The end of an era, kind of…

You may have noticed a complete lack of action on this blog of late. That’s partially because of life getting in the way, but more a case of me planning to move away from it. I am going to be starting another, new, blog soon. Probably two: one for my usual tech-trawlings and another for … Keep reading

Neville Hobson on FD beta 2

New FeedDemon beta released – actually, twice. Two versions came out on subsequent days this week. Beta 2 of FeedDemon 2, the RSS aggregator for Windows, was released this week. If you’ve been testing FD’s development versions since release 1.5, this latest beta is worth getting. I’ve just installed it and the first thing I … Keep reading

Qumana Beta 2 out now / BlogJet

Qumana Beta 2 has been released and it addresses the WordPress issue I (and many others) mentioned earlier. I must say I have been hugely impressed with the way the Qumana people have engaged with those offering feedback on their product. So, to keep it coming, here’s some more suggestions: Get Qumana to integrate with FeedDemon – the ‘blog this’ function doesn’t copy … Keep reading

Email and Blogging

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that it is a good idea for a blogger to have his or her email address easily accessible. But what about when that email address isn’t one that a reader would want to use? I clearly mark the email link under my photo on the right as being a Gmail … Keep reading

Qumana

Well, this is my first post with Qumana (Version 3 beta 1), a free desktop offline blog post editor. It’s pretty cool, though I do have some issues with it. Feature wise, it does everything you would expect, offering a basic editor with the ability to format text, add links and images and so on; … Keep reading