PictureItPostage
As a kid, I had a stamp collection. As a computer professional mostly dealing with data management, I have always been interested in how the USPS can route so many bits of mail so quickly for such a relatively low cost. As a result, news from the Postal front usually piques my interest.
Endicia released PictureItPostage for Mac OS X Tiger. It is a little (2.1MB) Cocoa & Quartz Composer app that leverages your iPhoto library to enable the creation of custom postage stamps. You can then buy sheets of said stamps from Endicia to splat on your various paper envelopes.
It is a neat little application. Given the 50 cent/stamp premium, I doubt I’ll use the service for anything but the rare special occasion.
November 24th, 2006 at 8:52 pm
That premium does stop people from using the postage to pay their electric bills but a lot of people are using custom postage for weddings, to show off their kids and dogs, to put themselves out there in their business, and in other ways. Visit my site to see more about how it’s being used and how to do it… I’m having a lot of fun with it.