… because Google Reader’s Shared Items is just too eye-blindingly ugly (and not nearly as flexible).

I had kind of forgotten how much I like Tumblr: apart from the looks, there’s posting per bookmarklet or per email, markdown support, javascript support - beats Wordpress.com for me.

The platform is, of course, not quite as open as WP, which is what put me off before. But with an API that takes seconds to figure out, that at least lets me take my bits out freely, I’d say it’s just open enough. How’s this for a backup handle: ./api/read - dead simple.

Anybody else keen to jump ship? (See the big “+” button ;))