Innovation in Blog Platforms

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Occasionally in recent months, I’ve bemoaned the lack of innovation in blog platforms. However, I’m not being very precise in my use of language there. What I actually mean is the lack of innovation in self-hosted blog platforms – ones you actually upload to your own servers. In the world of hosted blog platforms there’s a whole world of interesting stuff going on. [Tumblr](http://www.tumblr.com), [Posterous](http://www.posterous.com), [Typepad Micro](http://www.typepad.com/micro/features/) and [Squarespace](http://www.squarespace.com) are all creating new paradigms for the blog platform, one that I want to explore more in the coming months. For example, I’ve spent part of this morning setting up a group blog on Posterous for a work-related event coming up soon.
And I’ve decided to connect OM&HB to Posterous as a side-project to see how it goes. 
This post was written in my e-mail client and posted directly to Posterous, from where it should find its way to my blog. Fingers crossed…
[Posted via email](http://posterous.com) from [oneman’s posterous](http://oneman.posterous.com/innovation-in-blog-platforms)
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Adam is a lecturer, trainer and writer. He's been a blogger for over 20 years, and a journalist for more than 30. He lectures on audience strategy and engagement at City, University of London.

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Adam is a lecturer, trainer and writer. He's been a blogger for over 20 years, and a journalist for more than 30. He lectures on audience strategy and engagement at City, University of London.