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Tumbleblogs are all the craze right now and I’ve heard a lot of people trying to figure out new ways to get one other than simply signing up and tumblr.com. For those who do not know what a Tumble blog are,

A tumblelog is a variation of a blog, that favors short-form, mixed-media posts over the longer editorial posts frequently associated with blogging. Common post formats found on tumblelogs include links, photos, quotes, dialogues, and video. Unlike blogs, this format is frequently used to share the author’s creations, discoveries, or experiences without providing a commentary. - Wikipedia

So a tumbleblog or tumblog can be easily described as just an aggregator for all of your online identities and interests.

While I had a Tumblr blog  I never really saw the benefit of having just another site act like a blog and without comments but now I see their purpose; to aggregate and share of your online identity.  And I noticed that I’m already doing it through Google Reader.

 How I created my Tumbleblog:

First off you have to use Google Reader

Second you have to start “sharing” your items

If you find an article you want to share, simply press the share button at the bottom of the item or press shift-s and the item will now be marked ’shared’ and will be added to the site Google will create for you.

To get to your new tumblog: 

Click on “Shared Items”

and your url is here

Google provides many other options to broadcast your shared items for you including RSS and an option to add it to your existing site.

What about other items? Specifically your own or items that aren’t in RSS.

To handle all of my own items, I subscribe to my own feeds (it’s a good idea just to make sure your feed is working properly) and  then mark them for sharing.

For all the items that aren’t already in RSS, I use del.icio.us to bookmark those pages and mark them with a  tumblog tag which I subscribe to through RSS and mark them the same as the rest through GR.

Pretty basic I know but know you have a simple tumbleblog and just because you don’t think it’s appropriate for yourself others might. I love subscribing to people’s shared items, I just wish people would make them more available.