Re: [RBW] Blug question

2012-07-16 Thread Aaron Thomas
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 t

Re: [RBW] Blug question

2012-07-16 Thread Cyclofiend
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)

[RBW] Blug question

2012-07-15 Thread Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery
Tumblr seems like a bizarre platform for the blug. It's not very comment/discussion-friendly, and it is, shall we say, "youthful" in its demographic appeal. By youthful, I mean its dominated by teenagers and college students "reblogging" about teen celebrity idols, instagram photos of fashionab

[RBW] Blug question

2012-07-15 Thread PATRICK MOORE
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'