Tumblr is a popular short form blogging service; it was founded by David Karp in 2008 and has grown since then to 3 million plus “publishers”. The number one reason to use tumblr as a blogging platform is that it’s really really simple, like even my cat could use it.

Here’s what Tumblr has to say about Tumblr…

“Tumblr lets you effortlessly share anything. Post text, photos, quotes, links, music, and videos, from your browser, phone, desktop, email, or wherever you happen to be. You can customize everything, from colors, to your theme’s HTML.”

Get started. Register as a user. Tumblr’s registration should be a model for all. It takes thirty seconds and skips on asking your blood type and your mother’s maiden name. Easy.

Once you’ve registered you’ll want to name your Tumblelog. If you change your mind you can change the name later. Tumblr uses a dashboard setup, and if you’re familiar with wordpress you’ll either find it’s simplicity refreshing or leaving you wanting more.

Tumblr will allow you to post a picture, text, video, link, or song from your desktop or mobile. It will also syndicate that message to twitter and/or facebook. In other words it makes sharing your, or someone else’s, content really easy. The other great thing is custom themes. Tumblr allows you to choses form hundreds of custom themes to completely change the look and feel of you r tumblelog.

Following and being followed…

If someone is following you, your posts will show up in their dashboard feed similar to the news feed in facebook or twitter. This makes keeping up with what your friends are doing/saying pretty easy.
Tumblarity is tumblr speak for popularity. Tumblr is a bit of a social network as well as blogging platform, as it allows you to follow other people and vice versa. If your tumblarity goes up, it means you have more people viewing and interacting with your posts.

Sign up for tumblr, and get blogging. It’s free (and there are no ads)!!!