Tag: twitpic
Web Tools: Multimedia
by Brad Johnston on Apr.27, 2010, under tech
I’m going to take a look at a couple of web tools in the Multimedia category: Posterous and Twitpic. I like these two sites as you can share photos quickly from your mobile phone.
Both sites are easy to use. My iPhone is capable of sending an email which is all it takes to post on either site. Posterous capacity is a little greater with being able to upload about any type of file such as photos, video, music, or a Word document while Twitpic posts just photos. Additionally, Posterous has an iPhone app.
As far as privacy goes, with Posterous, you can allow or disallow users to comment on your posts and/or password protect your posts. With Twitpic, you can keep your posts out of the public timeline and not allow others to tag your photos. I don’t have a lot of privacy concerns but it’s nice to have the options available should I later decide the need to hide certain posts from the public eye.
Twitpic and Posterous seems to be mostly used by individuals but is certainly not limited to only them. Businesses could utilize it to post coupons to their Twitter account or some other publicity or promotion. Me, I would just use it to post photos of things I find interesting enough to share with friends and family.
