I am writing this post downstairs in the living room while watching a cracking football match on the telly. That in itself is not terribly impressive (I’m just trying to establish a setting). However, the reason why I’m writing this post at all is because I’m using Gmail on Posterous as opposed to a traditional CMS like Blogger or WordPress.
There are those who believe that the days of the e-mail are numbered. That there is no place for POP3 this and SMTP that in a Web 2.0 world. Posterous, may give exponents of that theory pause for thought.
Dear Posterous,
According to redduffman, all I need to do in order to post a blog is send you an e-mail. Please reply confirming that he is a lying cad and a bounder.
Regards,
A skeptical reader with fantastic taste in blogs.
Now check your Inbox… and there you go.
Of course if you do set up an account, there is an impressive array of services available including auto posting to existing blogs, dragging text, pics and videos, automatic podcast syndication etc etc. Adding tags is easy as you just include them in the body of your e-mail (tag: Posterous, Social Networking, Blogs).
The scalability and simplicity of Posterous is what’s making it the platform du jour among hard core bloggers and social networkers alike. Better still, it is a fantastic tool to use for introducing people who are new to blogging and web publishing.
Thanks for your write up. I especially enjoyed “Posterous offers a Web 1.0 approach but with a 2.0 result”
I’ve always hated it when products move to the web just for the sake of being on the web. People put up with tools that are inferior to the desktop alternatives just because being on the web is hip and cool.
The web is a great place to share things with others. it’s a great destination. but it’s not necessarily where you will find the best tools to actually create the content you want to share.
So we decided to use email, which is available everywhere, understood by everyone, and already does everything you need for blogging.
Thanks again, and let us know if we can do anything for you!
Sachin Agarwal
Cofounder, Posterous.com