andypiper’s posterous

Another content sink

I've recently found that some of my social net connections are actively using Posterous and it brings me back to wondering why I've not yet got into it.

On the one hand, it's just another "sink" - after my blog, Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, and anywhere else I might spread my content. On the other, folks like Leo Laporte sing its praises... and when I look at my Tumblr http://andypiper.tumblr.com that has become not a lot more than a continuous feed of my delicious tags, with the occasional "quotation" post.

So, what should I use this for? Whilst I can see the convenience of emailing updates, I'm used to my offline blogging clients, where I have a lot more control of the layout and content. I'm already seeing a major shift in my online behaviour towards more "streaming" sites like Twitter for link sharing rather than forming whole posts around things.

On balance, though, it's good to be here, especially now that I find more of a network with some great material to explore. Let's see how it unfolds.

Still getting to grips with Posterous

One reason I'm still preferring Tumblr is that FriendFeed can aggregate Tumblr stuff, but not Posterous stuff. On the other hand, Posterous allows comments, and has some really cool image and music publishing features.

It's an ongoing mental debate.

The finest TV sci-fi cliffhangers

1. Star Trek: The Next Generation "The Best of Both Worlds, part 1" (end of season 3)
Jean-Luc Picard captured and converted into a Borg. Borg en-route to assimilate Earth. Will Riker confronts his captain and says the words "Mr Worf - fire."

2. Babylon 5, Z'ha'dum (end of season 3)
"If you go to Z'ha'dum, you will die"... just as the audience has completely invested in the character of John Sheridan and the series has really gotten into its stride... Sheridan jumps into the abyss and the thermal fusion weapon-filled White Star crashes into the planet.

3. Dr Who, The Stolen Earth (penultimate episode of "new" season 4)
Universe about to end. Davros resurrected. Earth stolen into a space/time pocket. Daleks everywhere. Realities collapsing. The Doctor and Rose about to reunite... the Doctor is hit by a Dalek's extermination ray... collapses in the TARDIS and starts to regenerate.

Wait, doesn't Posterous compete with Tumblr?

I like the concept of sending any file or content to Posterous by email, and the address is nice and easy to remember.

It's worth noting that Tumblr lets me post via email too, though.

To prove the point I'm going to check and post this to both services :-)

Interesting idea, blogging by email

One of the interesting things about Twitter has been the way in which its simple, multichannel interface has enabled it to grow rapidly (some might say too rapidly and too far).

So can blogging by email work well? this is certainly an intriguing concept.