Wow, is this the year of new and alternative blogging platforms? Does everyone have a vision for a new system and application? Perhaps, and we’re only half-way through the year. Yikes. I can’t help but try the new systems and even though it eats up a lot of my time I think it’s valuable to see what innovation is being developed by thoughtful developers and designers. Check this visual overview of system that’s very similar to Roon, except it’s much more mature and has a business model already:
Posthaven Introduces Galleries, Yawn.
Galleries. Who doesn’t love galleries? We use them all the time here and with some of the new carousel options for thumbnails and the like it’s getting pretty slick to use it via Jetpack and the many other plugins out there that’ll give you those features. But WordPress isn’t the only one thinking galleries, some like Posthaven are introducing their version and it’s not too bad, right?
Never Switch Again – Choose WordPress First!
TechCrunch shared some news that made me crack a big smile as I read it: In the past 30 days alone, 15 million posts have been imported into the platform [WordPress.com]. The top two services that tend to migrate to WordPress are Blogger and Tumblr, Mullenweg tells me. And then there is Posterous. It’s neat to see how many people are finding WordPress as a go-to solution for their blogging needs and yet how many try another service first, either out of ignorance of WordPress’ existence or because they didn’t feel like it “solved” their felt needs. But I wish more […]
Posterous Gone, Posthaven Here? Roll Your Own?
Fascinating how blog platforms come and go, right? As many of you have been made aware, Posterous has gone the way of the deadpool and will be permanently closed in less than 2 months time: On April 30th, we will turn off posterous.com and our mobile apps in order to focus 100% of our efforts on Twitter. This means that as of April 30, Posterous Spaces will no longer be available either to view or to edit. Right now and over the next couple months until April 30th, you can download all of your Posterous Spaces including your photos, videos, […]
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