Google Reader to Tumblr

Two ways to post directly from an RSS feed reader (Google Reader) to a Tumblr account:

1) From Userscript.org : A script allowing you to post with or without a form (using a keyboard shortcut). This must be the fastest way to dump something on a Tumblr account.

2) On August 12th, 2009 Google Reader added a feature enabling (extra geeky) users to customize the “Send to” function:

“We’ve made it easier to share posts you like to Blogger, Twitter, Facebook, and more, with our new “Send to” feature.[…] Just head over to the settings page, and enable the services you want to use. If your favorite service isn’t listed (and you’re feeling extra geeky), you can create your own “Send to” link with a URL template.”

I’m not using those myself for a simple reason: most of the things I found through my RSS feeds have already been reblogged and re-reblogged: original sources are missing and a little bit a research is necessary in order to be able to publish a post with adequate references.

For example, one may stumble upon this interesting “evolution of storage” infographic while browsing Boing Boing’s RSS feed. The name of the author is not mentioned in the Boing Boing post. It turns out that it was reblogged from Geekologie (still no mention of the original author) who reblogged it from Gizmodo. Gizmodo was kind enough to provide a working link to the Flickr photostream of Curtiss Spontelli, original creator of the infographic (who might have borrowed crucial elements from this infographic ad by Mozy). Only then it’s possible to create a post with adequate references. No keyboard shortcut in the world can solve this problem.