04/13/2006
Qumana
A while ago Tris Hussey sent me some info about the Qumana editor. And I had the best intentions, really....
But I never got around to it. A month or so ago, however, I reached my limit. The blog monster ate its final unsaved post in progress, and I realized I had better start using some sort of blog editor.
Lucky for me, unlike my fellow bloggers Neville Hobson and Lee Hopkins, the only one I had to hand was Qumana, so I missed out on their less than delightful experiences with some of the other options.
Turns out that Qumana was running a contest that coincided with my use of the tool. Totally coincidental, but who am I to pass up a contest.
We're supposed to write "a creative post about your blogging landscape."
Hhmm. Just exactly what does that mean? I guess anything you want. So I am going to tell you about what makes my blogging easier. And fun. Which in the end is why I do it.
First, Bloglines. There is no way I could keep up with everything I am interested in without a feed reader. Bloglines works for me.
Second, TypePad. I chose TypePad over Blogger when I first started my blog, and for the most part, I am pretty happy with the decision. I wish using Advanced Templates didn't rule out so many of the simple widget things that TypePad has, but so it goes. Turns out I didn't need to use an Advanced Template to do what I wanted when I made the switch, but too late (and too lazy) to go back now.
Third, Qumana. Major plug here. This is an excellent editor. There are a couple of things that I had trouble with at first but it does everything I need an editor to do. Especially tags, which used to defeat me. Adding links to a post is dead easy, as is posting to multiple blogs from the single interface.
Last, but not least, everyone I have gotten to know through blogging. You make it easy. You make it fun. You know who you are. Because if I had to list you all, I would inevitably forget someone.
And my mum. My first and still most important reader. She laughs at my jokes, even if no one else does. I blog for my readers, and I blog for myself, but most of all, I blog for you, Mum.
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Hey Susan! Thanks very much ... I'm glad you like Q ... make sure you try the latest beta because it has the usual bug fixes and some nice improvements.
You are welcome Tris. Just calling it like I see it.
Forgot to mention the other thing I like is how easy it is to insert pictures into a post, the other thing besides tags that used to drive me nuts.
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My kids laugh at all my jokes. It's one of the things I like best about them :-)