Now there's no excuse for starting that blog.

May 29, 2001 12:54 PM

Now there's no excuse for starting that blog. This software allows you to create entries on your Palm (Windows only it appears :-( )
posted by Taken Outtacontext (9 comments total)

Just for the record, I believe there's already an AvantGo Blogger client that works cross-platform. Haven't tried it though. I'd bet there are others; I remember having some luck with the one that Eamon Daly made a while back (which Josh mentions on his site) as well...
posted by bcwinters at 1:49 PM on May 29, 2001

There was also a Palm VII client for Blogger that never got past beta, and there's a version of Blogger designed for any kind of wireless access.
posted by megnut at 2:36 PM on May 29, 2001

There has also been some discussion on using AvantGo to post to a Greymatter weblog. Unfortunately, your password for your weblog is not encrypted, but it does work quite well.
posted by crustygeek at 4:24 PM on May 29, 2001

Am I the only one amused by Taken's unintentional ellipsis? I've been running a weblog for almost two years, and I still don't have an excuse.
posted by dhartung at 8:49 PM on May 29, 2001

Dan, I caught it, too. Makes me feel better for not having an excuse for stopping my blog. And you...?
posted by anildash at 10:05 PM on May 29, 2001

Who says it was unintentional? -g
posted by Taken Outtacontext at 5:40 AM on May 30, 2001

When I went to "about" on the menu of the handx software it crashed my palm. Bad, bad alpha!

Kind of cool, but I'm thinking that the actual written text in blogs is going to really shrink if they all start getting written on PDAs.
posted by mecran01 at 6:17 AM on May 30, 2001

LiveJournal has released a client for PalmOS that is supposed to be really good... haven't used it yet.

Current features include:

- Multi-user and multi-journal mode
- Custom moods for any entry
- MD5 hashed passwords for enhanced security
- Support for NetLib, INetLib, and HotSync
posted by markkraft at 9:59 AM on May 30, 2001

Kind of cool, but I'm thinking that the actual written text in blogs is going to really shrink if they all start getting written on PDAs.

Perhaps more blogs would benifit by taking the novella approach. Short, sweet, to the point - and they could be viewed on other PDAs. Small content for small devices.
posted by dincognito at 10:28 AM on May 31, 2001