hi, im mcdavis

Yesterday I decided to start playing with the Dashboard API and created a Dashboard RSS Generator with it.

This will

• Take the 50 most recent posts from your Dashboard and put them into an RSS feed.
• The feed can then be plugged into an RSS reader (Google Reader) or an email program (Outlook) to have people’s posts imported.
• Most RSS readers cache the content for you, so if Tumblr is down, you’ll still have some posts to check out.
• Audio and video posts should play in mosts RSS readers.

This was mostly because I was bored, so I don’t know that anyone will be interested in using this or trying it out, but feel free.  I’m sure I’ll think of better uses for the API over time.

* note - because of the way Tumblr’s authentication works, I have to save your password to be able to access your dashboard. If you’re worried about storing your password elsewhere, don’t use this.

If you run into a bug or have troubles with it, comment on the post or email me (mcdavis@gmail.com).