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PostSecret Book Arrived

Michael Arrington — Sat, 24 Dec 2005 08:08:16 +0000

The PostSecret book that I ordered back in October arrived from Amazon.

I spent some time going through it last night and I really like it. PostSecret is one of the more interesting Web 2.0 companies (if you can call it a company). It certainly creates conversation, evokes emotion, and merges the online and offline worlds beautifully.

If you’d like to buy the book, it is available at Amazon.

And speaking of books, check out Om’s free “best of” ebook. Wow, great design by Arno Ghelfi.

The PostSecret Book

Michael Arrington — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 18:36:49 +0000

Frank Warren the creator of the increasingly popular postsecret website is now coming out with a book entitled PostSecret : Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives.

The PostSecret book is a hardcover with 288 pages published by Harper Collins/Regan Books. Inside, there are hundreds of color images of postcards. Many of the PostSecrets have never been seen before.

Postsecret has been a favorite site of mine. I wrote about it back in July (getting their permission to post more than a single image). Thousands of people have sent postcards that tell a secret fear, regret, hope, fantasty, betrayal, confession, hope or experience. Some of them are touching to the point of incredible sadness or elation. The site is wonderful.

The rules? “Reveal anything – as long as it is true and you have never shared it with anyone before”.

Preorder the book here.

Profile: PostSecret

Michael Arrington — Sat, 18 Jun 2005 18:47:35 +0000

Editors Note: PostSecret is not a for-profit company as far as I can tell. But it is beautiful and interesting and I feel like profiling it here because, as we say in our About section, we are profiling companies “that are making an impact (commercial and/or cultural) on the web 2.0 space”. Clearly, PostSecret is making a cultural impact on the web.

Website: PostSecret

Location: Germantown, Md.

Launched: January 1, 2005

What is it?

Postsecret is a weblog that asks people to submit 4-by-6-inch postcards that contain anonymous secrets. The postcards are scanned and placed on the website. PostSecret has thousands of daily visitors and a quick check of RSS reed subscriptions shows thousand of people get RSS feeds daily with new postcards.

In their own words, “Each secret can be a regret, hope, funny experience, unseen kindness, fantasy, belief, fear, betrayal, erotic desire, feeling, confession, or childhood humiliation. Reveal anything – as long as it is true and you have never shared it with anyone before.”

It is a beautiful site and a wonderful idea.

A few Comments left on PostSecret:

“When I read these, I don’t feel so alone.”
-Calgary

“I wish I could give all these people on the site a hug and tell them it’s ok to be human.”
-Washington DC

“Your site is truly inspirational, I’m left feeling full of compassion for my fellow human beings – We’re the same the world over.”
-England.

“I cryed when i saw your site. Its truly amazing that so many people have so many secrets like mine. I wish i could just tell most of these people it will be ok, cause i myself have never had anyone tell ME that…and it would help.”
-West Virgina

“So many of my secrets are there, without even sending a card.”
-Mexico

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