One of things that makes Tumblr so addictive is its ease of use. The Tumblr bookmarklet is magical. It’s too easy to grab a photo, quote or link and then post on your tumblelog.
Many folks start using Tumblr by ingesting their various personal feeds (flickr, twitter, etc) to get going. Then when they start using the bookmarklet their tumblelog’s become amazing.
The thing that was less obvious to me initially is the Tumblr notion of ReBlogging. But now I totally get it. And I love ReBlogging. It’s a simple way of sharing content you discover on other tumblelogs and add commentary.
If you scroll down on my tumblelog you will see a few ReBlogs. There is this one I Reblogged from FredWilson.VC just this morning. And here is an example of one that Fred ReBlogged from my tumblelog.
Give it a try.
Tagging Flickr photos via email on the fly
Okay, maybe you all knew this already but I didn’t.
I often email photos from my phone to flickr
I created a default tag for all of these photos that come from my phone. It’s called, wait for it…..”cameraphone”.
Then I have Dave’s Flickr-to-Twitter do it’s magical thing
The only problem is that now every single photo i email to flickr goes to Twitter.
Solution?
You can tag photos when you email them to flickr on the fly. In the subject line, enter “tags:[space][tagname]”. Example “tags: cameraphone”
You can have several tags in fact - just separate them with space. Now I have Flickr-to-Twitter still do it’s thing for pictures tagged “cameraphone” and I’ll have photos tagged “tumblr” for photos I want sent here.
Life is good.
Adding Disqus to your Tumblelog
Want to add comments to your tumblelog?
Daniel over at Disqus just sent me an email with a link to the news. Easy, one-click integration between Tumblr and Disqus.
MIghty fine news.
