I agree with Jim Thill. I don't much care for Tumblr for Riv purposes and think Wordpress, Blogspot, or similar platform makes more sense for this type of content and Grant's approach to "blugging".
Especially irksome is that when subscribing to the feed via Google Reader, the Blug posts are truncated to the first few words, which requires that you go visit Tumblr's domain outside of your news reader environment. I understand the commercial reason for this, in that it effectively takes you to a landing page where you can easily access rivbike.com to go shopping. But it does add an unnecessary step as far as efficient reading of the blug goes. Aaron On Monday, July 16, 2012 9:32:03 AM UTC-7, Cyclofiend Jim wrote: > > I think the kids call it a microblogging site - it can be used to > aggregate "found" web content and generally has pretty direct controls > of who says what within your stream, without making you maintain a > separate site. It was paid-ad-free, though they've recently announced > a deal (or two) to move towards that model. > > But, specific to your question: > > - Go to Tumblr.com and register (sign up) for an account. > - View the Rivbike.com blug while logged in. > - You do need a reasonably compliant browser for all the little web > doohickeys to work reliably, but should have the options to comment, > reblog (have it appear in your feed on tumblr). > > You can set it up so that tumblr automatically republishes stuff from > other sites (such as flickr) to your stream. You can make it as > complex or simple as you wish. > > > hope that helps!~ > > > - J > > > > On Jul 15, 2012, at 8:00 AM, PATRICK MOORE wrote: > > > How to sign up to the Blug so that I can make comments directly? I > > click on "register" and it cycles and cycles and cycles and, frankly, > > I am not sure exactly what this "Tumbkr" thing is that I am > > (apparently) registering for. I promise not to be verbose and to be > > reasonable. While I certainly don't agree with all that Grant says or > > espouses, I do like his writing and respect his convictions -- or > > rather, I respect his willingness to have definite opinions on things > > and find his opinions interesting even if I personally don't find them > > suitable. > > > > > > -- > > "Push back against the age as hard as it pushes against you." > > > > Flannery O'Connor > > > > ------------------------- > > Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA > > For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW > > http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > > ------------------------- > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners- > > [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en > > . > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/aiuD2RW-yf0J. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
