Why Posterous is Great!
Ever since I discovered Posterous I have become severely addicted but I couldn't really put my finger on why....until now. I randomly found myself browsing through youtube videos on my iPod Touch and came across the trailer for Crank 2 and thought that it was pretty cool and I wanted to put a link on Twitter to it but then I had a thought which defined my love for Posterous by just using my iPod Touch. The steps I followed were:
- Finding the YouTube link for the Crank 2 video
- I then put it into a email using my Gmail account added some text and sent it to post@posterous.com
- I then opened up Twitterfon where my Posterous link was waiting for me which allowed me to view my Posterous page
- I viewed my message on my Posterous page which converted my link into an embedded YouTube video where I could play it again
I imagine this all seems very trivial and possibly quite sad to some but it blew my mind linking all of those programs on my MOBILE device. It really is a joint love for my iPod Touch to be honest but the basic concept of using an email account to post to a blog is truly an inspired idea. Anyway that is my attempt to explain why I think Posterous is great :)
We always say, "Send us anything and we'll make it look good." So things like auto embedding just make sense to us.