I finally got around to finishing off a new design for this site, complete with a couple of pages. If you’re usually reading this site from your feed reader or the Dashboard, give it a look in your browser.
I’m still kicking the tires and tweaking a few of the post styles. If you have any suggestions or critiques, my apprentice level skills would appreciate hearing them.
They do more than just work on their product … from time to time they get involved with what’s happening in the world, and do what they can to make things better. It’s not the first time either.
Today I donated $5 to enable the “heart-of-BP-executive black” in my Tumblr Dashboard. Each $5 donation is matched by Tumblr and goes to one of three organizations helping to deal with the oil spill.
Even better, Tumblr sends you an emails with more details on how you can contribute to the situation:
There’s still more you can do to help:
- Spread the word. Make sure your friends know how much is at stake, and encourage your community to donate. You have a blog, don’t you?
- Contact BP and your local government. BP must devote any resources needed to clean up this mess. We can’t let up.
- http://www.votesmart.org/official_local.php
- http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/inquiry/2931/
- Help your community reduce its dependence on oil. Buy local goods and produce. Bike and walk more. Take advantage of public transportation.
Helpful, thoughtful information. The last bullet point in the list really echos my feelings — although BP should be held accountable for their shoddy practices, I can’t help but think this type of disaster could come from any of the other deep water rigs out there.
The best solution is for all of us to consume less. Period.
Red Sweater Software - Scripts ⇾
Daniel Jalkut shares his collection of favorite Apple scripts.
These are a few of my favorite scripts - they make daily activities less frustrating and more productive.
These all look good, but a couple of them scratch itches I didn’t even know existed. Example: how perfect is the Convert-to-MP3 script for Tumblr users?
One of the better Tumblr theme creators out there, Matthew Buchanan, has released two new themes today. One is Solaris, shown here.
Overall, a very attractive theme and — like all of Matthew’s work — it displays great attention to the little details. Also, it comes with both a light and a dark option.
Now testing: Pages
You can now add static pages to your blog, with a few very useful options.
Sure wish I could Like this more than once … great addition to an already stellar platform.
I mentioned this on Twitter a couple weeks back, but it’s worth repeating here: I’m absolutely flattered to be listed with the sites above.
The new Dashboard. The crew at Tumblr never stop.
Unless you’ve only been following along here in the tumblr Dashboard or in a feed reader, you’ll have noticed that the design has been updated. I just wanted to say thanks to a couple of key contributors.
Theme: the tumblr theme I’m using is the recently launched Helvetica from the geniuses at MetaLab. I’ve tweaked it significantly, but it’s a great framework to start from.
Backgrounds: the lovely textured backgrounds are familiar — they are used on the Fusion home page. The talented Elliot Jay Stocks was gracious enough to allow them to be used here and I like the consistency between my personal site and my business home page.
Avatar: and I’ve got a nice new avatar for tumblr courtesy of Aaron Mahnke. So much better than looking at my face.
Icons: lastly, the gorgeous icons used here are the Social Media Icon Pack from Rogie King and Token by brsev.
