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Tumblr is to Imagery as del.icio.us is to URLs

In Weblog on 4 April 2007 tagged croutons, del.icio.us, Links, sxsw, tumblr with 3 comments

In his now-famous style of ranting at SXSW this year, Bruce Sterling berated the incessant flows of information on the web, saying it's, "like watching you get beaten to death with croutons".

I'm inclined to agree that sometimes it can all be a bit much. But I also don't care - I've got a lot of personal enjoyment and utility out of posting links to del.icio.us, and it seems like a lot of other people get value from reading them - either directly, or on aggregate.

I've been trying out Tumblr recently and I'm thrilled that it's allowing me to do the same thing but with images and videos, and the occasional quote. It's a very free and easy way to keep track of things I think are noteworthy. It turns out I don't want to find most of these things again, so the lack of tags and other things is fine - a blessing, even. If you're the kind of person who likes a steady stream of croutons, feel free to read along at randometc.tumblr.com.

When life gives you lemons, suck 'em, honestly, lemons taste awesome. When the web gives you croutons - feast!

SxSW Interactive, Saturday March 10th

In Weblog on 18 January 2007 tagged conferences, Flickr, for:feed.stamen, Mapping, OpenStreetMap, panels, stamen, swearing, sxsw, Talks, Weblog with no comments

Just a quick note to say that on Saturday March 10th I'll be appearing at SxSWi in Austin, Texas as part of a panel convened by Flickr/geoblogger's Rev Dan Catt entitled "Mapping: Where the F#*% Are We Now?". In the fancy SxSW panel picker, Dan's proposal read:

"Last year online mapping was emerging, now it's everywhere; on your mobile, in your camera, on your wearable head-up display, in your location aware clothing, even on paper and in your kids. Which of those did I totally make up? Guess it's time to check in with those people who actually make maps, merge virtual and real worlds at location flux points, and, you know, put maps online."

It sounds great! I'll be wearing both my old, trusty OpenStreetMap hat and my new, fancy Stamen hat, which should make for an interesting balancing act.