Common Craft Blog
My Personal Life Stream on Tumblr
By leelefever on August 22, 2007 - 6:12pm
For a while now I've been fascinated by the idea of creating a single place (other than Facebook) that brings together all the things I do on the Web. That is why I created the zeitgeist page here on Common Craft - to have that single place to bring it together. At the same time, I've had a blog at leelefever.com that has become a pain to keep updated - I needed a replacement.
Recently I discovered Tumblr, which is a super-simple and lightweight way to have a blog with a minimum of effort.
Here's the deal. I blog here, I put photos on Flickr, I put videos on You Tube and updates Twitter, the list goes on. Anyway, Tumblr takes the RSS feeds from these sources and turns them into blog posts. This was a perfect replacement for my old blog - it is always updated.
Further, Tumblr makes it super-simple for me to add a new photo, video, quote, blog post, or whatever, via a handy-dandy bookmarklet. It's fast.
The Tumblr posts don't allow comments and there are only a handful of features, but they appear to be the right ones.
So, I've redirected leelefever.com to leelefever.tumblr.com - which will provide a constant flow of Lee-related bloggified fun from this point forward.
Your feeds are out of
Your feeds are out of control though:
http://myskitch.com/zachhale/fullscreen-20070822-185329/
I'll be following along!
How to fix?
Thanks for letting me know...
I can see what you mean in the screenshot Zach, but I have no idea what is causing that, or how to fix it. When I subscribe in Google Reader, the items come through fine.
Thanks for the recommendation
Thanks a lot for the recommendation. I have been looking for such a central platform for a while.
It might also be good to gather the scattered individual blog in a class. So it might become a community blog.
BTW, I use bloglines, the feed works fine. :-)
Lisa
Tumblr and blogging overwhelm
Thanks so much for the tip - you might just have saved my life!
I've been feeling a bit overwhelmed by all the stuff I'm trying to process and remember and it doesn't all belong in a blog - this looks like a great solution.
I've just set up an account and it's incredibly easy to use.
Fingers crossed!
Joanna
tumblr
I have been using tumblr for a while and find it quick and easy to post everything on, plus the toolbar for firefox makes it even easy to use.
I also attach this to my NOTES blog on facebook, so bringing it all together
Why do the Tumblr posts not
Why do the Tumblr posts not allow comments? What should I do if I like you idea, but I need comments
Tumblr Comments
I'm not sure why Tumblr is comment-less, but it doesn't bother me that much. Most of the content that I put there actually has a home with comments - so it would be double commenting - which may mean double spam.
While we're talking, there is something else that bugs me about Tumblr - and that is image resolution. I don't like the way my photos show up - too pixely. I suppose it's better for page load times, but it's nearly a deal breaker for me.