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My Personal Life Stream on Tumblr

leelefever — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:12:00 -0400

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.

My Personal Life Stream on Tumblr

leelefever — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:12:00 -0400

Recently I discovered Tumblr, which is a super-simple and lightweight way to have a blog with a minimum of effort.

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.

My Personal Life Stream on Tumblr

leelefever — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:12:00 -0400

Recently I discovered Tumblr, which is a super-simple and lightweight way to have a blog with a minimum of effort.

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.

My Personal Life Stream on Tumblr

leelefever — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:12:00 -0400

Recently I discovered Tumblr, which is a super-simple and lightweight way to have a blog with a minimum of effort.

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.

My Personal Life Stream on Tumblr

leelefever — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:12:00 -0400

Recently I discovered Tumblr, which is a super-simple and lightweight way to have a blog with a minimum of effort.

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.

My Personal Life Stream on Tumblr

leelefever — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:12:00 -0400

Recently I discovered Tumblr, which is a super-simple and lightweight way to have a blog with a minimum of effort.

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.

My Personal Life Stream on Tumblr

leelefever — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:12:00 -0400

Recently I discovered Tumblr, which is a super-simple and lightweight way to have a blog with a minimum of effort.

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.

Tech President

leelefever — Thu, 2 Aug 2007 20:36:21 -0400

As the US presidential election heats up, I've been more and more interested in how the candidates are shaping up, particularly on the web. One of my daily newsletters, Tech President (blog), has recently become something I look forward to each day. It's by the Personal Democracy Forum and focuses on, you guessed it, how technology is changing politics (or not).

It's fascinating to see how things are playing out. For instance, think it's so interesting that the Democrats jumped into the YouTube debates and a number of the Republican candidates won't take it seriously. There is something about this that reminds me of the experienced executive that is too busy to worry about the company's web site.

Anyway, if you're interested in the upcoming elections and a thorough take on how the web is shaping politics, Tech President is good start.

2 Friends, Tag Drafting and Web 2.0 Personalization

leelefever — Sun, 8 Apr 2007 16:57:40 -0400

I've been inspired and impressed by a couple of my local Seattle friends who have, over the last year, become some of my favorite online community-focused bloggers.

I first met Ryan Turner working on a big project with a large aero-space company formerly based in the Seattle area . At the time, Ryan impressed me with his mad workplace ethnographic skillz. Since then, he's gone on to work at the web design consultancy Zaaz and refocused his efforts on helping Zaaz clients wrap their minds around online communities and Web 2.0. Lucky for us, he talks about these experience on his blog - Web Social Architecture - The Mad Science of Online Communities. (at least that's the title this week. Ryan knows what I mean.)

A post of Ryan's that caught my eye lately was: The Basics of Web 2.0 Personalization. These are the cliff's notes (and cool visuals) of a talk he did recently as Zaaz.

Sean O'Driscoll is another favorite that I've come to know recently through project work. Sean's one of the few people at Microsoft that actually has "community" in his title. He's the General Manager of Support Communities and MVP. Along with his real-world experience and love for BBQing, Sean's passion for community show's through on his new-ish blog: Community Group Therapy.

Like me, Sean is always looking for easier ways to describe the trends and technologies that are shaping Web 2.0. I particularly like the racing-inspired term "tag drafting" to describe using your friends as filters for information coming from sites like Del.icio.us.

I'm looking forward to hearing more from both Ryan and Sean - keep it up, please.

Microsoft Blog Project

leelefever — Thu, 1 Sep 2005 12:41:08 -0400

I’m just starting a new project that should be really interesting. I’m working with Bill Reid’s group at Microsoft, which does IT Solutions. Like so many other teams at the company, they are interested in using blogs as a way to support and connect more personally with customers.

When we first started talking about the project, it was about using blogs as a feedback loop, where the blogs would facilitate customer feedback that could be used to improve products, in this case, IT solutions. What we found was that this was putting the cart before the horse. This was about the time I wrote the Wiki This post.

Now, we’re focusing the project on the blogging first- understanding best practices for building readership, listening to the blog world, writing for a blog, etc. Overall, we hope to increase the blog literacy of the IT solutions group so that the team can identify the ways in which a blog may help them achieve their goals individually and as a group.

I'm also excited to be working loosely with Lilia Efimova (Mathemagenic), who is doing an internship at MicrosoftResearch studying how they are using blogs. Like her, I hope to blog what I can.