I really don’t have to write a blog post and explain what Posterous is. These guys have made it SO simple, that even I got the concept within a minute. Basically all you do is email them, and they publish a blog post on the fly. You don’t have to bother logging in anywhere – just email post@posterous.com and you’re done! No need to register, they will create your new page as soon as they receive your first email.
Now I know what most of you are thinking; “Why do we need another blog? We’ve got Wordpress, which rocks”. This is true, but I don’t consider my Posterous page as a blog. I see it more as a tool to extend my online presence. Blog posts are blog posts, Posterous posts are my life. Where ever I am, or whatever I’m doing, I can snap a photo with my iPhone, email it, and share it with the world.
All the resizing gets done by Posterous, so you have nothing to worry about. This also goes for video and voice-memo’s too – everything will get neatly formatted and posted to your page.
Whoever subscribes to your Posterous page, gets instant updates on what you are sharing. There’s even an option to display a photo’s location on Google maps underneath a post. (Here’s an example; This morning’s breakfast in town.)
Oh, and what’s this? You’re complaining that you don’t want yet another web address? They thought of that too, you can simply redirect your page to whatever URL you want. I created a sub-domain for it. Works like a charm. At this point I am even pondering whether I should redirect my main URL to my lifestream page. Somehow a lifestream page seems so much more relevant to what I want to put online.
Another point that you could bring up is the fact that you’ve spend so much time on your current blog, and you’d hate to see it go to waste. Fear not – Posterous lets you import all of your blog’s content. You press a button, they do all the hard work. Interlebrities like Steven Rubel have already made the switch.
So besides all the obvious benefits, Posterous does more for you. As soon as you’ve emailed them a post, picture, video, or whatever, they can immediately share this on your Twitter, Facebook, Delicious, and many more social accounts. They make sure people will see what you are doing, and you don’t have to do anything for it!
I really think that services like this are shaping the way of the future online. My guess is that in a few years time, the majority of ‘average’ Internet users will be life-streaming themselves through applications like Posterous and Twitter. Facebook, Myspace and all those other networks will become a thing of the past if they don’t catch-up with these real-time trends.
*Disclaimer – I have not been compensated for this post/review in any way. Contact me if you feel the urge to pay me for it.
