I think a discussion is always beneficial. There are some proprietary tools that have no adequate FOSS replacement (perhaps Photoshop vs. the GIMP is an example), but often only a little bit of searching and installing can result in a FOSS solution that is every bit the equal of the proprietary solution, in terms of features and usability. In this case, Wordpress is an extremely advanced and wildly popular blogging platform... is it really impossible to use Wordpress or another FOSS blogging platform to accomplish the same things as Tumblr? Perhaps more importantly, might it not be more beneficial to use the SFC blog for this purpose, thereby driving traffic to freeculture.org? Currently the SFC blog gets updated maybe once every two months, and I think it's perfectly reasonable to expand the subject matter of the SFC blog if it results in more frequent updates.
On the other hand, it is bad to let ideological debates prevent people from taking action. Blog posts written on any platform are better than no posts at all. ~Nelson~ On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Alec Story <[email protected]> wrote: > It's always a balance between open applications and ones that work better, > when such a dichotomy exists. I think that in every case we need to reach a > decision by discussion, since everybody's sweet spot is going to be > different. I don't have problems with using tumblr though. > > > On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Neville Bezzina < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Love it ! If you look at the Malta chapter Facebook group I add a lot of >> links to interesting free stuff on the web, Tumblr really makes it visual >> and takes it to the next level in terms of community. How do I add stuff to >> the tumblog? >> >> I don't think the tools we use need to be JUST open source; we can mix and >> match, sometimes proprietary services are built on really cool and free >> ideas of collaboration etc. >> >> >> >> On 28 February 2011 16:42, Aditi Rajaram <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I know, I know. Tumblr is not open source. >>> >>> But, I like it. And I think that it's a really, really easy platform to >>> use with a low barrier to entry. I know this has been attempted before, but >>> rather than a blog focused on Free Culture news, I was thinking a showcase >>> of cool Free Culture-y things (not just my idea! was suggested to me by >>> others) or ways that Free Culture-y ideals are being used. Anyone who wants >>> to contribute, holler and I'll add you! Would love the help. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Aditi >>> >>> Ps - http://free-culture.tumblr.com/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss >> >> > > > -- > Alec Story > Cornell University > Biological Sciences, Computer Science 2012 > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > >
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