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Posterous Spotlight: Robert-Paul Jansen

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Robert-Paul Jansen is a photographer based in the south of the Netherlands. He captures the world around him to share in his aptly titeld photoblog, things I see. Interestingly, all his post-processing of his images is done on his iPhone and sent from the Posterous Spaces iPhone app.

What kind of photography are you interested in?

I love looking at photography in general, but I prefer landscapes and street photography. Photography is a tool to capture the world. You create history.  

That’s what I love about it. I also love looking at old photographs and see what living in those times was like. Not only the subjects and surroundings on the photos are different, also the material and look of the photographs themselves change over time.

What's in your photography toolkit? 

I use two cameras, the Nikon d5100 and the iPhone 4. Mostly I go out with both of them and decide which one to use for a specific shot. Sometimes I use both and make the decision at home, while processing.

I also have a monopod and tripod and us ‘the Glif’ to be able to use my iPhone on it to shoot panoramas, hdr photos or film. 

All my photos are processed on my iPhone. With the new iPhone 4s it’s more and more possible to process my 16MB photos from the d5100 on it. 

Why did you choose Posterous as your platform of choice?

I have tried Posterous and tumblr since I started using the iPhone to take and share photos. I made the decision to stick with Posterous exclusively in the beginning of this year. Why? It just worked. One of the things I like about Posterous is the autopost feature. It just saves me a lot of time.

All my posts (photos) are shared automatically on twitter and facebook. And I’m thinking of adding flickr and Picasa to the autopost as well. The photos on Facebook are put directly on my timeline as if I have uploaded it directly to Facebook while other services put very tiny thumbnail in the timeline . With Posterous autopost you get a nice looking photo. Autosharing on twitter adds the tagging which I love as well. 

What are some of your favorite shots?

Its really hard to pick my favorites. Each and every photo has a story behind it. But to show three:

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Gym Hero Blog - Gym Hero is an iPhone app to track and document your workout routines and fitness.

The Oregonian - Photos and thoughts from The Oregonian newspaper in Portland, Oregon.

Perpetual Sandwich! - (a chronicle of sorts)

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Now on Posterous Spaces: Embeddable Tweets

Who would have guessed the impact of 140 characters?  Whether a Tweet contains breaking news, a marriage proposal, or a hilarious insight, Twitter has become part of our daily conversation.

That’s why we’re psyched to announce a new way to easily embed a Tweet to your posts and help you expand the story beyond 140 characters.

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Example:

Thanks to our friends at Twitter, your Tweets are rendered beautifully with photographs, videos and conversations and all links, @mentions and #hashtags remaining interactive to engage with your audience.

And because we are always looking for ways to simplify your sharing, it takes just seconds to embed a Tweet on your Posterous Space.  Here’s how:

From the Web Editor: Paste the Tweet url into the Web Editor as a pull quote, add your own views and publish.  

From any browser: Select the Tweet or short Twitter conversation you want to embed by clicking on the timestamp and then on the Posterous Spaces bookmarklet button on your browser toolbar. Add your own witty comments, a picture for context and post away.

Email it in: Copy and paste the Tweet url into the body of your email.  Craft your story around it and hit send.  We’ll embed the Tweet automatically in your post.

From our iPhone or Android apps: Copy using the Link to Tweet feature, paste it into the compose window and you are all set.

Having problems finding the URL for your tweet?  Read these instructions.

Need a visual?  Watch a quick screencast below.

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Introducing the new Posterous Bar

You asked and we listened. We've just released another improvement to help you manage your Spaces: a new Posterous Bar. 

The new Posterous Bar is less conspicuous, more functional in helping you get the most common tasks done, and looks great across all themes. 

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If you're logged in, depending on your membership to the Space, you can can Post, Manage, Follow, or jump directly to your Reader. Visitors of your Space can now easily follow you.

There's no need to do anything if you're using one of our standard themes as the new Posterous Bar will replace the current one. If you have a customized theme, check out this help article to set up the new Posterous Bar.

Let us know what you think!