Re: ANyone use Posterous? Apparently it's shutting down

2013-02-20 Thread Walt
On 2/17/2013 12:13 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 17/2/13, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Looks like April 30 will be the last day for Posterous. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57569726-93/posterous-the-tumblr- challenger-that-wasnt-shutting-down-april-30/ That's a real poo! Do

Re: ANyone use Posterous? Apparently it's shutting down

2013-02-20 Thread Bruce Walker
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/17/2013 12:13 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 17/2/13, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Looks like April 30 will be the last day for Posterous. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57569726-93/posterous-the-tumblr-

Re: ANyone use Posterous? Apparently it's shutting down

2013-02-19 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 4:32 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: ignoring that big philosophical question, the most solid answer is to own a domain, set up a content management system, and get a hosting contract; you then have complete control, and can move it to another host if

Re: ANyone use Posterous? Apparently it's shutting down

2013-02-19 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013, David J Brooks wrote: On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 4:32 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: ignoring that big philosophical question, the most solid answer is to own a domain, set up a content management system, and get a hosting contract; you then have complete

Re: ANyone use Posterous? Apparently it's shutting down

2013-02-19 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: On Tue, Feb 19, 2013, David J Brooks wrote: On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 4:32 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: ignoring that big philosophical question, the most solid answer is to own a domain, set up a content

Re: ANyone use Posterous? Apparently it's shutting down

2013-02-19 Thread Bong Manayon
Hmmm... I guess it was timely I migrated whatever it was I had in posterous and moved it to my blogspot account. I actually liked posterous but I already had my name pointed to blogspot. On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 1:16 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Looks like April 30 will be

Re: ANyone use Posterous? Apparently it's shutting down

2013-02-18 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Looks like April 30 will be the last day for Posterous. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57569726-93/posterous-the-tumblr-challenger-that-wasnt-shutting-down-april-30/ -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia

Re: ANyone use Posterous? Apparently it's shutting down

2013-02-18 Thread John Sessoms
From: steve harley on 2013-02-17 11:13 Steve Cottrell wrote On 17/2/13, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Looks like April 30 will be the last day for Posterous. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57569726-93/posterous-the-tumblr- challenger-that-wasnt-shutting-down-april-30/ That's a

Re: ANyone use Posterous? Apparently it's shutting down

2013-02-18 Thread steve harley
on 2013-02-18 9:14 John Sessoms wrote I guess by inference you should look for one of the services that's already been absorbed by the whim of tech mergers and bean counters. that might mitigate your risks somewhat, but i wouldn't trust any free service, so make sure you use a service that

ANyone use Posterous? Apparently it's shutting down

2013-02-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Looks like April 30 will be the last day for Posterous. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57569726-93/posterous-the-tumblr-challenger-that-wasnt-shutting-down-april-30/ -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: ANyone use Posterous? Apparently it's shutting down

2013-02-17 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 17/2/13, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Looks like April 30 will be the last day for Posterous. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57569726-93/posterous-the-tumblr- challenger-that-wasnt-shutting-down-april-30/ That's a real poo! Do the cognoscenti know a decent alternative? --

Re: ANyone use Posterous? Apparently it's shutting down

2013-02-17 Thread Jostein Øksne
- Original Message - From: Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv That's a real poo! Do the cognoscenti know a decent alternative? I suspect they all stink. Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: ANyone use Posterous? Apparently it's shutting down

2013-02-17 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks for the heads up. I have my diner blog on Posterous, ( http://dinerdan.posterous.com/ )but I haven't posted anything there for quite a while. When it was taken over by Twitter, I concluded the end was in sight. It was very convenient to use, and it is sad to see it go. I need to move

Re: ANyone use Posterous? Apparently it's shutting down

2013-02-17 Thread Bruce Walker
I think that Tumblr is the nearest equivalent. I believe you can even post to Tumblr via email, which was one of Posterous' selling points. I liked Posterous' relatively clean native look and you can achieve that by using one of Tumblr's free themes, like Minimalist. Tumblr's pretty flexible. I

Re: ANyone use Posterous? Apparently it's shutting down

2013-02-17 Thread Doug Brewer
On 2/17/13 12:16 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Looks like April 30 will be the last day for Posterous. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57569726-93/posterous-the-tumblr-challenger-that-wasnt-shutting-down-april-30/ Yeah, right after Twitter bought it I had some technical issues which I thought

Re: ANyone use Posterous? Apparently it's shutting down

2013-02-17 Thread steve harley
on 2013-02-17 11:13 Steve Cottrell wrote On 17/2/13, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Looks like April 30 will be the last day for Posterous. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57569726-93/posterous-the-tumblr- challenger-that-wasnt-shutting-down-april-30/ That's a real poo! Do the