SubscribeI’m beta testing the Wordpress version of LifeCast from my iPhone. This represents a new mindset for me as I’ve hardly ever felt the need to liveblog much. Huge events such as the London bombing were the exception, but now platforms such as Twitter offer a more concise and interactive solution to firing up a blog.
However, just as I believe blogging hasn’t been replaced by micro-blogging or video blogging neither do I think new techniques kill off the old ones. And when new tech like the iPhone offers interesting ways for old dogs like me to learn new tricks then it simply means more strings to my bow.
Couple of things to note. The current version of LifeCast availabe via the iTunes store (for free) is already compatible with Blogger, Tumblr and Picasa. As I don’t use any of those platforms anymore I’ll be concentrating on text posts to see how the app handles formatting. Also wanna get used to typing on the iPhone. So far so good.
Full disclosure: I’m currently working on a number of projects with Sleepydog, hence the opportunity to get my mitts on this early. I’ve also had a chance to see some cool stuff leave the drawing board and am very interested to see how this all hangs together.
Depending where I am (which you’ll know via the post’s geolocation) I’ll probably be playing with this a few times a week. I’ll also write something about the potential of apps like this one which I think is going to be the real strength of the iPhone and Android.
As opposed to say pretending your phone is a fucking beer glass.
Posted with LifeCast
Ooo.. tidy.. looks good.. you would never have known this was posted from the iphone other than by the link at the bottom of the page..
Can you post to multiple sites?
I have to admit to doing the test post earlier to simply see how much it messed up the formatting, but with simple return strokes it came out beautifully. I’ve tried a few third party blogging apps over the years and always always come back to using WP directly. This is certainly the first one I’ve been happy with.
No multiple site support that I can see. When it allows simple photo insertion (as on Tumblr) and has a sympathetic way of adding links I’ll probably fall in love with it. Of course I’m looking at this right now from the old tired eyes of a blogger. Haven’t begun to explore the potential of an actual life stream yet.
But yeah, even as it stands right now (tricky installation aside) I’d recommend it to any WP user as a sturdy iPhone app.
Much more on all of this to follow I expect…