I remember the days of the mix tape on my Sony Walkman. CDs and CD burners came along and made it even easier to record and share tunes. Then the web, Napster and the iPod completely revolutionized the concept of sharing music.
Today, YouTube unveiled Disco where users can create customized playlists using YouTube videos. Sounds to me like Informer, Parents just don’t understand, and Seven have just found their way back into my heart.
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Ross Douthat writes in the New York Times (Jan, 18), “For decades, they had watched their Republican rivals exploit alternative media to raise money, organize voters and whip up outrage. But the Internet was going to be different,” it was “for the young, the hip, the multicultural, the liberal. Let the G.O.P. be the party of Fox News. The Democrats would be the party of Google, YouTube and Facebook,” and “during the 2008 campaign, that’s exactly what they were.” Adds Douhat, “A year later, some of the Democrats’ advantage is still there. But it’s been crumbling ever since Obama took office.”
Read the entire article at NYTimes.com
Posterous.com lets you create a website simply by sending an email. Type and send to post@posterous.com and you will get an automated response message with a link to your new automatically created website. The website will include all information that you provided in your email (text, pictures, movies, music, documents, etc). You can then share the URL with friends and family or use it to solicit feedback from a work or school colleague.
Point blank there is no simpler way to post your files online. You don’t need to know HTML or understand how to get around a Content Management System (CMS). You don’t need to download any software or subscribe to any monthly payment plans. In fact, you don’t even to need to register for an account.
You can create a website by simply sending an email.
That said, you won’t fully appreciate the coolness of Posterous until you create an account and register your email address. You’ll then be able to aggregate your emails together in one website that you can brand. You can also attach your social media sites to your Posterous account to automatically post to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube every time you add relevant content to Posterous via email.
Check it out. Super cool. And super simple.
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