A social site with a difference, you tumble posts, images, video etc to your account as you come across things - a sort of online diary of where you've been and what you might want to share with others. Google et al also spider it really well so from a commercial aspect it may have (as Spock put it) possibilities.
We're there already - http://fabulousphotogifts.tumblr.com/
See you there?
Cool and thanks for sharing....
Any plusses of this over facebook & Blogcatalog?
Hi Jim
Well I've been 'using' Tumblr for about a week now - at first it seems it's another of those gimmicky sites but horses for courses - there are a few observations i've made...
I've spoken with a couple of friends who use it principally to share photo's with family and friends a sort of Twitter for photo and video.
It has a very useful function that lets you look back, diary style, at your previous history so you get a representation of either a photo, a headline or a video you shared.
Some may well use it as an online scrapbook - a snippet of news, music, image or video as they come across it - there's a handy 'Share on Tumblr' gizmo that you just click on and the medium you're looking at is shared instantly to your Tumblr account.
From a networking / marketing commercial use, It seems that Google does crawl Tumblr and present search results accordingly so as another means of incoming links, then it would seem it has its uses???
That's all for now. In conclusion, Facebook is about who follows you and what you can share, BC is about the discussions and following individuals or 'groups', Twitter is about sharing short 'this is what i'm doing now' type messages with URL's and Tumblr has it's own niche of an online scrapbook.
A bit messy to wade through someone elses, but you might pick up a headline, a image or a video that appeals to you.
A strange thing has started happening on Tumblr - I've noticed that i've gone days without tumbling anything (think stumbling but adding a clip or article or link to your own online scrapbook that can be open for anyone to rea) - and then I come across something and it kick starts the tumblr action again. Very hit and miss.
Is it the same with other social networking platforms do you think?
My Tumblr habits have changed.
Now I tumble a music video - 1 a day - of a great song that i like. Hopefully I'll have a years worth of Fav tracks that I can use as a reference for a playlist.....
That's not a bad idea - you've chosen your Niche as it were for a specific site!
Hhmmmmm.
Hi Jim - I think you've hit the nail on the head there. I was introduced to Tumblr and I thought wow - i'll give it a try.
Unfortunately, I'm not a great browser - not enough time - so I felt I was getting the most out of the 'experience'. Then by accident, I tumbled a music video as a means of bookmarking the link for later on.
An idea was born only later when I actually viewed it. If you use their widget ( a bit like a stumble button), its a 3 second job to add / bookmark anything from videos to images, links, news feed etc.
So basically give it a go. It make take you a while to find your niche - you may not and give it up but at least you will have tried.
Jonathan.
Received the weirdest xmas card at work ever - a packet of tomato plant seeds with the message 'sow your PR seeds early to grow your business in 2009'. How nice!
So I've found a new use for Tumblr - I'll be posting a picture a day (after xmas) of my tomato plants growing - a kind of static web cam - using my new iphone (which I can't open until Christmas Day - boo hoo).
Hi Guys - well after the stunning success of my festive advent calendar - I'm having a week long celebration of rock n' roll starting with a double bill of Little Richard - Good Golly!
A long time no update. Well if you've read my 'Whoosh' post on the main page, you'll appreciate why.
Still some chores have to be completed on a daily basis like my "a song a day for a whole year - songs I'd like on my ipod" tumblr account.
If you've not visited recently, you've missed some real corking tunes including my first ever triple bill today (Saturday) devoted to my three fav Beatles tracks.
http://fabulousphotogifts.tumblr.com/ - head over there now for some great music.
Our Tumblr ipod juke box theme continues into Spring with some random, yet pleasing tunes i think you'll find.
Anything you'd like to see added to the juke box play list? Drop us a line/reply and who knows, your very own desert island disc might show up.....
Jonathan.
Well I've taken a long week off from Tumblr as I've been on holiday with the kids but I stopped by to leave you another timely holiday song - you'll enjoy this one from 1975..... Back to normal on Tuesday.
Hi Guys - well long time eh?
You know it's been nearly a year since I started my daily fantasy ipod playlist over on Tumblr and what a blast we've had. Music from the '60s to last year. Classic to Punk Rock, Film scores to popular tv series - we've played them all.
I've started listing every track - the premise was a tune a day - I didn't miss many in the end and some days had 'bonus' double bills of songs.
It'lll be quite a list when its done and I'll be posting over on http://purple13.blogspot.com in monthly chunks very soon (when i've finished typing them actually).
The anniversary is 20th November (near as I can tell) so they'll be a very special tune that day.
After that, I'm sure I'll continue to post songs etc but not every day. Then fun becomes a chore.
Cheers - Jonathan.
Here's a link to the playlist over on Tumblr - http://fabulousphotogifts.tumblr.com/
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