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July 12, 2009
 

Posterous gives me warm feelings

When looking for a web service, if I can't get an Open Network Service then at least I want one that will give me back what data I put in.
 
That's what's particularly delightful about finding Posterous' API — I know I can write code to take everything I put into it and get it out again. And the RSS feed generated for my Posterous site is rich with metadata. So, happy me.
 
Posterous is currently free. For the record, as I can't get my hands on its source code, I think I'd be a bit more comfortable paying for the service than using it for free. I've certainly paid for services that are way less useful and well executed.

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July 12, 2009
 

Posterous: Blogging the Easy Way

Posterous uses email for posting, which is very nice. You can’t make text links, but you can still have links in your post by pasting a URL in the email
via thesmallwave.com

Found this, after some searching on how to format URLs in Posterous. It's a bit disappointing, as I can make links from Apple Mail's rich text edit, or even if Textile style formatting of inline links were supported it would be nice.

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