Posterous.com is (from my lack of real research) a very new blogging-like platform that I can email into, and I like that. Perhaps something similar can be done with WordPress? I dunno. But there’s something about it I like, perhaps the spontaneity and simplicity and that I don’t have to host it and update it from time to time. Maybe it’s just a scratch pad for me to warm up to writing more regularly again. Most likely I’m buying time til I come up with a better plan and design for this blog. Whatever it takes to keep words coming out.
Only a few Posterous posts so far. The latest is What I learned from emptying my dishwasher, which I almost didn’t publicize. But thanks to a few keen Twitterers who I shared it with, it grew a couple of legs and showed up on at least one site. Anyway, perhaps it’s just a more informal version of this blog. Perhaps it’s just a “fat Twitter post.” It feels a little different, and that’s good enough. For now anyway.
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Hey, Bruce,
Bob and I were trying to figure out the Posterous thing the other day. I went in to comment on your dishwashing post (I’m one of those weird ones who actually think about and write my comment before I enter it in the box. But it seemed that I had to have my own blog on Posterous to comment? I was a little confused and didn’t feel like registering something new, so I clicked away.
I was thinking that Posterous might be just another way to get your blog posts more visibility. Can you just set something up and post the same stuff you are putting on your regular blog? I guess I should stop being so lazy and just visit the site and check it out.