Thursday, January 31, 2008

The Next Web 2.0 Phenomenon: Tumblr

If anybody has a chance to be the next big sensation in Web 2.0, Tumblr has a chance. What is Tumblr, you may ask? I'll let Tumblr tell you, per Tumblr's website:

To make a simple analogy: If blogs are journals, tumblelogs are scrapbooks.

You can also look at tumblelogs as slightly more structured blogs that make it easier, faster, and more fun to post and share stuff you find or create.
This is the response Tumblr has in their FAQ section in response to the question "What is a tumblelog?". For more on Tumblr, check out the page on their site called "Why you'll love Tumblr".

If you still want to know more about Tumblr, you're in luck. Here are four articles about Tumblr, in chronological order, that will fill all your curiosities:

October 26, 2007 from Silicon Alley Insider
"Tumblr's Million Dollar Man"

November 1, 2007 from Mashable
"A First Look at Tumblr 3.0"

January 15, 2008 from The New York Observer
"Would You Take a Tumblr With This Man?"

January 30, 2008 from Silicon Alley Insider
"Tumblr Growing: 180K Users, 720K Daily Pageviews"

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