I’m not sure if you have noticed but recently a lot of people have been posting various forms of multimedia content to their Twitter stream with the short url http://post.ly. That short url redirects to Posterous.com a Y Combinator startup that launched a little over a year ago. Posterous isn’t just a short url or multimedia content platform, it’s a social network, blogging platform that integrates with other platforms that allow you to post content via email and more. You can use Posterous as your blog which some have see: Steve Rubel , as a life-stream site or just post random pictures and photos to push to Facebook, tumblr or your other blogs.
At SXSW 09 Kipp Bodnar and I had a chance to meet and interview the founders Gary Tan and Sachin Agarwal about Posterous and upcoming plans for the platform. Also some have wondered how do you pronounce “Posterous” listen very closely as you’ll here it once from Sachin.
In the video the founders talk about how easy it is to use Posterous and upcoming plans for the platform.
Since SXSW I’ve created a Posterous site and configured it to post to a various social networks. As the founders stated in the video being that you can use email to post to Posterous I send pictures from my iPhone to my site. But since I have purchased the iPhone 3Gs I have used Posterous as a podcasting platform by emailing a voice recording message or for video blogging as I can send audio and video emails to Posterous and it automatically adds the necessarily embedded player.
If you thinking that Posterous is just another one of those here today and gone tomorrow startups, I suggest you take a look at some of the users and think again. Posterous users range from everyday bloggers to leaders in the social media marketing and technology space. Here are a few Posterous sites from users who you may recognize:
- http://chrisbrogan.posterous.com
- http://andybeal.net
- http://tedmurphy.mobi
- http://rah.posterous.com
- http://bwana.posterous.com
- http://ginnyskal.posterous.com
- http://georgegsmithjr.posterous.com
- http://idonotes.posterous.com
- http://jasonfalls.posterous.com
- http://jakrose.posterous.com
- http://tweetdeck.posterous.com
- http://ijustine.posterous.com
- http://holykaw.com
Recommended reading: Ten Tips to Get the Most Out of Posterous
Do you have a Posterous site if so let me know the url in the comments and how are you using it.
