7 possible reasons to like Yahoo’s acquistion of Tumblr
Contrary to some users concerns, there are plenty of reasons to be excited for Yahoo’s purchase of Tumblr. Here’s 7 ideas I can think of how Yahoo could make Tumblr better by leveraging their own tech:
- More original photography and clearer attribution via Flickr. It’s easy to see how these two visually-oriented social media sites might work together, especially as Flickr has one of the better tools to share photos on Tumblr already.
- Better link sharing of Yahoo news content. One of my big pet peeves on Tumblr - unverified rumors spread more readily and don’t get corrected. Bringing in more professionally written news stories might lead to better conversations in the Tumblr-verse…
- Sharing chats straight from IM: wouldn’t it be cool (and more transparent) if you could import dialog straight form your IM window straight to Tumblr? Editing/formatting chats is cumbersome in the current version of Tumblr, but Yahoo already has it’s own popular chat service. They could even prompt a user to consent to sharing their discussion on the social site.
- “Ask me anything” could open up open-questions via Yahoo! Answers (a site which still gets a ton of questions). Call it “Ask us anything”, and I think it might open up conversations in a way which might be helpful to users.
Easier link sharing through Delicious.Too late for this one I’m afraid…- Mail/inbox integration. Not sure if anyone else wants an integrated inbox like this, but I think it’d be helpful to have more unified messaging systems all around, to reduce redundancy and clutter.
- Just leveraging the web/mobile engineering resources ought to make Tumblr better in the long run. In my wish list: bigger GIFs, larger image uploads, improved SEO, etc.
Some of these are more wishful thinking on my part, but I’m sure Yahoo put a lot more thought into how Tumblr fits into their overall strategy…
Blogger’s Dozen: My Top 12s of 2012
As another year comes to a close, I wanted to take a look back at the media that shaped my life during 2012, or at least a few of my favorites. Like most bloggers I love makings lists, and since my career is in communications and marketing I spend a lot of time watching, listening, reading, and playing with the latest media across devices; I’d like to think I’ve developed some critical experience (if not expertise), enough to make a few recommendations:
Read the full lists of Top 12s on MatthewHurst.com
Top 15 coffee-drinking professions. No surprise that PR/Marketing pros rank #2 on the list…
Pre-Internet Companies Rebranded As Modern-Day Start-Ups
Which names would you add to the list?
via wondertonic:
- StandrdOi.ly
- yoonyun pacificster
- genrl lectricly
- westinghouseable
Social Media burnout? I’m just getting started…
At some point this year I’ll reach these social media milestones:
- 1 year of pinning on Pinterest (since June 2011)
- 2 years photographing on Instagram (since October 2010)
- 3 years checking-in on Foursquare (since March 2009)
- 4 years photoblogging on Tumblr (since July 2008)
- 5 years Tweeting on Twitter (since September 2007)
- 6 years of status updates on Facebook (since November 2006)
- 7 years of social networking on various sites (Myspace, Consumating, etc) since January 2005
- 8 years blogging on various sites (since July 2004)
- 9 years politicking and meeting IRL on MeetUp (since October 2003)
- 10+ years publishing on the web
Also this blog post is #1000 on http://matthurst.tumblr.com marking a key milestone in its own right!
Things FoxNews has declared there is a “War On…”
- War on Christmas
- War on Marriage
- War on Easter
- War on Hanukkah
- War on Fall Holidays
- War on Halloween
- War of Fossil Fuels
- War on Salt
- War on the Constitution
- War on Sugary Drinks
- War on Spuds (vs. “nannystate”)
- War on Chocolate Milk
- War on Ladies’ Night
- War on Fishermen
War on WomenWar on Conservative Women
Things Wilco has declared there is a “war on”
11 Memes that were popular 5 years ago (in 2006)
Today I’m celebrating my 5-year anniversary with Miss Lauren Reid! Our first date was on opening night of “Snakes on a Plane” with about a dozen of her closest friends, and we spent long into the night discussing pop culture, music, and internet memes.
“Snakes on a Plane” shares a special place in my heart for this reason, although it was also one of the most anticipated internet memes ever, so I’d probably like it anyway. All this nostalgia for memes that were popular in 5 years ago got me thinking to make this list, a definitive record of shared cultural experiences from 2006:
- Myspace
- Hipster culture/Williamsburg, BK
- Nintendo Wii
- Amy Winehouse
- Second Life
- Mash-ups as a genre of music
- RIM Blackberry phones
- “Chronicles of Narnia” rap
- Al Gore + Global Warming (way to drop the ball, America)
- Snakes on a Plane
- YTMND.com
Looking at the list it’s easy to see how much has changed in 5 years, and personally how much I’ve grown up along with these changes. Not everything holds it’s cultural currency, but thankfully our relationship has endured. L
Google Plus Circles You Can Actually Use
Put me in a Circle, I’m on G+! It will be fun - I have no idea what I’m doing over there!
Bobby Hill explains the Pros and Cons of hosting a Carnival at the junior high school
The rare anonymous submission. How mysterious!
Things I’d like to-do before the End of the World
If the Rapture starts at the end of this week, here’s a few items on my to-do list to accomplish before then:
- Visit the Empire State Building (again)
- Water the plants
- Return books to library
- Call Mom
- Re-up on life insurance
- Beat level in Mario game I never get past
- Read Worst-case Scenerio Guide book series in it’s entirety
- Iron Shirts
- Listen to Beck’s “Midnite Vultures” all the way through (again)
Write a blog post(Update: DONE)
I can only speak for myself of course, but I fully expect to be back to work on Monday morning, and I don’t want these to-dos hanging over my head…
