Enjoyed this post, as it describes closely how I see myself as well in terms of loving startup life so much that I’m keen to do new, cool stuff going forward. For now though, I’m ecstatic at the journey that WooThemes is affording me! :)

So yesterday I had the opportunity of meeting up with the Tumblr crew and beyond being an awesome bunch of people, I also got some insight into the company / platform / community that they are busy building.

When I moved over to Tumblr in March, I had a few “concerns” about the changes I would need to accept in comparison to what I got used to over the years with WordPress. Today though, I can honestly say that my decision to move has been justified over and over again and after the insight that the crew shared yesterday, I think my decision will continue to reap benefits.

Here’s why I love Tumblr at the moment:

• It’s not a platform and it’s not a CMS; instead it’s a community where I’m enabled to share cool stuff with cool people.
• The ideas they are implementing with regards to monetization is extremely unique and I’m loving the opportunity to watch this journey & business model unfold from the sidelines.
• There’s a buzz about this place and as a result I’ve made quite a few new friends.

This is my presentation - Lessons Learnt From WooThemes - at NetProphet.

You can also see my slides from the presentation over here.

Apz by WooThemes.

I’m just about ready to board my flight to New York for a 2 week-long trip, which would also include a trip down to San Francisco for EECI2010. This being my first trip to the States, I’m obviously very excited; so if you’re jealous for some reason, guess it’d be better *not* to follow my Twitter updates in the next 2 weeks… :)

I’ll also be meeting a bunch of cool people whilst I’m over there: @SpencerFry & the Carbonmade crew, @JohnEMaloney (Tumblr), @DaneAtkinson (Squarespace), @awilkinson (Metalab), Aran Down, as well as all the cool EE peeps: @RobertEerhart, @leevigraham, @brandonkelly and a bunch more that would take too long to name…

So planning a lot of business AND fun! Catch you on the flipside.