Why Posterous rocks !!
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Today I came across an interview with Posterous founder Sachin Agarwal, I remembered that Navin Kabra of PuneTech had posted some blog entry from posterous. It wasn't his regular blog site. At that time I kinda ignored that fact thinking, must be one more "free" blogging platform. But after reading the interview with Sachin today, I realized that Posterous is more than just a blogging platform. So I decided to create a Posterous account.
I'm sure everyone can think of USP for Posterous, but for me it is that fact that I can use email and Posterous folks will take care that my post "looks good". Now I would not have believed it otherwise, but considering that the founders have worked 6 years at Apple, I have a certain confidence in them making things "look better".
While my other two blogs are focused on a specific topic(s) (at least initially) I'm not going to restrict my posterous site to anything in particular. I think that is liberating. Past several days, I was thinking about a blog post, that did not fit into any of the two categories I blog about (Technology - Open Source to be specific - and continuous improvement) I think Posterous is very good place for this.
As noted by Posterous founder - it's main strength is in publishing the media easily, and to make it look good. I'm not much into publishing photos and videos online (just yet) but who knows, posterous might change that.
Why Posterous rocks !!
- Email is easy, natural
- Email is omnipresent - While I still can't email from my mobile (speed issue than capability of the device) the day isn't too far. In that case, I'm not restricted to publishing a post only when in front of a computer. I already tweet from my cellphone (and love it)
- Most email clients are very powerful, and have at least basic HTML editing capabilities. So your post wouldn't look like post from '70s. (and on top of that, Posterous promises to make it look good anyway)
- I can focus on the contents. Seriously. Lot of times, when publishing on Wordpress, I keep focusing on "looks".
- With Add ons like Zemanta, I can also add "value" to my emails. When Zemanta first suggested Addon for the browser, it didn't make any sense to me. I was using it as plugin for WP till then. But now, it makes a lot of sense. Seriously, if you haven't used Zemanta, you should give it a try.
- With Gmail's latest addition of typing email in Indian languages, I will be able to blog in my native language as well (and hope that Posterous renders it properly)
