Automattic
What the hell is happening at Automattic?
The WordPress.com company is selling posts from that site and Tumblr to AI companies — while its CEO scraps with a banned user online. Which is… fine?
AI
Tumblr fades and an AI badge is born
Tumblr and Jezebel head to the great electronic compost heap, while Humane wants to replace our phone with an AI pin.
tumblr
Tumblr has transformed into a brand-safe zombie of its former self
An interview with a Verizon suit makes it clear that Tumblr is a hollow shell of what it once was. What does this say for the experimentation the web once offered?
censorship
Seriously, Starbucks? It's just Tumblr...
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/02/seriously-starbucks-3557.html] Content blocking at work in Starbucks. Time to fire up the personal hotspot from my iPhone…
blog platforms
Media execs! Need help understanding Tumblr?
This should solve your problem…
blog platforms
Tumblr axes its newsroom (yes, it had one)
This rather bland statement from Tumblr CEO David Karp [http://staff.tumblr.com/post/47584806521/a-year-ago-tumblr-did-something-unprecedented] hides something interesting: > What we’ve accomplished with Storyboard has run its course for now, and our editorial team will be closing up shop and moving on. I want to personally thank them
content strategy
Tumblr as a publishing tool for content creators
John Allison, who has a long history of excellent web comics [http://www.scarygoround.com] behind him, on the role of Tumblr for content creators [http://sgrblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/post-webcomics.html]: > I would never decry any service as worthless. There are people who have caught mass
archives
The FT fills Tumblr with 125 years of hot air
An e-mail arrived from the FT yesterday, telling me all about their 125th anniversary, and with some lovely photos to run – all of which I had no intention of doing until: 1. My journalism MA students [http://www.interhacktives.com] seemed to think the whole think was quite cool, making
apps
Going Native
Tumblr, on its iOS app store description [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tumblr/id305343404?mt=8]: > We’re so thrilled to tell you that our app is now completely native! Get ready for a faster, smoother, and more responsive Tumblr Dashboard. So, another major social app follows Facebook
aggregation
The Mighty Marvel Pinterest
Marvel Comics launches Pinterest and Tumblr accounts [http://marvel.com/news/story/19181/marvel_unveils_pinterest_and_tumblr_accounts] . A visual content publisher promotes itself on visual aggregation and sharing sites. Utterly simply, perfect match. I could do without the “begging for engagement” comments under every image, though: “What do
curation
#dConstruct - the architecture of serendipity and analogue Tumblr
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2011/09/frankchimero-2041.html] A really fascinating talk by Frank Chimero [http://www.frankchimero.com/] about curating, organising and accessing all the digital “possessions” we’re accumulating, including Likes and things we favourite, and notes we make. The very different characteristics of digital
archiving
Should your blog content fade like tears in rain?
An interesting debate has popped up about the permanence (or lack of it) of the conversations happening in blogs. Gina Trapani kicked it off [http://smarterware.org/8026/why-not-tumblr] with a post about why she’s not following the neophile herd onto Tumblr [http://www.steverubel.me/post/6583713687/tumblr-is-the-next-great-social-network]