I sign up, cuz clumsy puppies and negative calories are what I’m all about… Plus bloggin’ for the 50ish set…. Yeah, that’s right… we’re here, we’re a bit cranky.. get used to it, punks!!