Why I Switched to Posterous
So why is a Drupal front-end developer/themer web designer opensource guy switching his blog over to Posterous?
Because It's about using the right tool for the job. Using a powerful CMS for a micro-blog is overkill, and although I'm a web designer, it's refreshing to use someone else's design for a change. There are a lot of great resources out there, and one of the keys to good development is finding and implementing the right solutions for your objectives.
Posterous recently jumped from a micro blog to a social space with some new added features.
- I like that you can publish blogs (with images) directly from an email client - this isn't new but really useful.
- I like that there are newly improved themes as opposed to the prior boring posterous base theme
- You can create spaces for private/public groups
- It has commenting built in (ahem... unlike tumblr)
- The import blog feature? haven't tried that yet but if it works that would be sweet
- The UI is very intuitive
- Mobile app access to your spaces
- Using a custom domain seems easy enough
The only downside to using these services like Posterous & Tumblr is that the content isn't stored in your own DB like a wordpress install. But it works for the specific content I am writing here, since it is information that will eventually be obsolete anyway.
Honestly, I like where Posterous is headed, and this makes for a perfect notepad in the cloud.