Tumblr is a free, simplified blogging service that facilitates the creation of Tumblelogs (popular examples include Projectionist & Anarchaia), which are essentially streamlined versions of standard blogs.
Tumblr is great if you want to setup a quick and easy link blog or photo blog. You can even have Tumblr import RSS feeds that automatically post to your blog, as well as mapping your own domain to a Tumblr blog if you want.
Launched in February, Tumblr is one of the services created by the New York based company Davidville. See the Tumblr blog for the latest news and developments.
Gina Trapani (who’s Tumblr blog is Scribbling.net) has a great write-up on Tumblr over on Lifehacker.
Eric Rice calls Tumblr a “hybrid site between twitter and wordpress” and Jason Schupp says “What’s old is new again”. One thing is for sure, Tumblr part a whole new wave of services that are helping people get back to the basics of blogging.
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Downside is that there is no archiving or history or tagging or anything making it easy to find old posts.
I love my tumble log, but I need to update the feeds on it! I call mine “My Automatic Blog”.
I follow you on Twitter Scott, good posting!
I love tumblr, I’m using it for my interview blog, http://bengold.tv
Tumblr is a great app!
puScic ;)
i love my tumblr. so simple and fun. aggregate all my feeds into one place i can display them. it’s my new fav.
I love Tumblr! I’m pretty sure I am more active at my tumbleog than any of my other weblogs. It has honestly made me fall in love with blogging all over again.
I found tumblr from that post on lifehacker actually and I’ve been loving it. I was actually trying to emulate something like it only a few weeks before Gina’s post. What really helps make it easy is the bookmarklet they provide to share anything you come across.
My site is challenged confessions.
Another feature missing: comments. So no discussion or feedback possible.
I think the rest of it is great though- clean and simple. I dig it.