WordPress app

It is a running joke in our team that I am always behind the times, and I’ve certainly been slow to adopt blogging as a daily activity.

But recently I set up a WordPress blog for a long distance walk I’m doing so that we could take pictures and give updates as the walk progressed. WordPress is a bit of a beast to set up for the first time, but once that was done we looked for easy ways to blog on the move.

Unlike its server counterpart, the WordPress app is a joy to use. Very simple to link to the blog (just need URL and credentials) then easy to post, review, add pictures and approve comments.

I’ve been doing something very similar using the Pebblepad app for a while, and it works really well for capturing ideas or reflections to sort and sift later. But that relies on a personal Pebblepad account, which costs a little bit each year and not so easy to extend to a group of friends from different places as a self hosted WordPress system.

Being able to blog easily on the move means I can turn empty time (like my bus journey home on a rainy day) into useful time. Maybe I’ll even start to do this a bit more often…