introducing tumblr
14 February 2011
I wanted to (officially) let y’all know that I’ve started a Tumblr blog at www.jasonmulgrew.tumblr.com.
So here’s the story.
If you’ve been reading here for a while, it had probably become apparent to you that I could no longer continuing blogging the way I had in the past. The demands of my 9 to 5 job, as well as the commitment required to write (and later promote) a book, left little time or energy for 10,000 words a month about poop/my bird/being fat/drinking a lot. Throw in the complete lack of inspiration I had in Los Angeles (since I went out about fifteen times while living there for eighteen months) and boom – we were in a bad spot here at jm.com.
This bummed me out, but there wasn’t much I could do about it, I thought. I never wanted to stop doing the blog, but after six years and 1.7 million words (!!!), I wasn’t sure what the next step was. So recently, a friend suggested a start a Tumblr blog.
If you are not familiar with Tumblr, it is a microblogging platform that allows users to post text, images, videos, links, quotes and audio (description swiped from their Wiki page). What appealed to me most was that it was quick and easy, and allowed for both short-form posts – a picture with a caption, for example, or something like a glorified Facebook or Twitter update – as well as longer stuff about, well, poop/my bird/being fat/drinking a lot.
So just after the new year, without telling anyone (secrets!!!), I started the Tumblr blog with one goal: to determine if I still had any semblance of my fastball, to see if I could still blog again. Not like the old way, mind you, but in a new, fun way, one that both I enjoyed doing and that I thought you guys would enjoy reading.
And after a month of secretly doing the Tumblr blog, I thought it was going pretty well. I was inspired by the usability of Tumblr, where I’ve been able to easily post pics, like of my nephew Liam and the most bonerizing moment of my 2010 (safe for work), as well whole (Six) songs on there, like purdy ones by Neko Case and Ron Sexsmith or songs that you should listen to while high by Blitzen Trapper. Feeling good, I went ahead and posted some of the Tumblr stuff from January on jm.com (backdating the posts), and for the past two weeks or so I’ve been updating both in real time. Thus, I’m back (relatively-speaking).
Going forward, I will continue to post regularly (and in real time) to both jm.com and the Tumblr blog. Some posts will appear on both blogs. Some of the shorter stuff will appear only on the Tumblr blog. Some of the longer stuff will appear only on jm.com. You can check one blog or both – but not neither, thankyouverymuch.
And as corny as it sounds, I do feel reinvigorated. The ship has sailed on multiple 3,000 word posts a month, but that doesn’t mean I can’t help you kill some time at work by taking a picture of my bird in the shower and riffing on that for a good bit. (I’m kidding! Fortunately, it hasn’t come to that yet. Check back in April.)
In the meantime, you keep reading and I’ll keep writing. We’ve got a pretty good thing going.
Hugs,
Jason
So here’s the story.
If you’ve been reading here for a while, it had probably become apparent to you that I could no longer continuing blogging the way I had in the past. The demands of my 9 to 5 job, as well as the commitment required to write (and later promote) a book, left little time or energy for 10,000 words a month about poop/my bird/being fat/drinking a lot. Throw in the complete lack of inspiration I had in Los Angeles (since I went out about fifteen times while living there for eighteen months) and boom – we were in a bad spot here at jm.com.
This bummed me out, but there wasn’t much I could do about it, I thought. I never wanted to stop doing the blog, but after six years and 1.7 million words (!!!), I wasn’t sure what the next step was. So recently, a friend suggested a start a Tumblr blog.
If you are not familiar with Tumblr, it is a microblogging platform that allows users to post text, images, videos, links, quotes and audio (description swiped from their Wiki page). What appealed to me most was that it was quick and easy, and allowed for both short-form posts – a picture with a caption, for example, or something like a glorified Facebook or Twitter update – as well as longer stuff about, well, poop/my bird/being fat/drinking a lot.
So just after the new year, without telling anyone (secrets!!!), I started the Tumblr blog with one goal: to determine if I still had any semblance of my fastball, to see if I could still blog again. Not like the old way, mind you, but in a new, fun way, one that both I enjoyed doing and that I thought you guys would enjoy reading.
And after a month of secretly doing the Tumblr blog, I thought it was going pretty well. I was inspired by the usability of Tumblr, where I’ve been able to easily post pics, like of my nephew Liam and the most bonerizing moment of my 2010 (safe for work), as well whole (Six) songs on there, like purdy ones by Neko Case and Ron Sexsmith or songs that you should listen to while high by Blitzen Trapper. Feeling good, I went ahead and posted some of the Tumblr stuff from January on jm.com (backdating the posts), and for the past two weeks or so I’ve been updating both in real time. Thus, I’m back (relatively-speaking).
Going forward, I will continue to post regularly (and in real time) to both jm.com and the Tumblr blog. Some posts will appear on both blogs. Some of the shorter stuff will appear only on the Tumblr blog. Some of the longer stuff will appear only on jm.com. You can check one blog or both – but not neither, thankyouverymuch.
And as corny as it sounds, I do feel reinvigorated. The ship has sailed on multiple 3,000 word posts a month, but that doesn’t mean I can’t help you kill some time at work by taking a picture of my bird in the shower and riffing on that for a good bit. (I’m kidding! Fortunately, it hasn’t come to that yet. Check back in April.)
In the meantime, you keep reading and I’ll keep writing. We’ve got a pretty good thing going.
Hugs,
Jason
