EGO

For the record, I have been using several blogging platforms during the years. At the moment, I am publishing stuff at:

Squarespace

• EGO Sole Trader
• GOT-Tea-Party

Wordpress

• TeaParty.nu

Tumblr

• AtlasAnd
• Objective Argentum

Blogger

• EGOist

Posthaven

• Americanized

Posterous

• EGO (and now backed up on ego.posthaven.com)

It is interesting to read two different stories on how Posterous came about and what happened after Twitter acquired the company. It seems that Sachin Agarwal had the idea that Posterous should had stayed as a simple micro-blog tool for photos, similar to how I use the Martin Lindeskog's Tumblelog on Tumblr as a scrapbook and bulletin board.

From Sachin Agarwal's post, Play by your own rules – via Medium: 

A great story about the Gowalla vs Foursquare battle. Can’t say I don’t see a ton of similiarities here with what happened with Posterous. 

I started the company with an idea around mobile photo sharing using email. It was chasing the competition that took us down the route of blogging. 

Blogging platforms already had a known feature set, a known set of success metrics, known competitors. It’s easier to enter an existing market as an underdog, than it is to do something truly new and unique. 

(Isachin.com, March 6, 2013.) 

I think it is room for several types of new media content creation tools. Many have declared the death of the blogosphere, but personally I think it will still be the main hub in the future. And if Garry Tan of Posthaven will keep his promise of keeping the blogging process clean and simple, and that you will be able to store the material "forever," it could become the safe haven for plenty of blog posts in the future...

Safe Haven Official Trailer

For more information on Posthaven, read Matthew Guay's post, Interview with the Posthaven Team, Making a New Home for Posterous Blogs. I agree with Garry Tan's notion on that you should pay for using an email service like Gmail. 

Sachin Agarwal picked Wordpress as his new blog home. Do you have a favorite blogging tool and website platform?

I will conduct a new course (adult education class / study circle) on social media this autumn. The organizer is Sensus, located in Gothenburg city.

• Marketing through blogging and other social media.

The course is starting week 40, on October 4. Part two on October 11 and part three on October 18. Time: 6 - 8:30 PM CET. Please comment on the post or send me an email if you are interested in participating in the course, or if you have any questions or comments on the topic. We will have hashtag #Sensus on Twitter.

I will have a workshop with the title, Twitter 40+(100=140), on June 16. Go to Awoque's course page for more information.

Twitter 40+(100=140) @Lyceum cap

I will conduct a new course (adult education class / study circle) on social media for entrepreneurs in February - March, 2011. The organizer is Medborgarskolan, located in Gothenburg city.

The course is starting on February 24. Part two is on March 3 and part three is on March 10. Time: 5 - 7:45 PM CET. Please comment on the post or send me an email if you are interested in participating in the course, or if you have any questions or comments on the topic. We will have hashtag #Medborgarskolan on Twitter.

Please click my unique URL and check out Fast Company's "influence project." Read Mark Borden's post, Popularity, Ego, and Influence - What Is the Influence Project?

Watch Robert Scoble's interview (Meet the team that knows who is REALLY influential on Twitter (Klout)) with the folks at Klout.

Check out my Klout score.

I will conduct a new course (adult education class / study circle) on social media this spring. The organizer is Sensus, located in Gothenburg city. I had two courses at Sensus during September and November, 2009.

• Marketing through blogging and other social media.

The course is starting week 12, on March 24. Part two on March 31 and part three on April 7. Time: 6 - 8:30 PM CET. Please comment on the post or send me an email if you are interested in participating in the course, or if you have any questions or comments on the topic. We will have hashtag #Sensus on Twitter.

Please pick your favorite social media tool. Read Garry Tan's post, Super simple web polling on your blog with Poll Everywhere and Posterous.

Please check out Twitter Interview With Martin Lindeskog by Cindy King.

I (EGO) will conduct two courses (adult education class / study circle) on social media this autumn - winter. The organizer is Sensus, located in Gothenburg city.

• Blogging, microblogging and communication on the Net. Foundation course.

The course is planned to start week 38, September 15. Part two on September 22 and part three on September 29. Time: 6 - 8:30 PM CET.

• Marketing through blogging and other social media.

The course is planned to start week 46, November 11. Part two on November 18 and part three on November 25. Time: 6 - 8:30 PM CET.

Please comment on the post or send me an email if you are interested in participating in the courses, or if you have any questions or comments on the topics. We will have hashtag #Sensus on Twitter.