Tumblr Bookmarklet Tutorial: Using the Share on Tumblr Bookmarklet
This is a brief
introduction to Tumblr, which is a really great blogging tool.
You can also share stuff
you've found online, collect photos, videos, quotes and links and locate them
all in one place, with some nice social features. It also allows you to re-share
stuff that others have found. Tumblr is intended primarily to gather “in one
spot” things you have seen elsewhere.
This is the blog without
stories that is unpretentious and unadorned. Tumblr incorporates a community
dimension, so you can show stuff to your friends. It’s a little like how if you
see a funny video online, that you may send links to it via email. This works as a nicer way of doing it, other
than emailing.
Bookmarklet Tutorial
Open an account
Drag the bookmarklet in your favourites links
bar
When you are on an interesting page, click the
bookmarklet - a confirmation click, and hey presto, it's in your Tumblr
When you are on something
interesting you want to put in your Tumblr, click the bookmarklet. The
bookmarklet brings up a small pop-up window and tries to guess what kind of
content you want to publish. If you are
simply on a webpage, Tumblr will assume that you want to share a link in your
blog. If you selected the text, it will offer to issue a citation. If Tumblr
guesses wrong, you can simply change the type of publication. It goes without
saying that you can make changes to the content before publishing it, and if
you want to write a little mumble, use the "text" mode.
Community Tutorial
If you see a Tumblr blog
that you like then click the "follow" link in the upper left corner. Just
like your home page on Twitter or Facebook, Tumblr shows you a list of recent
publications of people you follow. If you like something then click the little
heart on the top right of the article. If you want to republish anything in
your blog then click "reblog". It goes without saying (I wish my
mother did too) that Tumblr automatically adds a link to the original source.
Advanced Tutorial
For those who like to
tinker, you can:
Choose the layout of your Tumblr, or even
create your own
Allow readers to leave comments
Use your own domain name
Morality Tutorial
The homeless may be
criminals or simply be people down on their luck, but don’t park your car on
their pile of rags bed and then nick their shopping cart because you don’t have
a coin for the shopping barrows at Walmart. If they don’t seem to be very
compos mentis, then don’t try to convince them that they are mentally ill by
talking backwards, crying and spitting grape seeds at them.
