Comments on: To Tumblr or not to Tumblr? That is the question… http://hummingbird604.com/2008/07/03/to-tumblr-or-not-to-tumblr-that-is-the-question/ The personal blog of a Vancouver-based educator in environmental issues Wed, 23 May 2012 11:56:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: culturite http://hummingbird604.com/2008/07/03/to-tumblr-or-not-to-tumblr-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-1419 culturite Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:00:45 +0000 http://hummingbird604.wordpress.com/?p=1004#comment-1419 Ditto Ryan's comment above. Thanks for the shout-out. I'm loving Tumblr -- the interface, the look & feel, the 're-blog' function, and the generally high quality content on other tumblogs. My only issue has been that Google has a tough time indexing Tumblogs, due to image-heavy posts, so my search traffic has been next to nil. Oh yeah, that and I can't easily integrate comments into my theme, so I don't really have a sense of what readers are thinking. These are minor complaints though, overall, it's a versatile and excellent microblogging app. Let me know if you end up tumbling down the rabbit hole... Ditto Ryan’s comment above. Thanks for the shout-out. I’m loving Tumblr — the interface, the look & feel, the ‘re-blog’ function, and the generally high quality content on other tumblogs. My only issue has been that Google has a tough time indexing Tumblogs, due to image-heavy posts, so my search traffic has been next to nil. Oh yeah, that and I can’t easily integrate comments into my theme, so I don’t really have a sense of what readers are thinking. These are minor complaints though, overall, it’s a versatile and excellent microblogging app.

Let me know if you end up tumbling down the rabbit hole…

]]> By: rnadel http://hummingbird604.com/2008/07/03/to-tumblr-or-not-to-tumblr-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-1418 rnadel Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:06:38 +0000 http://hummingbird604.wordpress.com/?p=1004#comment-1418 Thanks for the shout out. My tumblr is a synthesis of my twitter account and my wordpress site. I use tumblr the most. It's the casual conversation in my digital dialogue, consider twitter the water cooler, wordpress the dinner table, and tumblr a quick cup of coffee with a friend in the afternoon. Also, I love its simple elegance. Thanks for the shout out. My tumblr is a synthesis of my twitter account and my wordpress site. I use tumblr the most. It’s the casual conversation in my digital dialogue, consider twitter the water cooler, wordpress the dinner table, and tumblr a quick cup of coffee with a friend in the afternoon.

Also, I love its simple elegance.

]]> By: Hez http://hummingbird604.com/2008/07/03/to-tumblr-or-not-to-tumblr-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-1417 Hez Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:47:40 +0000 http://hummingbird604.wordpress.com/?p=1004#comment-1417 Tumblr kicks ass. That is all. Tumblr kicks ass. That is all.

]]> By: Jodi http://hummingbird604.com/2008/07/03/to-tumblr-or-not-to-tumblr-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-1416 Jodi Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:52:54 +0000 http://hummingbird604.wordpress.com/?p=1004#comment-1416 It looks interesting. I signed up. I don't know why. :) It looks interesting. I signed up. I don’t know why. :)

]]> By: Dan Udey http://hummingbird604.com/2008/07/03/to-tumblr-or-not-to-tumblr-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-1415 Dan Udey Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:07:15 +0000 http://hummingbird604.wordpress.com/?p=1004#comment-1415 One of my comments snowballed into a blog-length post, so I posted it on my tumblr (fittingly enough). You can find the details and aimless rambling there, but it all comes down to the final summation: What it comes down to is that if you don't want to go to Friendfeed and get an aggregation of everyone's aggregation of everyone's activities, then don't. If you have a use for tumblr, use it. If you don't want something on your tumblr page, remove it. Change things around, subscribe to different things, change your style. Find out what the service can do for you, not what you should do with the service. If the answer is grand, then go for it. If it's bland, then let it lie. One of my comments snowballed into a blog-length post, so I posted it on my tumblr (fittingly enough). You can find the details and aimless rambling there, but it all comes down to the final summation:

What it comes down to is that if you don’t want to go to Friendfeed and get an aggregation of everyone’s aggregation of everyone’s activities, then don’t. If you have a use for tumblr, use it. If you don’t want something on your tumblr page, remove it. Change things around, subscribe to different things, change your style. Find out what the service can do for you, not what you should do with the service. If the answer is grand, then go for it. If it’s bland, then let it lie.

]]> By: Jeffery Simpson http://hummingbird604.com/2008/07/03/to-tumblr-or-not-to-tumblr-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-1414 Jeffery Simpson Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:10:40 +0000 http://hummingbird604.wordpress.com/?p=1004#comment-1414 Tumblr's been around for a long time. It's just another free blogging service, with a few neat things. I use mine to syndicate and collect things I do elsewhere, sort of like FriendFeed. It's got a very nice Archive feature. If I ever get tired, or too poor, of paying for TypePad I might switch to that or Vox. http://jefferysimpson.tumblr.com/ Tumblr’s been around for a long time. It’s just another free blogging service, with a few neat things. I use mine to syndicate and collect things I do elsewhere, sort of like FriendFeed.

It’s got a very nice Archive feature. If I ever get tired, or too poor, of paying for TypePad I might switch to that or Vox.

http://jefferysimpson.tumblr.com/

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