Emerging Technology Post # 3

Hey there! I decided to focus on Tumblr as my Third emerging technology.

I would first like to say - I'm 100% addicted. It's kind of a problem.

It looks completely different than any other social networking site I've seen. To sign up, you enter your email address, a password & what you want your URL to be. I chose vivant-ensemble. It seems to have become my default url. There are 7 options for posting - Text, Photo, Quote, Link, Chat, Audio or Video. If you choose to not post your first post immediatly, it then walks you through personalizing your blog: through adding a Title (mine is "You Musn't Give Your Heart To A Wild Thing"), a profile picture & if you choose, a new layout. They give you the basic tumblr layout. Once you do this, it encourages you to begin "following" people. If you follow them, anything they post appears on your homescreen. If you know the person's URL or username, you can easily follow them.

I discovered I had multiple friends who are using tumblr, so I now follow all of them. I've posted nearly every type of post I could - I focus mainly on text, pictures & audio however.

Despite it looking completely different from any other social network site, it really is quite easy to use. I've discovered that this tends to be where the more artisty types gather. I follow alot of people who I feel post beautiful pictures they find online, and I've now become addicted to finding beautiful pictures. There's also alot of band talk on tumblr - photos from concerts posted, and stories traded about.

I actually started using this at the time of the first emerging technology post, a few weeks before because I forgot it had to be over podcasting.

Like I said previously - I'm completely addicted to it now.

My site is http://vivant-ensemble.tumblr.com
I haven't told alot of my friends about it, simply because I tend to post things that are more personal to me & reveal alot about how I'm currently feeling.