I enjoyed giving an intro to social media talk to the Educational Support Professionals yesterday in Nepean.
I enjoyed giving an intro to social media talk to the Educational Support Professionals yesterday in Nepean.
"...organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. People use pinboards to plan their weddings, decorate their homes, and organize their favorite recipes.
Best of all, you can browse pinboards created by other people. Browsing pinboards is a fun way to discover new things and get inspiration from people who share your interests."
"Our goal is to connect everyone in the world through the 'things' they find interesting. We think that a favorite book, toy, or recipe can reveal a common link between two people. With millions of new pins added every week, Pinterest is connecting people all over the world based on shared tastes and interests."
What is it
Tumblr, sometimes styled as tumblr., is a microblogging platform that allows users to post text, images, videos, links, quotes and audio to their tumblelog, a short-form blog. Users can follow other users, or choose to make their tumblelog private. The service emphasizes ease of use ~Wikipedia
In my words
Tumblr is a somewhere you can post short bursts of content (just an image, just a video) very easily. It makes posting all kinds of content really user friendly; you can do it from your phone, by email, you can even post audio by calling it in on the phone!
You can also have it link to twitter and facebook (and toggle it on or off on a post by post basis).
Why should you care?
If you fall into one of the following categories:
then Tumblr. might make a lot more sense for you than creating a traditional blog.
Here are a few examples of how I think a Tumblr. site could be an effective (possibly business) tool:
- An artist who wants to post images of artwork but doesn’t really have anything else to say about the piece.
- An event could have a Tumblr. page and people could post photos and videos from the event from mobile phones as things are unfolding.
- You want to chronicle a specific project - like a 365 photography project or the creation of something, or you want to journal (and amplify) your dealings (and complaints) with a company.
- You want to have a user submitted interest page - maybe photos of Ottawa in the summer, photos of your favourite meals, pantry disasters or like this page by Ottawa Start about interesting and exotic cars in the Ottawa area you can easily set up a submit page . You can also let viewers ask questions to help guide your content.
I think Tumblr. isn’t really for people who are regular bloggers (I have one set up, but it’s more so I could try it out so I could talk about it than out of any specific need) but I could see possibly setting one up for an event, a fun contest or a sharing space with friends.
Have you tried Tumblr.? What do you think? Have you seen any other creative uses for a Tumblr. page?