Comments on: The Promise Of WordPress 3.1 – Easy

By: Nobody Should Feel The Need To Rent Their Web Presence - Zeek Interactive

Nobody Should Feel The Need To Rent Their Web Presence - Zeek Interactive — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:57:32 +0000

[...] the best of both worlds. I’ve been banging on this drum for several years to no avail. The promise of WordPress 3.1 was supposed to be “easy.” And it didn’t deliver. Here we are two years later and [...]

By: Minor Tweaks and Minimal Tweets

Minor Tweaks and Minimal Tweets — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 22:31:23 +0000

[...] occasionally go looking for solutions, and run across posts like this one where clearly, I was not the only one longing for a kick-ass bookmarklet for WordPress from the iPhone (and you’ll notice I [...]

By: Hamish

Hamish — Tue, 10 May 2011 11:25:19 +0000

Useful post – I don’t find Tumblr very useful and Twitter takes some getting used to but it is quick!

By: Jeff Hester

Jeff Hester — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:34:09 +0000

I setup a Tumblr account but haven’t actively used it. I do use Twitter, so if you lump Tumblr and it’s ilk into the micro-blogging category, then I suppose that’s my preferred platform for quick shares. There is a consumption issue. Reading tweets isn’t as visual as it should be. Links to videos or images should show up inline (as they do on Tumblr). The iPad Twitter app does this a bit better, but my favorite app for browsing tweets is Flipboard, where images, videos and even web pages show up inline.

I see your point about WordPress getting close to the mark. Using WordPress to do what Tumblr does is never going to be as simple as Tumblr, mainly because WordPress does so much more. But I personally like the idea of having a little more control over my content. Not everyone cares, or has the desire to manage their own WordPress site, but for those that do, it’s not that much work.

The better bookmarklet? It will come. Post formats are brand new. By not adding too much structure to the capability, it leaves the door open for developers to get creative. In the next few months (weeks even) we’ll see some innovative approaches to the problem that might not have been considered if The Solution was built-in to 3.1.

My $0.02 worth.