Comments on: Something for the Weekend #8: the easiest blogging platform in the world: Posterous http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2008/07/04/something-for-the-weekend-8-the-easiest-blogging-platform-in-the-world-posterous/ A conversation. Wed, 23 May 2012 15:16:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Yermosi http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2008/07/04/something-for-the-weekend-8-the-easiest-blogging-platform-in-the-world-posterous/#comment-5906 Yermosi Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:15:11 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=1159#comment-5906 I’ve read several of the articles on your blog currently. And I really like your style of blogging. I added your site to my favorites blog site list and definitely will be coming back shortly. Take a look at my blog also and tell me how you feel. I’ve read several of the articles on your blog currently. And I really like your style of blogging. I added your site to my favorites blog site list and definitely will be coming back shortly. Take a look at my blog also and tell me how you feel.

]]> By: Desculpe a Poeira » Blog Archive » “99 coisas que aprendi sobre blogar” http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2008/07/04/something-for-the-weekend-8-the-easiest-blogging-platform-in-the-world-posterous/#comment-5905 Desculpe a Poeira » Blog Archive » “99 coisas que aprendi sobre blogar” Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:37:47 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=1159#comment-5905 [...] 4 - First knowledge, then analysis, then ideas. [...] [...] 4 – First knowledge, then analysis, then ideas. [...]

]]> By: A handy list to read to myself on the bus each morning at Sean Yeomans Consulting http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2008/07/04/something-for-the-weekend-8-the-easiest-blogging-platform-in-the-world-posterous/#comment-5904 A handy list to read to myself on the bus each morning at Sean Yeomans Consulting Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:24:54 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=1159#comment-5904 [...] First knowledge, then analysis, then ideas. [...] [...] First knowledge, then analysis, then ideas. [...]

]]> By: Nachrichtenfluss » Blog Archive » 1000 Dinge die ich über das Bloggen gelernt habe http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2008/07/04/something-for-the-weekend-8-the-easiest-blogging-platform-in-the-world-posterous/#comment-5903 Nachrichtenfluss » Blog Archive » 1000 Dinge die ich über das Bloggen gelernt habe Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:55:28 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=1159#comment-5903 [...] Zuerst Wissen, dann die  Analyse, dann die  Ideen. [...] [...] Zuerst Wissen, dann die  Analyse, dann die  Ideen. [...]

]]> By: 1000 things I’ve learned about blogging | Online Journalism Blog http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2008/07/04/something-for-the-weekend-8-the-easiest-blogging-platform-in-the-world-posterous/#comment-5902 1000 things I’ve learned about blogging | Online Journalism Blog Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:19:03 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=1159#comment-5902 [...] First knowledge, then analysis, then ideas. [...] [...] First knowledge, then analysis, then ideas. [...]

]]> By: Get webpages emailed to you (Something for the Weekend #11) | Online Journalism Blog http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2008/07/04/something-for-the-weekend-8-the-easiest-blogging-platform-in-the-world-posterous/#comment-5901 Get webpages emailed to you (Something for the Weekend #11) | Online Journalism Blog Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:18:51 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=1159#comment-5901 [...] fact, you could set up that email address to forward emails to a service like Posterous, so you auto-blog those [...] [...] fact, you could set up that email address to forward emails to a service like Posterous, so you auto-blog those [...]

]]> By: Jon Hickman http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2008/07/04/something-for-the-weekend-8-the-easiest-blogging-platform-in-the-world-posterous/#comment-5900 Jon Hickman Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:18:45 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=1159#comment-5900 Wow Garry thanks for the update I'll be keeping an eye out for the updates. if you're on twitter come and find me twitter.com/jonhickman or please drop me a line on email via my web link so you can keep me updated. Just been back and updated my profile to make the link work :) Wow Garry thanks for the update I’ll be keeping an eye out for the updates. if you’re on twitter come and find me twitter.com/jonhickman or please drop me a line on email via my web link so you can keep me updated.

Just been back and updated my profile to make the link work :)

]]> By: Garry Tan http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2008/07/04/something-for-the-weekend-8-the-easiest-blogging-platform-in-the-world-posterous/#comment-5899 Garry Tan Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:01:01 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=1159#comment-5899 Hi friends, Thanks for the great writeup. About the bugs: 1) The hyperlink in the profile is fixed. 2) Pulling in photos from Flickr individual photo links will be supported later today, and galleries are coming. 3) Email these days is surprisingly supportive of large media types. Gmail just upped their upload limit to 20 megabytes, for instance. You can fit up to 50 or 100 photos depending on your resize level in that. We're working on supporting drag and drop upload through the standard web-based way as well. 4) Coming today. 5) Coming very soon. We focused on email first but obviously you need a way to manage them once they're up. 6) Also coming soon, probably a bit after 5. So the other thing I wanted to mention is that even as we're getting better on the blogging front, we also want to become THE way you post to all the rest of your social media. I am sick of having to click the Browse > Upload button 5 times for each of the sites I visit just to get a photo online, e.g. once each for Flickr, Facebook, MySpace, my Wordpress blog, and Twitter a la twitpic. Posterous will let you post to all those with one email with a photo attachment. That's a lot easier, and I think others will think so too. Think of it as a reverse Friendfeed. We just launched last week with the minimum feature set so that we could get better with as much feedback from great users and potential users like yourselves. Give us a few weeks and things will look even better. Best wishes, -Garry cofounder, posterous.com Hi friends,

Thanks for the great writeup.

About the bugs:
1) The hyperlink in the profile is fixed.

2) Pulling in photos from Flickr individual photo links will be supported later today, and galleries are coming.

3) Email these days is surprisingly supportive of large media types. Gmail just upped their upload limit to 20 megabytes, for instance. You can fit up to 50 or 100 photos depending on your resize level in that. We’re working on supporting drag and drop upload through the standard web-based way as well.

4) Coming today.

5) Coming very soon. We focused on email first but obviously you need a way to manage them once they’re up.

6) Also coming soon, probably a bit after 5.

So the other thing I wanted to mention is that even as we’re getting better on the blogging front, we also want to become THE way you post to all the rest of your social media.

I am sick of having to click the Browse > Upload button 5 times for each of the sites I visit just to get a photo online, e.g. once each for Flickr, Facebook, MySpace, my WordPress blog, and Twitter a la twitpic. Posterous will let you post to all those with one email with a photo attachment. That’s a lot easier, and I think others will think so too. Think of it as a reverse Friendfeed.

We just launched last week with the minimum feature set so that we could get better with as much feedback from great users and potential users like yourselves. Give us a few weeks and things will look even better.

Best wishes,
-Garry
cofounder, posterous.com

]]> By: Jon Hickman http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2008/07/04/something-for-the-weekend-8-the-easiest-blogging-platform-in-the-world-posterous/#comment-5898 Jon Hickman Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:29:13 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=1159#comment-5898 Yeah you'll need to look out for those SMS charges :) I think the viability is just idle conjecture on my part: until we know what the upgrades are of course. The thing is that the more technically skilled you are it opens up more choice for you. I can tweet via my phone, and pull that into any number of places with relative ease. I can send blog posts with pictures via flickr using my phone. I can set up wordpress to work via email, and therefore via my phone. So to get my dollars they'll need to find a killer app that makes my life easier, or that I can't do any other way. So I'm probably not the target market unless the upgrades are really really neat. The question therefore is will the people who don't feel comfortable with other more hands on ways of doing things actually value the upgrade? I do overall though really like the idea and the way it works, so much so that I really want to find a way to use it! Yeah you’ll need to look out for those SMS charges :)

I think the viability is just idle conjecture on my part: until we know what the upgrades are of course.

The thing is that the more technically skilled you are it opens up more choice for you. I can tweet via my phone, and pull that into any number of places with relative ease. I can send blog posts with pictures via flickr using my phone. I can set up wordpress to work via email, and therefore via my phone. So to get my dollars they’ll need to find a killer app that makes my life easier, or that I can’t do any other way.

So I’m probably not the target market unless the upgrades are really really neat. The question therefore is will the people who don’t feel comfortable with other more hands on ways of doing things actually value the upgrade?

I do overall though really like the idea and the way it works, so much so that I really want to find a way to use it!

]]> By: paulb http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2008/07/04/something-for-the-weekend-8-the-easiest-blogging-platform-in-the-world-posterous/#comment-5897 paulb Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:56:11 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=1159#comment-5897 Jon, if you look at Flickr or LibraryThing or SurveyMonkey or any of the other 'freemium' based websites, 99% of users only use the basic features - it just takes 1% to pay for upgrades to make it work. You're also assuming a static target market who will not change - instead there's a good chance that some part of that audience will become hooked or successful and want to do more. I imagine one obvious route will be to allow people to buy domains (just as Wordpress does) and take a commission. Also, given Posterous' mobile potential I can see them attracting a more savvy user base that likes that angle. A one-off fee to be able to post via SMS, for example, would be something I might pay for (assuming my operator didn't charge...) Jon, if you look at Flickr or LibraryThing or SurveyMonkey or any of the other ‘freemium’ based websites, 99% of users only use the basic features – it just takes 1% to pay for upgrades to make it work. You’re also assuming a static target market who will not change – instead there’s a good chance that some part of that audience will become hooked or successful and want to do more. I imagine one obvious route will be to allow people to buy domains (just as WordPress does) and take a commission.

Also, given Posterous’ mobile potential I can see them attracting a more savvy user base that likes that angle. A one-off fee to be able to post via SMS, for example, would be something I might pay for (assuming my operator didn’t charge…)

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