Everything old is new again...

So, this morning, I'm putting together a rough draft of a project for the boss, and I realize as I'm doing so that I'm basically writing a tumblelog. So, rather than re-invent the wheel (or at least to have a reference wheel), I go looking for other implementations of a tumblelog.

I stumble upon Myles Braithwaite's implementation, figure it's a good start, and start taking it apart.

And I realize it's exactly like the "newsvine" program I wrote for the startup I was hanging out with last year. I'm just re-implementing the wheel, again.

Well, at least this time I have reference source.

The lightbulb goes on!

An observation: Facebook and Tumblr are the exact same service under the hood. The only difference is the flow of notification signals, and the richness of appropriate handlers.

That richness makes all the difference.