The (Old) Small Wave 2

It's pretty slick the way this app can continue to update the same post with pictures. I created this post with a new picture, then added two more I'd previously taken (from the iPhone's camera roll), and then added the others one at a time as I shot them.

Before this app, I could either post pictures as I take them, but they'd be individual posts, or take them all first and then copy/paste them into an email for posting as a single article. This app provides a great alternative to those two imperfect options. 

However, it's not without issues: 

• You cannot add any text to the photos or the article. All you get to supply is the initial article title. The text you're reading right now was added via the Posterous web page for editing a post. 
• The photos are "locked" once you submit them. You may have noticed one picture was submitted twice. Too bad, there's no way for me to edit the post to delete the duplicate. This is true even using the web page editor as I am now. 

One could argue the above complaints are easily addressed by using Posterous' excellent email interface, and that's true. However, now that I've had a taste of adding photos to an existing post, I really like it. But I want the other stuff, too. Perhaps this is a case of the user never being satisfied, but if Posterous didn't supply such a great user experience in the first place we wouldn't always want to push that envelope. 

Even as is, the app is useful. Imagine being on a day trip, or party, or tour, or any single experience for which you'd like a photo record. This app lets you create a post, and then update it as you go with little more effort than taking the picture in the first place. Those sharing the experience have only one URL to follow, and will see your updates as you post them. Meanwhile, you don't have to mess with multiple posts, or assembling pictures after the fact, you just shoot and go. Sweet!