![]() With few exceptions (e.g., Swarts 2016), writing research about those mobile devices has focused mostly on the use of social network services (such as Facebook, Twitter, and FourSquare) or specific mobile features like GPS (global positioning system) and geomapping. But from the mid-2000s onward, "computer" for many people has meant either a smartphone or a tablet device-a machine that runs a mobile operating system and relies on a touch or voice-based input system. Much of that work, however, is firmly centered in the world of desktop computing-a place where "computer" means a device with a screen, an attached keyboard, a mouse or trackpad, and a desktop operating system like Windows, Mac OS, or Linux. Many writing researchers have met Manovich's call and examined a broad range of contemporary writing technologies, from the first word processors, to multimodal composing technologies, to social network services, to algorithms. Manovich uses cinema history as a way to warn about the digital computer and his concerns about the direction of analytical work at the time-or "speculations about the future rather than a record and theory of the present" (6–7). Instead we are left with newspaper reports, diaries of cinema's investors, programs of film showings, and other bits and pieces-a set of random and unevenly distributed historical samples" (6). "Unfortunately," he later continues, "such records do not exist. I am perpetually dissatisfied with the state of blogging here in the 2020s."I wish that someone in 1895, 1897, or at least 1903, had realized the fundamental significance of the emergence of the new medium of cinema and produced a comprehensive record," Lev Manovich (2001) writes in the Language of New Media. I keep thinking I’ll post longer, more polished, and thoughtful articles to my Wordpress blog, but it never seems to be a good time to do that. My Wordpress blog seems to be fallow at the moment. I do a lot of copy-and-paste between the three places. Tumblr, Twitter, and Facebook seem to be my primary blogging platforms nowadays. ![]() Tumblr is dead easy to use, you don’t have to worry about administering the site and it’s just in general a nice blogging platform, once you get used to a few technical quirks that are easy to get used to. We can even hope for an Apple-in-the-2000s-type renaissance for it! I’m optimistic we’ll see some changes in Tumblr. They knew it was a fixer-upper when they got it. ![]() People are there because they like it.Īutomattic acquired Tumblr in 2019 and they seem to be in it for the long haul. Nobody’s building their personal brand on Tumblr. On the other hand, you can get your own domain on Tumblr, and in that way keep the weirdos at arm’s length.Īnd Tumblr’s sketchy reputation acts as repellent for the grifters and self-promoters. Tumblr has had a bumpy corporate history, and at times it seemed to be on the verge of shutting down. If you’re an adult on Tumblr, you’ll get the side-eye. Tumblr has a very sketchy reputation in the wider Internet community. However, many people will be uncomfortable with the Tumblr community. I am a weirdo myself, even though my corporeal self is a normie middle-aged corporate dude. I like it and feel like in my heart I fit right in. If somebody has resisted its gravitational pull until now, I strongly suggest they just stay away.Īlso great: Tumblr, with a few things to watch out for: I’m very active on Facebook but I don’t feel great about it. Or Facebook, but you’re selling your soul to the devil if you use Facebook. I think the best option for someone looking for a no-hassle personal blog host might be to just blog on Twitter.
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