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style="">OPLIN 4Cast #155: Posterous</b><br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">December 3, 2009, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span class="grame"><i><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">4casting technologies that could have an
impact on
public libraries.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></h1>
<p>Microblogging sites have been around for a couple of years, and
perhaps you
already have your favorite. A couple of months ago, <a
href="http://posterous.com/" target="_blank"
mce_href="http://posterous.com/">Posterous</a>
became available and it seems to be getting pretty good reviews.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>By simply e-mailing Posterous your update, it will create a blog for
you (if
you are new to the service) or will add to your existing Posterous
blog.
In addition, it will update your social media sites. Advanced users
can
also use their own domain names and blog themes.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>And of course, there's an app for that: <a
href="http://posterous.com/picposterous" target="_blank"
mce_href="http://posterous.com/picposterous">PicPosterous</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We created an account then sent a test picture. We confirmed the
desire to use the service (Posterous sent an e-mail with a link to
click on)
but then didn't see the update on Facebook. After digging for a while,
we
looked under "photos" (on the left hand side of my Facebook screen)
and sure enough, it was there! If we had simply sent text, it would
have
appeared as my status update. (Remember back in the day when Facebook
posted everything to your status update? Wait...that's a whole other
topic!)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This could be a handy way to post simultaneously to many sites. It
will be even nicer if this catches on and you can follow people from
their
Posterous accounts instead of Facebook AND Twitter AND LinkedIn AND
Flickr
AND....<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://mashable.com/2009/09/06/posterous-guide/" target="_blank"
mce_href="http://mashable.com/2009/09/06/posterous-guide/">HOW TO: Get
the Most Out of Posterous</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/posterous_real_time_blogging.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+readwriteweb+%28ReadWriteWeb%29&utm_content=Google+Reader"
target="_blank"
mce_href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/posterous_real_time_blogging.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+readwriteweb+%28ReadWriteWeb%29&utm_content=Google+Reader">Fast-Growing
Curation Service Posterous Now Publishing Real-Time Feeds</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/readwritestart/2009/11/the-battle-for-light-blogging.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+readwriteweb+%28ReadWriteWeb%29&utm_content=Google+Reader"
target="_blank"
mce_href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/readwritestart/2009/11/the-battle-for-light-blogging.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+readwriteweb+%28ReadWriteWeb%29&utm_content=Google+Reader">3
Great Light Blogging Tools Compared </a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/10/why-posterous-is-a-smart-tool.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+oreilly%2Fradar%2Fatom+%28O%27Reilly+Radar%29&utm_content=Google+Reader"
target="_blank"
mce_href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/10/why-posterous-is-a-smart-tool.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+oreilly%2Fradar%2Fatom+%28O%27Reilly+Radar%29&utm_content=Google+Reader">Why
Posterous Is a Smart Tool For Informal Government Blogging</a></li>
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