Tools

This is a test post from blogsy, an iPad blogging tool. The interface design looks thoughtful – drag & drop of images from flickr and picasa, videos from YouTube, a built it google search and browser to get at other content. Although there is a bit of a learning curve, it makes the iPad a true content generation device. Maybe this will keep me blogging this time around. On that note, here’s a cutie pie to bring a smile to you, today.

This is a test post to see if Dave Winer’s OPML editor works with a self-hosted wordpress blog. There is something geeky about seeing crappy fonts on a screen, that makes one want to use a tool more. I’ve known of the OPML editor for a few years now, and have tried several times to find a neat use-case for it in my workflow, and it never had a compelling enough reason for me to stick with it.

I got really sick of using Adobe AIR apps that take up more and more of system memory for an app that does twitter. I’ve decided to put my “coding for myself” hat on and write a QT based C++ application (that should be cross-platform). No name as yet, but I will find something soon. QtTwitter is taken. Mebbe, once I have a working version, I can get ownership of the project on google code.

WriteToMyBlog.com, is a web-based editor (with a lot of formatting options), that allows you to write to your blog (from another website?!). First thoughts go like, “wtf?!”, … “hmmm.. interesting”… “I am a web 2.0 junkie?! The likes 1. Simplicity of the UI interface - neat, allows lots of space for text 2. Integration of Flickr and Youtube (although I would love to see more such services) 3. Zero account creation overhead.