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]]> By: Martin Koss http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/07/28/why-is-posterous-the-platform-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-14523 Martin Koss Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:28:28 +0000 http://siliconangle.com/ver2/2009/07/28/why-is-posterous-the-platform-of-the-future/#comment-14523 How can you knock HTC... Tut tut. Ok, clearly I'm an 'Android/HTC' fan so I'm going to jump in here and say that I think, when you said "You can do just about everything with an HTC Touch as you can with an iPhone - the difference is that there's millions more ways to use the iPhone and upgrade the user experience, and the HTC has virtually no developer support and thus limited ways to upgrade the user experience." you obviously prefer an iPhone over anything by HTC or perhaps with the Android OS... Have you seen the Android Market? Have you used an Android phone? There are plenty of apps and you can certainly "upgrade the user experience" substantially. As for "HTC has virtually no developer support and thus limited ways to upgrade the user experience", perhaps you haven't been involved much with the Android OS or HTC developer communities but - albeit not as big as the iPhone community - it does exist. Check it out, try one for a while if you get the opportunity. They are getting better with every incarnation of hardware and the software. The biggest annoyance with the HTC or Android phones is the staggered updates to the OS. There's a lot of phones in the stores and warehouses that have old OS installed and most people don;t know how to update them. So in that respect, the iPhone community wins hands down because of the massive support there is out there. My last comment is about "hype", I think you said something like "bottom line, I don't get the hype"... That puzzled me really because I don;t think 'Posterous' has had a lot of 'hype'. Lets face it, the Internet is full to the brim of over-hyped this and that but as far as I recall I quietly happened upon Posterous by chance and don't recall ever having read any hyped up BS about it. It's an option for people who want to cross-post, publish simple bits and pieces without having to learn "how to do it". And, it does just that - very nicely. All the best. PS: Good post though. I like a good debate and it is helped by us all having different opinions. Cheers. How can you knock HTC… Tut tut. Ok, clearly I’m an ‘Android/HTC’ fan so I’m going to jump in here and say that I think, when you said “You can do just about everything with an HTC Touch as you can with an iPhone – the difference is that there’s millions more ways to use the iPhone and upgrade the user experience, and the HTC has virtually no developer support and thus limited ways to upgrade the user experience.” you obviously prefer an iPhone over anything by HTC or perhaps with the Android OS…

Have you seen the Android Market? Have you used an Android phone? There are plenty of apps and you can certainly “upgrade the user experience” substantially. As for “HTC has virtually no developer support and thus limited ways to upgrade the user experience”, perhaps you haven’t been involved much with the Android OS or HTC developer communities but – albeit not as big as the iPhone community – it does exist. Check it out, try one for a while if you get the opportunity. They are getting better with every incarnation of hardware and the software.

The biggest annoyance with the HTC or Android phones is the staggered updates to the OS. There’s a lot of phones in the stores and warehouses that have old OS installed and most people don;t know how to update them. So in that respect, the iPhone community wins hands down because of the massive support there is out there.

My last comment is about “hype”, I think you said something like “bottom line, I don’t get the hype”… That puzzled me really because I don;t think ‘Posterous’ has had a lot of ‘hype’. Lets face it, the Internet is full to the brim of over-hyped this and that but as far as I recall I quietly happened upon Posterous by chance and don’t recall ever having read any hyped up BS about it. It’s an option for people who want to cross-post, publish simple bits and pieces without having to learn “how to do it”. And, it does just that – very nicely.

All the best. PS: Good post though. I like a good debate and it is helped by us all having different opinions. Cheers.

]]> By: Martin Koss http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/07/28/why-is-posterous-the-platform-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-14522 Martin Koss Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:17:06 +0000 http://siliconangle.com/ver2/2009/07/28/why-is-posterous-the-platform-of-the-future/#comment-14522 I can see this thread became a bit of an 'argument' and I certainly don;t want to fuel that but, I have to agree with Andrew; "it's a whole lot of work to "hobble together" what works instantly on Posterous" and "they're not inventing anything new. They're just making what was there work more easily"... I think you've summed up the ease and attraction of Posterous. Ok, perhaps it doesn;t offer all the widgetery you can have with your own hosted WP blog but let's be honest, you have to be extremely knowledgeable, tech-minded and have a heck of a lot of time on your hands to build a WP (self-hosted) blog. The trutyh is that there are not many features in a WP blog "right out of the box" and that explains why so many WP blogs all look like, well, blogs... Andrew, again you're right (IMO) when you say "Think of all the steps and plugins you'd need to have Wordpress access your posts via email and then send them to Twitter. Most people can't do that." I can see this thread became a bit of an ‘argument’ and I certainly don;t want to fuel that but, I have to agree with Andrew; “it’s a whole lot of work to “hobble together” what works instantly on Posterous” and “they’re not inventing anything new. They’re just making what was there work more easily”… I think you’ve summed up the ease and attraction of Posterous.

Ok, perhaps it doesn;t offer all the widgetery you can have with your own hosted WP blog but let’s be honest, you have to be extremely knowledgeable, tech-minded and have a heck of a lot of time on your hands to build a WP (self-hosted) blog. The trutyh is that there are not many features in a WP blog “right out of the box” and that explains why so many WP blogs all look like, well, blogs…

Andrew, again you’re right (IMO) when you say “Think of all the steps and plugins you’d need to have WordPress access your posts via email and then send them to Twitter. Most people can’t do that.”

]]> By: Data Portability and Lies, Damned Lies « The SiliconANGLE http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/07/28/why-is-posterous-the-platform-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-2163 Data Portability and Lies, Damned Lies « The SiliconANGLE Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:36:30 +0000 http://siliconangle.com/ver2/2009/07/28/why-is-posterous-the-platform-of-the-future/#comment-2163 [...] in July, I had just about hit the absolute limit on the amount of fawning over the Posterous platform I could take, from the likes of Steve Rubel, Robert Scoble and Wayne Sutton. All of them indicated that they [...] [...] in July, I had just about hit the absolute limit on the amount of fawning over the Posterous platform I could take, from the likes of Steve Rubel, Robert Scoble and Wayne Sutton. All of them indicated that they [...]

]]> By: Rahsheen http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/07/28/why-is-posterous-the-platform-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-569 Rahsheen Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:25:50 +0000 http://siliconangle.com/ver2/2009/07/28/why-is-posterous-the-platform-of-the-future/#comment-569 Maybe you tried to setup different services than me (I'm only posting to 7),<br>but it was as simple as putting in a URL and my username/password. There was<br>no "pasting of codes" or anything like that. I think Facebook may have the<br>most complicated setup, but it's still just a bunch of clicking and with FB,<br>that can't be avoided.<br><br>Even assuming WP and friends can be set up to autopost to all these<br>different services in 3 steps or less, it's still going to be easier for the<br>average person with Posterous. Less steps. Maybe you tried to setup different services than me (I'm only posting to 7),
but it was as simple as putting in a URL and my username/password. There was
no “pasting of codes” or anything like that. I think Facebook may have the
most complicated setup, but it's still just a bunch of clicking and with FB,
that can't be avoided.

Even assuming WP and friends can be set up to autopost to all these
different services in 3 steps or less, it's still going to be easier for the
average person with Posterous. Less steps.

]]> By: Sachin http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/07/28/why-is-posterous-the-platform-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-556 Sachin Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:32:30 +0000 http://siliconangle.com/ver2/2009/07/28/why-is-posterous-the-platform-of-the-future/#comment-556 We do have an api:<br><br>posterous.com/api<br><br>And while you do have to register and setup autopost once, it sure is great to be able to post from home, work, mobile, anywhere from email without having to login to anything or worry about that kind of rich media i can send. We do have an api:

posterous.com/api

And while you do have to register and setup autopost once, it sure is great to be able to post from home, work, mobile, anywhere from email without having to login to anything or worry about that kind of rich media i can send.

]]> By: Sachin http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/07/28/why-is-posterous-the-platform-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-555 Sachin Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:30:13 +0000 http://siliconangle.com/ver2/2009/07/28/why-is-posterous-the-platform-of-the-future/#comment-555 Mark, we do have an API. And the API has full export that lets you get your data out. We would never lock you in:<br><br><a href="http://posterous.com/api" rel="nofollow">http://posterous.com/api</a><br><br>Mark, do you have an iPhone? Mark, we do have an API. And the API has full export that lets you get your data out. We would never lock you in:

http://posterous.com/api

Mark, do you have an iPhone?

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