Lots of stuff breaking right now.

Wishing there was a better off-line design solution for Tumblr!

Update Redesign seems to be going well now.

Ouch. I’d assumed Posterous had sought permission from Tumblr to use their theme language. Clearly not. I was impressed when I heard the news about Tumblr theme integration as it seemed like it could be a win for both companies as well as designers who wouldn’t need to learn a whole new template syntax.

jeffrock:

Posterous announced their new Theming feature yesterday, which would be fine except that it’s not new. It’s the same one that Tumblr uses. In fact, it’s the same custom syntax that Tumblr wrote. No, really. Go take a look. In their announcement they use the term, ‘Tumblr-compatible’. I like to use the term, ‘theft’.

Anyway, this is stupid on many levels.

1. The theming format is not based on any standard, it was made up by Tumblr. This means that as Tumblr adds new theming variables and features (which happens nearly every week) Posterous will have to constantly update to keep compatibility. It has the same stench on it as what Palm did with iTunes compatibility.

2. Attempting to directly usurp a community’s users is desperate. It also publicly affirms that Posterous is Pepsi to Tumblr’s Coke.

The worst part though, is watching a decent competitor is such a small space (with so much room to innovate and grow) act so immature.

Keep it classy, Posterous.

“Setup” is a noun, not a verb. You cannot “setup your account”, but you can “set up your account”.

That is all.