Posterous vs. Tumblr: A Head to Head. In the space between a long-form blog and a short-form Twitter account, there are mini-blog services like Posterous and Tumblr that seek to make blogging much more immediate, support all types of rich media, allow for longer entries if needed, and support short spurts that auto-post to Twitter as well. Once the niche powerhouse dominating this middle space, Tumblr has since seen Posterous, the somewhat unremarkable email-to-blog platform, rise from obscurity, iterate at lightning pace, and start to build up well-deserved web buzz and high profile users.
This tumbling and posturing web-aholic has been using both sites for quite some time, so the head-to-head you're about to read is filled with intimate knowledge of both applications. Posting Options Both Posterous and Tumblr have bookmarklets that make grabbing content as you browse and posting it to your respective site easy as can be. The email post creation process is dead simple. Customization The clear and obvious winner here is Tumblr. 5 Must-Try Tumblr Extras. Tumblr is designed to be incredibly easy to use, so new tumble posts can be created on the fly, regardless of whether you're browsing the web or snapping photos on the go.
We're big fans of the official Tumblr iPhone app, new audio posts, and bookmarklet for hassle-free tumblelogging, but we really love these five Tumblr extras for even more efficient, dynamic, and creative updates. So whether you want to turn your tumblelog into a playlist, add a tag cloud, tumble faster, have audio posts transcribed, or make your photos come to life as comics, these apps are here to help.
Have another must-try suggestion? Tell us about it in the comments. You can follow Mashable on Tumblr here. 1. Tumbltape We recently featured 18 of the best music tumblelogs. It's super easy. Plus, you can also browse the site for other cool Tumbltapes, listen to random choices, or embed your favorites anywhere you want. 2. 3. 4. 5. Redireccionar Tumblr a tu dominio propio. A ver si les parece esto tan interesante como a mi. Encontre el tutorial bastante bien explicado asi que lo traigo aca directo.
Tumblr es algo parecido al Twitter. Segun Wikipedia: es un servicio de redes sociales y micro-blogging que permite a sus usuarios enviar mensajes de sólo texto, con una longitud máxima de 140 caracteres Una de las opciones más interesantes del Tumblr es la posibilidad de redireccionarlo a un dominio propio. Si ya tenés tu .com.ar tenés que gestionar tu dominio con zoneedit.com. 1). Nameserver 1: ns7.zoneedit.com (216.122.7.155) Nameserver 2: ns9.zoneedit.com (66.240.231.42) Anotá esos datos. 2). Al hacer esto estás redirigiendo tu dominio hacia Zone Edit en vez de hacia tu sitio web, por lo que no vas a poder acceder, temporalmente, mediante dicho dominio.
Para volver a redirigir tu dominio a tu web 3.). De yapa: Cómo gestionar tus cuentas de correo mediante Google Apps 4). Se vería algo asi: Tambien: Fuente: La verdad es que lo explicó muy bien en su blog. Esquire Theme. Black and Blue Eyes. 20 Beautiful Tumblr Themes. Sure, Tumblr supplies you with pre-made themes you can use on your blog, but why stick with just those provided to you? There is a growing community of designers out there creating some very cool free themes you can install on your site, giving you a totally new look and added functionality.
Take a look through the 20 we've gathered below for you, and you are guaranteed to find one that will inspire you to change the look of your Tumblr account. Have a favorite Tumblr theme? Tell us about it in the comments. 1-Column Tumblr Themes ColorBars - A dark, but very legible, theme with colorful date markers out to the right side producing a color bar effect. Dead Simple - The name really says it all with this 1-column theme. Terminal Flashback - A fun retro theme that harkens back to the 1980s/early 1990s of the Internet by recreating the look and feel of a terminal interface. 2-Column Tumblr Themes Blange - A black 2-column theme with nice shading that progresses out to the sides. Time Capsule | tumblelog. Topherchris tumblelog. Freebies. Tumblr Themes. TumblePhone • iPhone-optimised interface for Tumblr sites. Create a Back Up of your Tumblr Blog. 07 Oct 2008 Learn how to create a backup of all your tumblr blogs to the hard disk including photos, video, chat sessions and even songs. couch mode print story Unlike WordPress or Blogger, Tumblr does not have an official export feature yet, so moving your Tumblr blog to a different blogging platform or taking a backup of the entire blog is rather difficult.
Enter Tumble-log Backup – it’s an online tool that will backup all your Tumblr posts into a single HTML file. You only need to give your tumblr blog name and Tumble-log Backup tool will do the rest. Tumblr Backup will save all text, photos, audio and video codes. Since the backup tool doesn’t require a password, you may use it to save an offline copy of virtually any public tumblr blog. Related: Backup Blogger Blogs with Comments. The Evolution of Personal Publishing - ReadWriteWeb. Fred Wilson recently wrote a post on his blog in which he argues that the rapid adoption of Twitter and Tumblr were not accidents.
Fred sees these microblogging platforms as a direct evolution of blogging and social networks. Recently, I've been mulling over similar thoughts. Clearly, the success of these sites was not accidental; because they took off in a crowded market, these were things that people obviously needed. The image above is by Fred Wilson. In this post, we will argue that each category - blogs, social networks and microblogs - forms a separate vertical. Each vertical is focused on a different type of user and serves to fill a different purpose in the bigger landscape of social publishing. Prehistory - Web Sites Remember the days in which the more technically inclined of us had web sites? Yet, quite a few people did have personal web sites back in the earlier days of world wide web.
Blogs as Online Diaries Blogs worked because they were like diaries. Conclusion.