Pen vs. Sword

It’s true, the pen is mightier than the sword.

About a year ago, Tumblr had a service which allows you to compare trends – the popularity of keywords across all their tumblogs. I can’t find the service today, but thought I’d post this graph I created last year. As you can see, the pen (green) was clearly mightier than the sword (blue) in this sample from July 22 – August 5, 2009. Another search (not shown) revealed that the iPhone outstripped both pen and sword.

Since no units are marked to expres the difference, it’s impossible to tell whether thousands of tumblr-using bloggers prefer the pen to the sword, or if it’s only a handful.