Remember when I was having fun with Today’s Pencil, my other weird little website where I just stuck stuff that I thought was fun but not really worthy of a full on blog post?
Well, I do. And I was reminded of it today when I got a message that Posterous is shutting down…today.
It’s the Betacam to Tumblr’s VHS, apparently. Same idea, unsuccessful brand. Whatever. I hardly used it anyway, but still, I didn’t want to lose the fun little content I built over there.
So I made quick work of importing that site’s posts into this one, and so now I have 46 new/old posts that maybe not a lot of people have seen. It looks kind of funky, but here they are in their brand new category on this site: Today’s Pencil. Maybe the existence of a new category will prompt some creativity in my noggin.
Today’s Pencil features mostly photos with a kicky caption, like this one. But I also posted things I found interesting, like the origins of Mother’s Day, and a little poem-type thing I wrote.
If you happen to see this post today, on APRIL 3o, and you still have time to rescue your own Posterous material, you might try. It was pretty easy. I backed up Today’s Pencil following these instructions, and then I used the Posterous Importer plugin and tips from this handy video to import the posts into this site. Then I batch-recategorized all the posts under a new category – Today’s Pencil.
So, Today’s Pencil, everybody.
Posterous started out being a nice, simple solution for people who wanted an easy way to blog. Then they made the platform more “robust” (read: complicated) and attracted enough attention that Twitter did an “acqhire” and stripped out all the talent, leaving Posterous users to swing. Great reason to have a hosted blog. http://www.getlucid.net/2013/02/how-to-screw-up-an-acquisition-in-5-easy-steps/
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