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The Posterous iPhone app, it could have been so great

I use Posterous and I love it, I use also an iPhone (3G) and that one I love too. The iPhone app of Posterous is however a bit of a disappointment, it can only do pictures. It disappointments me because this way the app adds no value at all. I can do more with the email app on the iPhone than I can do with the Posterous app.

Things I would like in the next version so I am more likely to use it:

Not autoposting to everywhere
There is no need for me that all my content is going to everywhere. The current app only supports 'all', I would prefer to select per post I do on Posterous to select to which other channels it should be distributed.

Text
I take pictures every once in a while, however I prefer to use either Flickr or mobypicture for that. Every once in a while I want to share a picture on Posterous and that works fine. However I am more a text guy, I like to put some sentences in a certain sequence and call it a blog. The current app doesn't support that, the horrendous mail app of the iPhone does.

Safari bookmarklet
The tool bookmark (an app for delicious) on the iPhone offers the option for creating a bookmark in Safari that enables you to share a site easily with the app. It would be great for Posterous to do that while browsing some sites on a too little window of your iPhone

Subscriptions
I love to know what the people are posting on Posterous, especially of the blogs I subscribed at. Would be great to be able to take a look in the Posterous app to see what the new updates are in my subscriptions

My Posterous
As a proper web2.0 narcissist I would like to know how things are going at my little at Posterous, views, favorites, but also comments (and to option to reply at those comments) would be really great.

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Posted August 30, 2009
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Posterous is the only good thing you can do with e-mail

Besides an easy introduction to social media for the digital illiterated, e-mail is also a service that is not blocked in most offices or countries (while something like Facebook or YouTube is often blocked). E-mail to certain domains is hardly ever blocked, and at almost every device that has an internet connection you will have the possibility to send an email to Posterous and distribute your content.

But still: it's e-mail. So it's a bit uncool.

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Posted July 25, 2009
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Posterous: being cool by using the uncool

A week ago I had mixed feelings about Posterous. And now I know why: Posterous uses a way that distributes its content that is uncool. Simple: sending email is not something the cool kids do, everybody is sending email daily. Therefore my first feelings about Posterous was that it was totally uncool. We are struggling with immense amount of emails (with only a small percentage that is really useful) and than there is Posterous, a new service that seem to be email centric.

However by using such an uncool medium as email, Posterous is cool. It is a really easy way to send your content to a lot of networks. Everybody can email, and email is not a service that is blocked in most offices or countries (while something like facebook or youtube is often blocked). I still think Posterous is a bit uncool, however it is a brilliant way to post to all your networks. Email to certain domains is hardly ever blocked, and at almost every device that has an internet connection you will have the possibility to send email.

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Posted July 5, 2009
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Mixed feelings about posterous

In a way I do like Posterous, however I still have some mixed feelings about it. It is a great way to have a central distribution platform that mainly is driven by emails. However I don’t know if I need / want such a platform. The only way to find out, is to try it for a few weeks. The concept is great, but I really do not know yet if it fits me.

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Posted June 28, 2009
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