{"id":16338,"date":"2012-06-07T10:41:18","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T08:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=16338"},"modified":"2012-06-07T10:41:18","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T08:41:18","slug":"wordpress-tumblr-and-thinking-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/06\/07\/wordpress-tumblr-and-thinking-behind\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress + Tumblr, and thinking behind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Matt Mullenweg<\/a>, insightful as always:<\/p>\n

While the tech press often likes to paint companies in a similar market as competing in a zero sum game, the reality is that all are growing rapidly and services feed each other and cross-pollinate more than anyone gives them credit for.<\/strong> Tumblr built a dashboard reader product that has tons of pageviews and lots of followers, which can provide distribution for blogs much in the same way Facebook and Twitter do. (Its 85%-on-dashboard-centric usage looks more like a social network than a blogging network, actually.)\u00a0WordPress has fantastic content that people on Tumblr love, and Tumblr has a rich and diverse content and curation community that can drive new visitors to WordPress \u2014 it\u2019s like peanut butter and chocolate<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s true that\u00a0we\u2019re becoming simpler and more streamlined\u00a0and it\u2019s a process driven by our design vision and our community, not what any particular competitor is doing<\/strong>.\u00a0WordPress has always flourished because it\u2019s a hassle-free digital hub \u2014 a home on the web you can control, customize, and truly own due to the fact that it\u2019s Open Source software. WordPress is the antidote to walled gardens.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Matt Mullenweg, insightful as always: While the tech press often likes to paint companies in a similar market as competing in a zero sum game, the reality is that all are growing rapidly and services feed each other and cross-pollinate more than anyone gives them credit for. Tumblr built a dashboard reader product that has … Continue reading WordPress + Tumblr, and thinking behind<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,62,1334,60],"tags":[29,2912,1152,3025],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-16338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-technology","category-web-work","category-wordpress","tag-blogging","tag-open-source","tag-social-networks","tag-tumblr"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22703,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2014\/10\/22\/amazon-aws-advent-calendar\/","url_meta":{"origin":16338,"position":0},"title":"Amazon AWS Advent Calendar","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"October 22, 2014","format":"link","excerpt":"Amazon AWS Advent Calendar - this Tumblr blog covers a variety of Amazon AWS related topics in a nice and short series of posts. \u00a0It's a bit dated - from the end of 2012 - but most of it still applies.","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":22070,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/25\/cat-vs-bird-chart\/","url_meta":{"origin":16338,"position":1},"title":"Cat vs. bird chart","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"June 25, 2014","format":"image","excerpt":"Via this Tumblr.","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"cat_vs_bird_chart","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/cat_vs_bird_chart-495x500.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":26352,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/16\/fotojet-online-photo-editor\/","url_meta":{"origin":16338,"position":2},"title":"FotoJet – online photo editor","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"August 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"FotoJet is yet another online photo editor. \u00a0Like many others it provides a simplified user interface for manipulating images. \u00a0Two things in particular that I liked about this service are collages and social media banners. 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