The One-Person Product
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The One-Person Product
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#2Congratulations Marco, to you and your team. Your writeup is great to read-- the history and growth of Tumblr firsthand. I'm excited to see what you all build.
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#3Curious: What does the day-and-night-iPhone reference mean?
[Edit: Genuine thanks for the explanation everyone, but boy am I sorry I asked.]
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#4Curious: What does the day-and-night-iPhone reference mean? [Edit: Genuine thanks for the explanation everyone, but boy am I sorry I asked.]
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#5Curious: What does the day-and-night-iPhone reference mean? [Edit: Genuine thanks for the explanation everyone, but boy am I sorry I asked.]
“I have two iPhones, one for day and one for the night. When the day phone runs out, the night phone takes over. I never have to worry.”
It's an advanced Self-Important Internet Dude move. Best not imitated by amateurs.
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#6Curious: What does the day-and-night-iPhone reference mean? [Edit: Genuine thanks for the explanation everyone, but boy am I sorry I asked.]
it's a reference to a segment on the Accidental Tech Podcast (hosted by Marco, John Siracusa and Casey Liss) where at one point they brought up a guy (sorry I can't recall the name) who has two iPhones: one for day use and another for night use. The idea is separation of private info and work info. IIRC Marco could see some merit to it, but certainly couldn't justify the price for himself.
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#7well said... stay smart, you'll live a good life:)
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#8Curious: What does the day-and-night-iPhone reference mean? [Edit: Genuine thanks for the explanation everyone, but boy am I sorry I asked.]
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/my-phone/2013/03/dave-mori...
An excellent Tumblr post breaking down that Vanity Fair interview: http://jesuschristsiliconvalley.tumblr.com/post/46539276780/...
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#9Congrats Marco. You rock and deserve it.
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#10I know very little about David Karp. But after reading this, I'm a bit surprised that he decided to sell Tumblr.
The way Marco talks about David's disinterest in money, and his singular obsession with Tumblr, made me think he wouldn't even consider selling it to someone else.
I'd be curious to hear his reasons for selling, as oppose to doing a strategic investment like Facebook did with Microsoft at one point.