Comments for Ikiru Design http://www.ikirudesign.com Fooling Around with WordPress Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:02:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on Showdown: Tumblr vs. WordPress by Glenn Dixon http://www.ikirudesign.com/2008/01/11/showdown-tumblr-vs-wordpress/#comment-385 Glenn Dixon Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:51:56 +0000 http://www.ikirudesign.com/2008/01/11/showdown-tumblr-vs-wordpress/#comment-385 I've had more WordPress blogs than I care to admit over the years, and even rolled my own weblog back before the term was coined, but Tumblr enables me to keep it fresh and to go from idea to post much faster than WordPress. It helps me prevent blogfade. I can take a picture w/ my cell phone, email it to my Flickr account and within an hour or so it will automagically appear on my Tumblr page, complete w/ a title and a comment. And I don't have to mess w/ updates which are a PITA (even with an auto-update plugin). I guess I don't get all this talk about 'serious' vs. not serious blogs. I put pics and video and text in my WordPress blog. I can do the same w/ Tumblr, it's just easier. Easier doesn't mean less serious. I started a Tumblr log to cover my recent trip to Mexico. Even with limited internet connectivity I managed to post 2-3 times a day. I *never* do that on my WordPress blogs. I'm considering dropping WordPress altogether! I’ve had more WordPress blogs than I care to admit over the years, and even rolled my own weblog back before the term was coined, but Tumblr enables me to keep it fresh and to go from idea to post much faster than WordPress. It helps me prevent blogfade. I can take a picture w/ my cell phone, email it to my Flickr account and within an hour or so it will automagically appear on my Tumblr page, complete w/ a title and a comment. And I don’t have to mess w/ updates which are a PITA (even with an auto-update plugin). I guess I don’t get all this talk about ‘serious’ vs. not serious blogs. I put pics and video and text in my WordPress blog. I can do the same w/ Tumblr, it’s just easier. Easier doesn’t mean less serious.

I started a Tumblr log to cover my recent trip to Mexico. Even with limited internet connectivity I managed to post 2-3 times a day. I *never* do that on my WordPress blogs. I’m considering dropping WordPress altogether!

]]> Comment on Showdown: Tumblr vs. WordPress by Scott Magdalein http://www.ikirudesign.com/2008/01/11/showdown-tumblr-vs-wordpress/#comment-129 Scott Magdalein Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:58:18 +0000 http://www.ikirudesign.com/2008/01/11/showdown-tumblr-vs-wordpress/#comment-129 Nice comparison. I use both. My "serious" blog is a Wordpress self-hosted deal. My personal and less "serious" blog is a tumblr account. Of course, it's not really a blog. It's more like a content stream, which is exactly what I was looking for. I wanted a link blog that did more than just link to stuff. I also wanted some of the functionality of twitter but without the childish annoyances it entails. So, tumblr fit the bill. I have the RSS piped into a sidebar widget on my blog for my readers to get a glimpse of peripheral content, since I keep my main blog for "serious" stuff. Blog = readscott.com tumblr = hearscott.com Nice comparison. I use both. My “serious” blog is a Wordpress self-hosted deal. My personal and less “serious” blog is a tumblr account. Of course, it’s not really a blog. It’s more like a content stream, which is exactly what I was looking for.

I wanted a link blog that did more than just link to stuff. I also wanted some of the functionality of twitter but without the childish annoyances it entails. So, tumblr fit the bill.

I have the RSS piped into a sidebar widget on my blog for my readers to get a glimpse of peripheral content, since I keep my main blog for “serious” stuff.

Blog = readscott.com
tumblr = hearscott.com

]]> Comment on Carter’s Line by Ikiru Design » Crawling Back Toward the Horse http://www.ikirudesign.com/themes/carters-line/#comment-127 Ikiru Design » Crawling Back Toward the Horse Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:35:49 +0000 http://www.ikirudesign.com/carters-line/#comment-127 [...] BWO. This is for a couple reasons, probably the most important is that I’ve been using Carter’s Line (which I was using here) at my link blog, Link Banana. It’s also because I’ve been [...] […] BWO. This is for a couple reasons, probably the most important is that I’ve been using Carter’s Line (which I was using here) at my link blog, Link Banana. It’s also because I’ve been […]

]]> Comment on Showdown: Tumblr vs. WordPress by david http://www.ikirudesign.com/2008/01/11/showdown-tumblr-vs-wordpress/#comment-121 david Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:48:54 +0000 http://www.ikirudesign.com/2008/01/11/showdown-tumblr-vs-wordpress/#comment-121 I feel I must confess my surprise and delight that some of the comments I went to delete as spam--I still haven't turned on Askimet--were real comments from real people. I'm glad you guys found something worthwhile in my comparison. And I also feel even more obligated to do a better job making new and interesting content for this site. I feel I must confess my surprise and delight that some of the comments I went to delete as spam — I still haven’t turned on Askimet — were real comments from real people.

I’m glad you guys found something worthwhile in my comparison. And I also feel even more obligated to do a better job making new and interesting content for this site.

]]> Comment on Showdown: Tumblr vs. WordPress by Rhett http://www.ikirudesign.com/2008/01/11/showdown-tumblr-vs-wordpress/#comment-116 Rhett Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:18:39 +0000 http://www.ikirudesign.com/2008/01/11/showdown-tumblr-vs-wordpress/#comment-116 Nice write up. I think your last sentence summed it up best. They are 2 different apps targeted at 2 different kinds of users. Nice write up. I think your last sentence summed it up best. They are 2 different apps targeted at 2 different kinds of users.

]]> Comment on Showdown: Tumblr vs. WordPress by Fragzem http://www.ikirudesign.com/2008/01/11/showdown-tumblr-vs-wordpress/#comment-113 Fragzem Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:17:09 +0000 http://www.ikirudesign.com/2008/01/11/showdown-tumblr-vs-wordpress/#comment-113 I find that wordpress is seemingly much more professional than tumblr. That statement "log the last funny chat you had" -- just made me think "teenager". While wordpress' back end is somewhat ugly and even vulgar at times, this bothers me none, as I have been using Windows Live Writer to do all my entries into wordpress, which allows me a few necessary options that wordpress web-based does not. -Fragzem I find that wordpress is seemingly much more professional than tumblr. That statement “log the last funny chat you had” — just made me think “teenager”.

While wordpress’ back end is somewhat ugly and even vulgar at times, this bothers me none, as I have been using Windows Live Writer to do all my entries into wordpress, which allows me a few necessary options that wordpress web-based does not.

-Fragzem

]]> Comment on Making the Frozen Toothpaste Archives by Ikiru Design » Lessons from The Economist’s Blogs http://www.ikirudesign.com/2007/12/18/making-the-frozen-toothpaste-archives/#comment-97 Ikiru Design » Lessons from The Economist’s Blogs Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:05:02 +0000 http://www.ikirudesign.com/2007/12/18/making-the-frozen-toothpaste-archives/#comment-97 [...] Hard to get around. The Economist seems to be struggling mightily to hide their blog content from outsiders. Not only is it hard to click to the site’s other blogs when you’re in one, but it’s hard to find content within that blog. Other than the distracting tag cloud, there’s the thin-and-nearly-hidden link to their month-by-month archive and a list of recent posts. All of these are rather standards in the blogsphere, but they’re hardly good. The site’s Archives page, when you finally find it, look suspiciously like the default WordPress archive that I’ve worked to correct twice before. [...] […] Hard to get around. The Economist seems to be struggling mightily to hide their blog content from outsiders. Not only is it hard to click to the site’s other blogs when you’re in one, but it’s hard to find content within that blog. Other than the distracting tag cloud, there’s the thin-and-nearly-hidden link to their month-by-month archive and a list of recent posts. All of these are rather standards in the blogsphere, but they’re hardly good. The site’s Archives page, when you finally find it, look suspiciously like the default WordPress archive that I’ve worked to correct twice before. […]

]]> Comment on A Better WordPress Monthly Archives by Ikiru Design » Lessons from The Economist’s Blogs http://www.ikirudesign.com/2007/12/10/a-better-wordpress-monthly-archives/#comment-96 Ikiru Design » Lessons from The Economist’s Blogs Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:02:44 +0000 http://www.ikirudesign.com/2007/12/10/a-better-wordpress-monthly-archives/#comment-96 [...] Hard to get around. The Economist seems to be struggling mightily to hide their blog content from outsiders. Not only is it hard to click to the site’s other blogs when you’re in one, but it’s hard to find content within that blog. Other than the distracting tag cloud, there’s the thin-and-nearly-hidden link to their month-by-month archive and a list of recent posts. All of these are rather standards in the blogsphere, but they’re hardly good. The site’s Archives page, when you finally find it, look suspiciously like the default WordPress archive that I’ve worked to correct twice before. [...] […] Hard to get around. The Economist seems to be struggling mightily to hide their blog content from outsiders. Not only is it hard to click to the site’s other blogs when you’re in one, but it’s hard to find content within that blog. Other than the distracting tag cloud, there’s the thin-and-nearly-hidden link to their month-by-month archive and a list of recent posts. All of these are rather standards in the blogsphere, but they’re hardly good. The site’s Archives page, when you finally find it, look suspiciously like the default WordPress archive that I’ve worked to correct twice before. […]

]]> Comment on A Note on Versions by Ikiru Design » Falling off the Horse http://www.ikirudesign.com/2007/12/11/a-note-on-versions/#comment-94 Ikiru Design » Falling off the Horse Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:15:16 +0000 http://www.ikirudesign.com/2007/12/11/a-note-on-versions/#comment-94 [...] while ago I promised that all of my currently-available themes would be updated to version 1.0 by January 1, 2008. Today is January 1, 2008 and not a single one of them is at 1.0. I did start the process, and make [...] […] while ago I promised that all of my currently-available themes would be updated to version 1.0 by January 1, 2008. Today is January 1, 2008 and not a single one of them is at 1.0. I did start the process, and make […]

]]> Comment on How To Create an Archives Page by Ikiru Design » Making the Frozen Toothpaste Archives http://www.ikirudesign.com/2007/12/17/how-to-create-an-archives-page/#comment-93 Ikiru Design » Making the Frozen Toothpaste Archives Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:22:52 +0000 http://www.ikirudesign.com/2007/12/17/how-to-create-an-archives-page/#comment-93 [...] Ikiru Design fooling around with WordPress « How To Create an Archives Page [...] […] Ikiru Design fooling around with WordPress « How To Create an Archives Page […]

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