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Blog!

A big, warm welcome to our newest employee!

Hey everyone, Jake here. I'd like to share some very exciting news with you.

Thanks to you, Threadless is still growing like gangbusters. On top of that, we have tons of new Threadless ideas that we want to make real. We also have a number of additional skinnyCorp projects that we want to launch. In order to make sure we can do all this stuff, I decided it would be a good idea to hire someone who could help.

It had to be someone with the right background, who understands skinnyCorp / Threadless and shares our vision to grow the company with passion, honesty and integrity. We searched high and low, east and west, and in our tee shirt drawers, and we found a guy who we're really excited about. His name is Tom Ryan and he just started working here as our new CEO.

Tom's been working on the web since '96 when he started an indie music download company called Cductive, which was bought by eMusic. He also worked at Virgin Mobile USA and EMI Music, where he oversaw the company's global digital business. Tom's spent most of his career helping grow companies that bridge the creative world and technology / web world. We're glad that he's here to help us with that at skinnyCorp / Threadless.

Tom will work closely with me, Jeffrey, Harper, and the rest of the skinnyCorp team. In partnering with Tom, it will free up a lot of my time to focus more on new, fun and strategic ideas for the company to pursue. My new title will be CSO (Chief Strategy Officer) and I will be strategeree-izing all kinds of awesomeness for everyone starting NOW! Look out!

A big warm welcome to Tom! Yay :)

Jake Nickell

126 Comments

bsweber
author
bsweber
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on May 7, 2008
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at 16:24:07

^5!

fatheed
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fatheed
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on May 7, 2008
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at 16:26:01

Hello Tom! Yay Threadless!

speedyjvw
author
speedyjvw
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on May 7, 2008
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at 16:26:15

woo hoo!

Tonteau
author
Tonteau
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on May 7, 2008
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at 16:27:06

Congratulations, fella.

DaniellesGarden
author
DaniellesGarden
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on May 7, 2008
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at 16:28:01

Hey there!

ir0cko
author
ir0cko
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on May 7, 2008
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at 16:28:25

hey there, tom!

fatheed
author
fatheed
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on May 7, 2008
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at 16:29:38

Three words...



i. Dan. Simpson.

SteveOramA
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SteveOramA
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on May 7, 2008
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at 16:30:07

congrats on the new addition. i'm ready to see some new stuff!

PuterBoy
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PuterBoy
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on May 7, 2008
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at 16:30:44

"Tom the Bomb."





I'm just throwing that out there. Use it if you want. Just remember to pay royalties.

phones
author
phones
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on May 7, 2008
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at 16:31:15

hey Tom

bananaphone
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bananaphone
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on May 7, 2008
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at 16:32:31

you know it seems strange for such a strong front running company that you all have such wanky bullshit job titles.



http://positivesharing.com/2007/12/who-cares-about-your-job-title-tell-me-what-you-do/



This blog is a good one to read, I recommend it. Not that anyone isn't happy working at threadless anyway, but everything can be improved, the more you know, yada yada.

quister
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quister
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on May 7, 2008
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at 16:33:23

I can't judge a book without a cover, where's your mug shot?

wotto
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wotto
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on May 7, 2008
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at 16:33:49

yay Tom

zipperking
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zipperking
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on May 7, 2008
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at 16:34:40

dude you spelt my name wrong....it's jon barthell not tom ryan. you're fired.

andyg
author
andyg
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on May 7, 2008
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at 16:35:17

Give 'em hell, Tom!

EricDiaz
author
EricDiaz
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on May 7, 2008
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at 16:35:57

haha, what up Tom?!

pilihp
author
pilihp
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on May 7, 2008
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at 16:38:04

hiya Tom. hope to see you around the blogs and getting to know you.

iPear
author
iPear
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on May 7, 2008
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at 16:39:21

Oh man! if you guys need any ides for initiation of the newbie employee, Torakamikaze totally has a hazing blog!

skaw
author
skaw
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on May 7, 2008
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at 16:39:33

yea bananaphone, our job titles are really pretty much BS... formalities.

ISABOA
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ISABOA
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on May 7, 2008
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at 16:40:15

Yay for TOM -









maybe he can fix that first comment link thing .... grumble

martiandrivein
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martiandrivein
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on May 7, 2008
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at 16:44:34

Oh WOW! cool!

Mikko Terva
author
Mikko Terva
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on May 7, 2008
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at 16:44:48

welcome, tom!



can't wait to hear what you guys are planning for threadless and skinnycorp...

Monkey III
author
Monkey III
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on May 7, 2008
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at 16:46:58

who can I mail for ideas?



O_O

alvarejo
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alvarejo
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on May 7, 2008
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at 16:58:47

i need a green card!!!!!! i want to be hired from you guys,l, so i can leave Chile!!!!!!!!!! i can mop and whistle the Brandemburg concertos at the same time

The Tom
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The Tom
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on May 7, 2008
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at 17:02:28

Hey everyone! Thanks for the warm welcome. I am really excited to be a part of Threadless. I'm spending my first week working in the warehouse shipping orders, familiarizing myself with the company, and getting to know the great people here at the Threadless HQ better. I am looking forward to immersing myself in the community and getting to know you better.



Tom Ryan

fatheed
author
fatheed
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on May 7, 2008
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at 17:05:25

Don't take any shit from Michael Halgas.

WanderingBert
author
WanderingBert
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on May 7, 2008
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at 17:05:37

Welcome Tom!

alvarejo
author
alvarejo
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on May 7, 2008
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at 17:07:10

and welcome Tom!!!

skaw
author
skaw
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 17:09:02

hey isaboa - tom made me fix the bug right now so it's good and fixed now. i think. :)

upso
author
upso
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on May 7, 2008
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at 17:10:27

wait.. i have a new boss? no one tells me anything!

olie!
author
olie!
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on May 7, 2008
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at 17:13:15

hello Tom!

atomic child
author
atomic child
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on May 7, 2008
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at 17:13:54

how many times am I gonna get passed up for C.E.O oh well....congrats on the new job

radreb
author
radreb
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on May 7, 2008
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at 17:17:37

Welcome TOM ! what an exciting career !!!

and can't wait to experience Jake's strategerr-izing awesomeness!

Steve The Great
author
Steve The Great
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on May 7, 2008
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at 17:19:23

hey tom!

smitten kitten
author
smitten kitten
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 17:21:39

Hello! Congratulations!

fatheed
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fatheed
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 17:25:16

Is it true that one of the first things Tom is going to do this summer is increase the prize for winning Threadless?



In line with inflation.

zipperking
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zipperking
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on May 7, 2008
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at 17:27:52

^seriously, gas was $4.06 a gallon today :(

the czar
author
the czar
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on May 7, 2008
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at 17:33:46

Welcome to Threadless! If you were part of the wonderfulness that is emusic, I have high hopes for what you will do here.

Emusic is like crack for music fans.

Tonteau
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Tonteau
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 17:34:31

I thought this was about Alvarejo.

BaronVonMonkey
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BaronVonMonkey
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 17:35:40

You should hire alvarejo, and he can be your whistling, tap-dancing janitor like fizzy in Bugsy Malone.

Andreas Mohacsy
author
Andreas Mohacsy
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 17:37:59

welcome to the jungle...

steven218
author
steven218
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on May 7, 2008
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at 17:39:06

welcome to a nice company, hope you enjoy it fella.

d3d
author
d3d
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 17:39:48

always good to see another Ryan in a position of power

fatheed
author
fatheed
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 17:50:07

Is it true that Tom will oversee the realisation of Threadless London?

d3d
author
d3d
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 17:51:35

matt has a point about the job titles. you should make them things like stuntman, pilot, cosmonaut, etc.

Maltzmania
author
Maltzmania
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 17:51:44

does Tom have a fake account yet?

hehe



Welcome Tom!

pilihp
author
pilihp
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 17:53:36

who would win in a hand-to-hand battle to the death... Threadless Tom or Myspace Tom?

fatheed
author
fatheed
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 17:56:00

Hopefully our Tom won't sell to Rupert Murdoch. I am so under surveillance now for typing that name.

The Tom
author
The Tom
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on May 7, 2008
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at 17:56:13

I would crush MySpace Tom. No doubt!

zipperking
author
zipperking
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 17:58:20

what an awesome episode of TeeV that would make :)

Maltzmania
author
Maltzmania
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 17:59:32

The All Knowing Thomas has spoken

pilihp
author
pilihp
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 18:00:00

love the confidence :) you'll fit in here perfectly.

jstumpenhorst
author
jstumpenhorst
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 18:01:38

welcome tom! i can't wait to see what is on the horizon for threadless with all this growth!!

jstumpenhorst
author
jstumpenhorst
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 18:02:14

i think i should be added to the staff and be given the title CFO (chief fun officer). i could team up with charlie.

d3d
author
d3d
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 18:09:47

myspace tom has millions of friends but i bet none of them would get his back in a battle royale. our tom has support.

funkie fresh
author
funkie fresh
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on May 7, 2008
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at 18:11:27

welcome tom!!



lol at the comments on this page.

wullagaru
author
wullagaru
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 18:20:33

nice to have you tom hope youre having fun

drmtama2
author
drmtama2
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 18:21:09

lets get some spanish in here...



Bienvenido Thomas!!!!

littlem
author
littlem
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 18:21:36

welcome, tom. may i take your coat?



*takes coat

*tries it on

*likes it

*leaves

The Tom
author
The Tom
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 18:39:38

Wow - my first week is already more fun than I expected. Love the comments here!



All I have to say about the hand-to-hand death-match is "Two Toms enter, one Tom leaves" and it's going to be me.

Rock Deputy
author
Rock Deputy
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 18:43:09

Here's to Tom, and the rest of the crew... may you steer the good ship Threadless to a bountiful harvest, this Fall and all the planets of the universe!



* raises a frosty mug of whipper fluid, and drinks long



GO BLACKHAWKS!!!

d3d
author
d3d
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 18:46:59

hey look cody is alive still

Rock Deputy
author
Rock Deputy
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 18:50:35

living... breathing... loving...



But seriously, congrats Tom!!!

courtney pie
author
courtney pie
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 18:55:41

you guys stole Tom from myspace?! man. talk about a coup!

jess4002
author
jess4002
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 18:56:00

welcome tom! :)

courtney pie
author
courtney pie
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 18:57:14

word of the day: coup

clever use in a sentence: fail

Pizazz
author
Pizazz
date
on May 7, 2008
time
at 18:59:35

Hey Tom! Grats on that fantastic job you just got yourself!

Hope to see you around the bloggz, and good luck with all the projects!

Andreas Mohacsy
author
Andreas Mohacsy
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 19:01:00

mad max references means tom's a good bloke...



rest assured this website runs on pig shit!!!



lordog
author
lordog
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 19:03:26

Hey Tom!

Montro
author
Montro
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on May 7, 2008
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at 19:09:40

I like how he´s both phat AND fresh. That combination is not easy to come by nowadays. Hi!!

lunchboxbrain
author
lunchboxbrain
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 19:24:00

Best of luck with the new gig, Tom!

so contrived
author
so contrived
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 19:34:41

He must be awesome, we have the same SIGUR ROS hoodie!!

Yay tom!!!

Flying Mouse
author
Flying Mouse
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 19:38:48

欢迎!!

Flying Mouse
author
Flying Mouse
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 19:39:22

I mean welcome :)

Maltzmania
author
Maltzmania
date
on May 7, 2008
time
at 20:41:16

I hereby request that Tom be now known as



"The Tom"



so we know he's already supreme to myspace tom, or tom & tom the nantucket nectar juice guys, etc.





THE TOM!

WanderingBert
author
WanderingBert
date
on May 7, 2008
time
at 20:44:25

All hail THE TOM!

Maltzmania
author
Maltzmania
date
on May 7, 2008
time
at 20:44:54



THE TOM

noodlezoop
author
noodlezoop
date
on May 7, 2008
time
at 20:51:25

hee hee hee



THE TOM seems to be working out swell

mype4nut
author
mype4nut
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 20:57:22

A warm welcome to The Tom.

iDanSimpson
author
iDanSimpson
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 21:09:06

fatheed on May 07 '08 at 4:29pm

Three words...



i. Dan. Simpson.




bwahahha. right right. as much as i wanted a job there i'm where i need to be right now, career-speaking.



anyways... hi and welcome.







(you get the same treatment as all new people.)

ISABOA
author
ISABOA
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 21:54:07

skaw on May 07 '08 at 5:09pm

hey isaboa - tom made me fix the bug right now so it's good and fixed now. i think. :)






AWWWWW SWEET!!! - THANKS SKAW! THANKS TOM!

The Tom
author
The Tom
date
on May 7, 2008
time
at 23:05:19

The Tom is flattered and gratefully accepts his new name. Love this place already!



The Tom

sp0m
author
sp0m
date
on May 7, 2008
time
at 23:17:54

hi tim



i mean tom

Maltzmania
author
Maltzmania
date
on May 7, 2008
time
at 23:18:40

hahah yes! The Tom!

ladrones
author
ladrones
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 23:28:05

destroy myspace tom



d3d
author
d3d
date
on May 7, 2008
time
at 23:32:59

by the way, we demand tenure for shimala and bob. fire them and we all walk out.

do what you like with ross though.

littlem
author
littlem
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 23:38:31

poor ross. leave his furry caterpillars alone though:p

ladrones
author
ladrones
date
on May 7, 2008
time
at 23:41:35

joes always trying to sneak out early.

i think he has a tunnel.

i have inside people

who can prove this.

nintechno
author
nintechno
date
on May 7, 2008
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at 23:42:21

greetings, tom!



wearecareful
author
wearecareful
date
on May 8, 2008
time
at 08:45:14

Tom has done well in the Warehouse ...if he weren't already CEO I would definitely offer him a temp position packing t-shirts.



Welcome The Tom

sonmi
author
sonmi
date
on May 8, 2008
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at 08:48:01

hi the thom

Torakamikaze
author
Torakamikaze
date
on May 8, 2008
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at 08:48:05

who tom? you tom? me tom? new tom? hi tom!

courtney pie
author
courtney pie
date
on May 8, 2008
time
at 11:58:05

who tom? you tom? me tom? new tom? hi tom!



*giggles*



now i am going to lol at every Tom i meet

tracerbullet
author
tracerbullet
date
on May 8, 2008
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at 12:00:46

In partnering with Tom, it will free up a lot of my time to play GTA IV

chelly
author
chelly
date
on May 8, 2008
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at 12:04:05

congrats and welcome the tom (sans jerry)

Ste7en
author
Ste7en
date
on May 8, 2008
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at 12:38:34

Welcome, The Tom

squeegebeckenheim
author
squeegebeckenheim
date
on May 8, 2008
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at 13:55:42

Hi, the Tom!

FRICKINAWESOME
author
FRICKINAWESOME
date
on May 8, 2008
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at 14:04:09

The Tom, Tom Tom, Tompon, etc. welcome dude to our extremely lovable and obsessive world.



Remember, there's only one bathroom in the entire Threadless HQ, so make sure not to piss off the bigwigs or they'll revoke your pee privileges! If you REALLY gotta go after that, you know that cool looking alleyway right outside the building that you see in a lot of the product photos? Nuff said.

The Tom
author
The Tom
date
on May 8, 2008
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at 15:13:42

Thanks, Frickinawesome. I'll be careful. The Tom certainly doesn't want to be banned from The John!

Pathan Nagel
author
Pathan Nagel
date
on May 8, 2008
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at 15:20:23

yellow

Framble
author
Framble
date
on May 8, 2008
time
at 15:46:13

I love Tom, Tom gots balls.

hypemachine
author
hypemachine
date
on May 8, 2008
time
at 16:54:32

+5 would buy!



awesome, congrats!

The Tom
author
The Tom
date
on May 8, 2008
time
at 17:15:55

Hey - it's The Anthony from The Hype Machine. Thanks man!

Pifman
author
Pifman
date
on May 8, 2008
time
at 20:47:28

Hey congrats man. Can't wait to see some skinnyCorp projects see the light of day!

kennybanzai
author
kennybanzai
date
on May 8, 2008
time
at 20:52:47

Hi Tom! You must kick lots of booty...

I like your hair.

ofthecoast
author
ofthecoast
date
on May 8, 2008
time
at 20:55:07

Welcome, The Tom.

Pro tip: the key to successful blogging is to not let your boss know you're blogging when you should be working...



..oh wait.

Designrelated
author
Designrelated
date
on May 9, 2008
time
at 17:40:31

Congrats to The Tom:

We posted the news here:

http://www.designrelated.com/news/post_detail/3367

The Tom
author
The Tom
date
on May 9, 2008
time
at 21:57:23

Thanks, everyone for a great first week. Had a fantastic time in the Threadless HQ and on the forum here. Have a great weekend everyone.

Pizazz
author
Pizazz
date
on May 9, 2008
time
at 22:00:38

oh good! it should stay that way!

dorkman
author
dorkman
date
on May 10, 2008
time
at 13:07:03

But, does The Tom like the high five as much as The Todd?



/Scrubs Reference Five! *slap*

edean
author
edean
date
on May 10, 2008
time
at 13:37:29

The Todd and Barney from HIMYM need to get together and have a high-five-a-thon

The Tom
author
The Tom
date
on May 12, 2008
time
at 13:55:14

Thanks again for rechristening me! I am now officially "The Tom".

snaggle tooth
author
snaggle tooth
date
on May 12, 2008
time
at 14:48:05

pix or it didn't happen

snaggle tooth
author
snaggle tooth
date
on May 12, 2008
time
at 14:51:17

oh, and maybe you can get the BLUE logos on WHITE shirts. if you do this, i will pledge my allegiance to you threadless emperor.

dorkman
author
dorkman
date
on May 12, 2008
time
at 20:23:05

I for one worship our new Tom Overlord...

Maltzmania
author
Maltzmania
date
on May 12, 2008
time
at 20:33:49

The Tom on May 12 '08 at 1:55pm

Thanks again for rechristening me! I am now officially "The Tom".




hahahha! anytime.... this " _ " thing bothers me though...you are THE TOM there is no need for "" it implies you are not real somehow!



May The Tom Be With You

Maltzmania
author
Maltzmania
date
on May 12, 2008
time
at 20:33:54

MTTBWY

The Tom
author
The Tom
date
on May 13, 2008
time
at 14:03:43

Fair enough. Quotation marks be gone!



The Tom

Torakamikaze
author
Torakamikaze
date
on May 13, 2008
time
at 14:06:35

im gonna buy the tom a coke

courtney pie
author
courtney pie
date
on May 13, 2008
time
at 14:06:38

does this mean The Tom is no longer phat and fresh? would you now be fat and stinky?

Lhiiiz
author
Lhiiiz
date
on May 13, 2008
time
at 14:17:02

'ello The Tom!

csteph01
author
csteph01
date
on May 13, 2008
time
at 14:45:38

Bravo and welcome to Chicago Rock City.

dorkman
author
dorkman
date
on May 13, 2008
time
at 21:48:25

Tora, puhleeze don't be sacrilegious with the lower-case letters and all.



It is The Tom.

Pizazz
author
Pizazz
date
on May 13, 2008
time
at 21:50:52

The Tom has sopken

plub
author
plub
date
on May 21, 2008
time
at 06:47:24

The Tom, The Citrus Fruit

BookDating
author
BookDating
date
on Sep 22, 2011
time
at 08:41:19

hi