Archive for Tumblr
This is a first for me and my adventures in the print publishing world: Tackling Tumblr will be released earlier than planned.
The book, which obviously covers the ever growing Tumblr platform, will launch in late July in the US, and hit UK and mainland Europe in August. That’s not so far ahead, so look for some more information on this one real soon. Not today though, as I have a Web Designer magazine deadline on a really cool topic. Stay tuned for more on that too, as the magazine reached the stores.
I’m on the final stretch of the manuscript for my next book, titled Tackling Tumblr. That’s right, after two books (and a second edition), I’m taking a brief step away from WordPress and tackling something new. Tumblr (yes, I’ve got one) is an exciting hosted publishing platform for blogs and simpler sites, and it grows rapidly.
I’ve been wanting to write a book on Tumblr for quite some time, so I was happy with the go ahead from my publisher this winter. As with the first edition of Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog (2nd Edition due April 18), I took to the French Alps to get some peace and quiet while writing Tackling Tumblr. Well, that and snowboarding obviously. Continued →
I’m a fan of Tumblr, it’s an awesome service that does something completely different than WordPress (which I incidentally also love), despite the additions of post formats to the latter. But the Tumblr service have had a hard time lately, and although I like the error page they serve, I’d rather not see it too often.
Which I don’t. The last few days, I’ve gotten this every now and then, when trying to post TDHFTW nonsense.
I’m sure Tumblr is working hard at getting their shit together, they definitely should. There are some 14,6 million blogs on Tumblr, and counting, so I hope this is a minor bump on the road that they’re flattening out as I’m writing this.
While I’m working some stuff out I’m playing around on Tumblr as well. Check out TDHFTW if you will. A warning might be in order though, it is full of nonsense, quotes, and silly shit. And might be NSFW, you never know.
While it isn’t particularly fun to see things like this when you want to fiddle around with Tumblr, it is at least a nice little graphic you’re being served when the service is down, courtesy of The Oatmeal.
