{"id":1142,"date":"2012-11-22T07:22:35","date_gmt":"2012-11-22T06:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andrewj.com\/blog\/2012\/keeping-current\/"},"modified":"2012-11-22T07:25:47","modified_gmt":"2012-11-22T06:25:47","slug":"keeping-current","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andrewj.com\/blog\/2012\/keeping-current\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping Current"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the great frustrations with the iPad was that although it should have been a great blogging tool, between the limitations of available software and input processes, it just wasn’t. (See An Ideal Blogging Platform<\/a> for my reflections after a couple of months of iPad ownership.) <\/p>\n

The 10″ Note addresses all of those weaknesses, and may well become not only a primary content consumption device but also a primary platform for content creation. The available software is just better: I am writing this with the free WordPress apply for Android which just works, where the iPad version was very frustrating. Text input is quick with SwiftKey, I can multi-task with Chrome to look up previous posts, and I can easily find and add content from other sources, always a challenge in iOS land. This post has taken about 20 minutes, entirely on the Note. <\/p>\n

I’d also like to bring your attention to a great app from Google called Currents<\/em>. This takes RSS or similar feeds and turns them dynamically into an attractive “on-line magazine”. It works brilliantly with photo-rich feeds such as the photography blogs I read. Here’s what it does with “Thoughts on the World”:<\/p>\n

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I didn’t have to do anything with my existing feed to get this result. Currents <\/em>doesn’t work in every case – if a blog starts every post with the same boring advert then it doesn’t have much to work with – but the hit rate is quite high. It is could also do with a way to mark items as read, which is a major omission. However overall Google seem to have another hit, and currently it’s free. <\/p>\n

Blogs away!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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