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 @ 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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Perpetual Sandwich! - (a chronicle of sorts)

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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.

Example:

Now on Posterous Spaces: Embeddable Tweets post.ly/4BqnN

— posterous (@posterous) December 8, 2011

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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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!

Earlier today, we released the first annual report on the State of Private Sharing. The results illustrate what you've told us all year: You want more control over who sees what you share and an easy way enabling everyone to participate.

And we're just getting started - many of you have noticed the performance improvements that rolled out this week, and we have several other features planned that will make sharing with the people you care about easier than ever before.

In related news, we're thrilled to announce that Brian Frank has joined Posterous as our Chief Product Officer.  Brian's accomplishments in product definition and design across web and mobile services are numerous, and we couldn't be more pleased to have him on board. You can read more from Brian on his own Posterous Space, http://www.brianfrank.com.

Survey Details:

We commissioned a survey of 2,014 U.S. social networking users aged 18 and over in October, 2011. This means that we paid Harris Interactive to field the survey for us.  They have asked us to include this disclaimer below.

Data for this survey were collected by Harris Interactive Service Bureau ("HISB") on behalf of Posterous Inc. HISB was responsible for the data collected and Posterous was responsible for the survey design and data analysis.

This week's Spotlight is on Gibrian Foltz, an artist sharing his latest pieces of art in his Space titled 'Roam.' 

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We're pleased to announce two new themes available in the theme gallery: the Actor theme and Blackbelt theme.

Actor
Janina Gavankar, an actress on HBO's hit series TrueBlood, designed the Actor Theme letting anyone be a sharing star. 

Janina believes that actors and everyone else should easily be able to professionally represent themselves and their work online. What better way to share than with Posterous Spaces? You can read more about Janina's take on social media in a recent Forbes interview.

For tips on installing and customizing the Actor theme, click here.

Blackbelt Theme
The Blackbelt theme has a very clean design geared towards presenting your content center stage. This theme is ideal for media rich Spaces such as photo blogs and portfolios.

Stay tuned to our How Do I... Space for more quick tips, tricks, and tutorials on customizing and making the most out of your Space.

Using either of these two themes for your public Space already? Share the link in the comments!

Since the introduction of Spaces, users questioned whether or not we would continue supporting bloggers and blogging in general. Rest assured that your Space can still be used as a blog and we intend to stay true to being the the easiest way to share publicly or privately!

Just in time for the Blogworld Expo in Los Angeles we are happy to announce two new tools that will help our strong community of bloggers: Zemanta and Blogsy.

Blog Smarter with Zemanta, your personal blogging assistant. 
Zemanta is a tool that helps you enrich your posts with relevant photos, information, and links in real time. Simply start typing and Zemanta will assist you with content recommendations right from within the Posterous post editor.

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To install Zemanta: 

1. Go to zemanta.com/download.
2. Download the browser extension for the browser of your choice.
3. Click on the extension while in the post editor to see content recommendations!

You can learn more about Zemanta here.

iPad blogging app Blogsy now supports Posterous Spaces.
Features include a WYSIWYG editor with drag and drop images from Flickr, Picasa, Google Image Search, and the built-in web browser. You can find it in the Apple App Store.

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If you want to learn more about how to use Blogsy you can check out their demo videos.

We have 10 Blogsy promo codes to give out - simply retweet this post for a chance to win! We will notify the winners on Friday, November 11.

Visit us at Blogworld Expo Los Angeles 2011!
Attending the Blogworld Expo in LA this coming November 3-5? Come say hello at our booth and grab a free Posterous t-shirt and tote bag!

This week's Posterous Spotlight focuses on Paul Shipper who is a freelance designer, photographer, and illustrator based in New Zealand. He runs PS STUDIO DPI and has worked professionally for clients large and small across the globe. His specialties include photography, creating illustrations for film posters, book covers, and brand designs for companies.

Paul manages multiple Spaces to share the right content with the right people. His clients visit his work blog, family and friends visit his personal blog, and only a select few can view his private wedding Space.

How did you first get started with Posterous?
I found Posterous some years ago when I think It was just getting going. I kept seeing it in different places online as people we using it and some companies I liked were using it and I wanted to know more. It seemed like it was the solution I had been searching for... I sent my first email to post@posterous.com and the rest, as they say, is history. 

To you, what makes Posterous Spaces stand out from other publishing platforms?
There are so many options out there when it comes to starting a blog and I have tried a lot of them. I was using Blogger for some time before Posterous and let me tell you, that was a frustrating time trying to keep that thing updated!

Posterous for me was like a breath of fresh air, the company was really thinking outside the box, and it excited me... To publish from a single email was one thing, but then to be able to push that info to other services was simply mind blowing! I am very proud of how my Spaces look.

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You own multiple Spaces - do you find it easy to manage and share to each one?
Absolutely! With a quick email, a post online, using the Posterous Bookmarklet or with the incredibly awesome iPhone app now it's a cinch! I have my personal space which I upload a lot of family pics to as well as things that are of interest that I want to keep apart from my work space, most of that gets done from my iPhone using pics I have taken using the built in camera. Like wise if I want to share a document, a pdf, video or mp3 file it just works!

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Was it important to keep your wedding Space private?
Keeping the wedding space private was a personal choice that my partner and I made to try and make the experience of an invitation even more special for the guests we are inviting. It's a truly great thing to be able to share such an important and exciting occasion with the friends and family you love so much.

We are both from the UK and so a lot of our guests probably won't be able to make it to our big day and this was a way to get them involved 18 months prior to the wedding. They can see what we are up to, subscribe to updates, check out the venue, register their up to date contact details to our database, post a comment and engage with us in the hope of making them feel part of the preparations for our most special of days. 

Do you see yourself creating any more Spaces in the future? Private or public?
Yes! It's so easy to make lots of other spaces, and I intend to. I already have a little known space called 'pianomuse' in which I post music I have composed. It's very much just a hobby of mine. When I'm not creating visually, taking a break from the drawing board, I like to sit at the piano or my Korg keyboard and make music.

Aside from creating beautiful illustrations and designing, what are some other things you enjoy doing?
Seeing the World, going for walks/hiking, watching movies, listening to music, going to concerts, playing the drums, singing, reading art, design and photography books, hanging out with the woman I love and of course, my little girl...

Bringing out of the box support to millions of new users around the globe, Posterous Spaces now fully supports IE8 and IE9.  Internet Explorer users can now access the full Posterous Spaces experience including a new inline reading experience, 5 new themes, slick new profile pages and new iPhone and Android apps to play with.  

All this plus the autoposting goodness and ease of use you've come to expect from us.  Whether you want to create a public blog, a private place to share family vacation photos or start a group for your classmates to stay in touch, you can create a Posterous Space for it. 

Adding members to your Space is a snap, and your members can participate through your Space's web site, their mobile device or via email.

Log in and see for yourself.  Not convinced?  Check out ComputerWorld's review of Posterous Spaces.

Andrew Writler is a curator of beautiful imagery and hails from Ukraine. He has strong interests in poetry and cinema, and is constantly inspired by Daniel Kehlmann, Bernhard Schlink, Lars von Trier, Jim Morrison and others.

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