Michael Koby

On Monday, Adobe announced the official 1.0 release of their Adobe Integrated Runtime (also known as AIR) to the public. The runtime, which has been in beta for while now, has become a platform for some popular internet applications like Pownce, Twhirl, and most recently AOL’s XDrive. The release of AIR is a big deal, but I don’t think people are making as big a deal as they could be.

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I have tried a lot of blog editing software.  There is a lot of great free software available for Windows bloggers out there.  Some highlights include BlogDesk and w.Blogger.  This weekend however, I installed Windows Live Writer on a whim.  I had read that it was a great piece of software and that it even posted to Wordpress powered blogs.  So I decided to give it whirl.

I am so glad I did.  This is one fantastic piece of software.  It really does make blogging easier.  At least for me.  It grabs my blogs style so that when I edit posts, I see what they will look like in real time.  No more guessing on those photo dimensions to make sure everything lines up right.  I can post-date posts, which is a big deal for me since I (try to) write posts in advance.  I can edit categories, tags, and even my excerpts without ever having to log into Wordpress’s administration page.  Pretty slick stuff.

No, I wasn’t paid by anyone to say this stuff.  I really do enjoy the product and I’ve only had it installed for a couple of days.  It really seems to fill my needs quite nicely.  So, if you haven’t tried it yet, download Windows Live Writer, and give it a try.