It’s been about a month (I guess; too lazy to look back and verify) since I migrated Vox Bomb to Tumblr.  In that month, I’ve noticed an interesting shift in the way I’ve managed the blog.

Because Tumblr is a giant, eclectic community, there is a lot of information and media to be found, and with the number of people I’ve followed, there’s never a shortage of interesting things to discover and share.  Tumblr excels at this, better than most other blogging sites I’ve used (such as LiveJournal or Blogger).  It’s blogging for the Twitter crowd and those with ADHD.  It’s the most “social” blogging platform I’ve seen.  Short bursts of thought, pictures, quotes, and music.  Occasionally, there’s the longer piece.

Before, I would get stuck for things to write about.  Sometimes, there’d be great weeks; if I was reading a lot of books and discovering new tunes, I’d have plenty of material to draw from.  But sometimes, due to work and life, I’d get into a reading funk or can’t listen to as much music.  That’s where the grind can kick in and you wonder what to write about.   Before I’d average about a post a day, maybe two.  Now, I’ve adapted to the prevalent style on Tumblr, namely bite-sized posts.  I try to vary the posts; I’ll see if there are two or three posts that I’ll reblog from people I follow.  I’ll intermix that with two or three posts of my own, either my photography, the latest column over at Inside the Circle, links, videos, reviews, or music.  I’ve taken the tagline for the blog - Marauding the Pop Culture Hive Mind - and pushed it to its logical conclusion.  The stream of pop culture and media, of things I find interesting, has formed the core of Vox Bomb.  In a way, it’s liberating, since I find it easier to share stuff and in a way, being more “me”.  It’s harder, though, because I can’t gauge how well others are receiving it.  It’s also hard because I need to balance it with thought pieces and content longer than a sentence or two.

I don’t regret moving to Tumblr; in fact, it has been a boon and very convenient.  It hooks into Twitter and Facebook with ease; it’s dead easy to capture information quickly thanks to the bookmarklet I use in Google Chrome; and I don’t have to mess with plug-ins and upgrades.  I get way, way more discussion regarding my posts on Facebook than I ever did before with WordPress + WordBook.

So, for those reading, please provide feedback.  How do you like (or not like) the changes?  I am open to all feedback.  Don’t be shy. ;-)