1. Tumblr Tutorial
PHIL 139 - Technologies of Self
technologies-of-self.tumblr.com

2. What is Tumblr?
A quick, easy way to
post and share
multimedia content
Think: combination of
blogging and Twitter
Brief, frequent posts
Image-heavy

3. Why Tumblr for this
class?
Connect course material to what you
encounter outside the classroom
Provide writing prompts
A place to post content that doesn’t
quite fit in the course blog, but is still
related to the class discussion

4. Logging in
http://tumblr.com/login
Username:
Info on course site (link)
Password:
Info on course site (link)

5. Posting Content
Tumblr supports these content
types
Click on any to add/edit/publish

6. Tips for posting to
Tumblr
Photos, video, and audio are popular
If you’re posting text, keep it concise. There’s a
“read more” feature that keeps text from
dominating space
Links are appreciated. Remember to cite sources
if possible

7. When posting...
If you would like to attribute
text to a website
Tags help to sort/search content

8. Ways to post
Browser
Mobile

9. Tumblr Examples
Mixing images and text (click to visit)
dearphotograph.com quotevadis.com