tumblelog

plural tumblelogs

1. InternetA microblog, especially one on the Tumblr microblogging service.First known use 2005

   For a concrete example, imagine you've created a Tumblelog, which is like a weblog but with many small posts of different types.

   2006, Chad Fowler, Rails Recipes, Raleigh, N.C.: Pragmatic Bookshelf, →ISBN, page 195

   4 more examples

   Tumblr, launched in March, allows users to publish digital files or brief blog posts to a single online location, dubbed a tumblelog.

   2007, The Deal, volume 5, page 26

   Twitter and tumblelogs work equally well in this case. However, blogging and longer forms of writing are still important for communicating complex or longer ideas.

   2009, Gavin Bell, Building Social Web Applications, page 133

   Sue Weston details her current artwork. “It’s called 'Magpie.’ I stand in Daley Plaza, jotting down the things people say into their cells. Then I post it on a tumblelog. Amazing, what people will tell a street full of strangers.”

   2010, Richard Powers, Generosity, New York: Picador, →ISBN, page 10

   At the same time as maintaining activity on my tumblelog, I was communicating with other bloggers outside the group, collaborating with other teachers at my own institution, reflecting alone and reading both online and on paper.

   2011, Dr Kay Irie, Dr Alison Stewart, Realizing Autonomy