Windows Live Writer… who knew!
August 15, 2010
I’m writing this using the new “beta” refresh of the Windows Live Essentials release. Now, it’s beta but only in the sense that Microsoft wants to work out any bugs before stamping this ready for prime time but I’ve yet to find anything wrong with it.
To be honest this is the first time I’ve even given this portion of the Live Essentials software a look. Up ‘til now I’ve always installed the Live Essentials suite sans Tool bar and Parental controls and not bothered to even open Live Writer. I’ve just now discovered what I’ve been missing out on.
If you have a personal blog of just about any type (mine happens to be on WordPress but all the others are covered with this software) this is one of the easiest ways to contribute content to your blog. I’ve always logged into the dashboard of my wordpress account to check readership stats and then added content in the native screens within my account settings. I can easily imagine that adding content will be easier (and thus more often?) with a single click of the program shortcut on my desktop I’m instantly adding blog posts.
As stated above… the real test will be if I actually add more content more often because it’ll be easier. I guess time will tell.
