Blog with iPhone: 10 Apps for Beautiful Blogging

Ayman Qarout
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Most people nowadays blog, we write about anything and everything, we like to share our stories and ideas.
Computers are the way we use to blog; well, not for me! Thank god I have and iPod Touch and some cool apps that help me blog anywhere, anytime!
So, here is the apps that I think will give you the best mobile blogging experience:


1) First you need something to write and post with; BlogPress will do that. It's easy to use, let you write, edit and manage posts from ( Blogger, WordPress, TypePad, Drupal, ...etc ). The app problem is that you can't change font color, size and such stuff! you can only write and post pics; but you can always edit them later on pc.




2)  Sometimes you need to make simple sketches and hand drawings, for fun or to explain something; while there is many apps to do this, free and paid, I recommend autodesk SketchBook! you can do everything with it. and export pics as PNG or photoshop file ( Yes, you can make and draw in layers ).





3) Who doesn't put images in his post?! images make posts come alive. To get the image you want, use Flicker app or Google Image Search.
For editing images, there is three apps I like; Photoshop mobile, which is free but lacks some features, Photogene, very good for editing and 101 Photo Effects for applying filters ( more than 100 filters ).

Flicker


 PS mobile


Photogene


101 Photo Effects



4)  For podcasters, try iTalk, the free recording app from griffin; it's very good for recording in high quality.
Cinch is another free recording and podcasting app, but I haven't tried it yet.




5) If you have a blog, then you probably want to tell people about your blog and what you write about. One of the best ways for marketing your blog posts is Twitter, and the best tool for using Twitter on iPhone is Twitterrific! free, beautiful interface and easy-to-use.




6) As blogger, I bet that you like to always keep an eye on your blog, how many visitors come by and what they read; chances that you are already using Google Analytics. There is many apps for iPhone that shows GA results, but may favourite is a new simple app called Pocket GA; here is some pics for it:









Hope you find this useful!
If you have any app that you think it worth adding, please leave me a comment.

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Get Some Out of Your Day!

Ayman Qarout
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We all usually have busy days, no free times and no room for additional activities; we live either in a hard daily routine or in laziness!
What we miss between the routine and laziness is the small, exciting things we could learn and the cool info we could gain ... I'm not talking about the study courses info or what you get from work! but the other exciting life topics, our hobbies and even stuff we don't know.


Why? self-satisfaction is the ultimate gain, along with improving your work and social life; you would find something to talk about with your friends, family and colleagues.


You said it, I don't have enough time for such things!
well, there is some cool sources out there where you can learn with almost no time, and without interrupting your daily routine; my favorite sources are:


- Blogs: if you don't know what are blogs, they are personal sites where anyone can write about anything! a story, personal experience, share knowledge in informal easy way.
Blog posts are usually short so you can read a post in almost no time! read anything that interest you while you are checking your e-mail and you won't regret it.
There is special search engines that sort blogs to categories, and search posts of your interest; the best out there is Technorati.com ... go check it out.






 - Podcasts: my favorite source of info; A podcast is a series of digital media files (either audio or video) that are released episodically and downloaded or watched online.
What makes podcasts widely-used and recommended for everyone is that you can use it on the go; personally I put some episodes in download at night, and listen to them while i'm on my way to university or in bus!

You can find podcasts about anything, everything, from business, comedy, arts, technology, anything! and what makes them appealing is that you can find podcasts in any length .... 2, 5, 10 or 30 minutes, all you have to do is to choose what fits your time.
My main source for podcasts is iTunes, which has every podcast you could imagine.


So think, if you read a short post, and listen to a 10-minutes podcast aday, both won't total more than 15 minutes! but that very short time would take you to a whole new world!


So what are you waiting?!

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