Tumblr Traffic Up 218% Over Same Time Last Year:

From Mashable, 

According to comScore, Tumblr scored 13.4 million unique visitors in the U.S. in July — up 218% from the same time last year.

The blog-meets-social-network service has seen its most explosive growth in the past few months, according to comScore’s data, upping its unique visitor count by more than 5 million from April to July.

Congrats Mobelux (and Jason)! 

staff:

Tumblr Android 2.0: Now available on the Android Market

Android users, say hello to the new Tumblr app, rebuilt from the ground up! We hope you’ll enjoy the updated features, including:  

• New interface: A total redesign centered around Android’s hardware and software.
• Manage multiple blogs: It’s now a simple swipe to access your different blogs and manage your drafts, queue and followers on-the-go.
• Create a post:  We’ve highlighted posting to Tumblr so you can share text, images, links, chats, quotes and videos whenever you want.  
• Messages: View and reply to messages for each of your blogs.
• Address book: Find people to follow from your phone’s address book.
• New users: Sign up right from the app.
• Bonus: For quick sharing, you can post anything from your home screen via the Tumblr widget.

Go ahead and grab it on the Android Market!

According to Ejay Rin, CBox evaded Irene and has power.

Good News for Manchester:

From Richmond BizSense: Manchester to get $15 million apartment project

3north:

3north Principal Jay Hugo’s design for a new covered porch and landscape and hardscape design around an existing pool is featured in the July 2011 issue of Remodeling. Hugo worked closely with Mark Franko of Franko-LaFratta Construction to create an incredible transition space for outdoor living that maximized views of the James River.

Read the article here.

Photos by Lee Brauer as pictured in Remodeling.

Nice.

david:

Giving Bloomberg a tour of Tumblr

Marc, will we have a “mayoral” visit here in Richmond as well?

3north’s Sandy Bond assists with new sculpture installation by VCU MFA graduate, Jacob Copetillo. View more of Jacob’s work here.

Thanks, Andy and Bill for the coffee!