At the pool: facilitating offline connections.  At first glance, At the Pool seems like a dating site. But if you’re really looking for a comparison, it feels more like a Grub With Us that’s expanding their focus to a number of different things (or even a less-passive version of Highlight?) The premise is simple: build a profile and you’ll be matched with people like you so you can meet new people. I’m a bit hesitant to try it, but at the same time, I love the idea of bridging the online and offline world. High-res

At the pool: facilitating offline connections. 

At first glance, At the Pool seems like a dating site. But if you’re really looking for a comparison, it feels more like a Grub With Us that’s expanding their focus to a number of different things (or even a less-passive version of Highlight?) The premise is simple: build a profile and you’ll be matched with people like you so you can meet new people. I’m a bit hesitant to try it, but at the same time, I love the idea of bridging the online and offline world.

Storyboard: tales from behind Tumblr’s dashboard.

Storyboard is a look at the stories that power Tumblr. By tagging a Tumblr post with #storyboard, users are essentially submitting them to an editorial staff who will not only like, reply, reblog and promote, but also select certain stories to be told in more depth on the storyboard Tumblr. 

These are the stories that power Tumblr.

Storyboard is a regular collection of features highlighting talented creators and their work, as found within and around the massively diverse Tumblr community. Produced by theDepartment of Editorial, these stories are told with words, pictures, video, music, charts, animation, or any other voice these creators choose to speak with.

There’s never enough time or space to tell every story, but there are many ways to tell it. If you’re interested in submitting a story or story idea to Storyboard, just create a Tumblr post with the #storyboard tag. Our editors will read them all — liking, replying, reblogging, or promoting the cool, creative, and compelling stuff. And if the story seems really good, we may ask to tell it here.

Chris Mohney, Editor in Chief
Jessica Bennett, Executive Editor
Christopher Price, Editorial Director/Jester in Chief