There’s a lot of Tumblr graveyard sites. Abandoned blogs that never reach their first post. I stumbled upon UNSENT UNSENT today. Fingers crossed it doesn’t become one. I’m as intrigued as they are with words that go unshared.
We’ll still flying coach…
Two Year Anniversary Humblebrag
Around two years ago, Ryan and I started this blog with the simple goal of channelling our lifetime passion for sports. After two weeks we grew our followers to double digits. The audience was small but it was an audience and it kept us going. Now, two days shy of our two year anniversary, we’re creeping on 10,000 followers! *Tebowing with thanks*.
We jumped into the sports media game (and Tumblr) unaware that the industry was changing. With the help of Twitter and Tumblr, independant sports publishers are making a name for themselves. Humbly, that’s what we’re trying to do with The Tickr and we have a few things in the pipeline that we hope will do just that.
With the help of our new recruit, Steven LeBron, we’re going to start creating original sports content. It all starts tomorrow with a new feature we’re calling 3 in the Key. On a weekly basis, Steven LeBron will focus on three relevant basketball plot lines and package it all up in one post worth pondering. From there we plan on building out more, yet to be determined, original content features — thoughts, viewpoints and opinions you won’t find anywhere else but here at The Tickr.
We’ve come a long way since January 4th, 2010 but we have an even longer way to go. Our vision for 2012 and beyond is strong and we look forward to rolling it out to you. Thank you for making our humble sports blog mean a little something. We’re still flying coach but we’re sitting next to cute blondes who read Those Guys Have All The Fun.
Barack Obamic on The Mark News
Happy to announce my Barack Obamic column on The Mark News. The Mark is Canada’s daily online forum for news, commentary, and debate. Somehow, with the help of @totj, we convinced them that Barack Obamic aligns with their publishing guidelines. Thanks to The Mark for rolling with Obamic!
After lots of hard work and eggnog, we’re excited to finally launch FilltheKettle.com!
One of the projects I’ve been working on for The Salvation Army - FilltheKettle.com. Powered by Tumblr and Google Maps.
Traditional Media Is Having A Field Day On Tumblr
“A big media website is kind of this formal, corporate space,” said Coatney, “in which interaction, if it happens at all, takes place on this really unequal arena. News sites present their stories, and then, at the most, maybe they’ll let their readers respond in a lesser space. Tumblr is a level playing field, and because of that you get a much better discussion and engagement with your readers, which is vital in building a community around your publication.”
Tumblr’s new archive view is impressive. I could redirect people directly to it, to give them a better understanding of the type of things I’m into. A greater visual representing of Jer, if you will. View it here.
noahkalina: I am posting this photo I took of David Karp, the guy who created Tumblr, wearing a Tumblr t-shirt, on my Tumblr.
