Mobi-licious

So, I tried out mobile blogging (see my previous post) and liked it quite a bit — once I semi- got it to work! It took a few tries unfortunately; the process was fraught with seeming roadblocks. I started to find the experience a little frustrating. It was, granted, a combination of human and application error. I got a couple of delivery status failure notifications; I sent my one post using sms versus mms initially...just used to texting I guess. This was not clearly stated on the Blogger instructions page. Blogger also mentions go.blogger.com and go@blogger.com. I think I inadvertently sent one post to the former; clearly that didn't work. I tried several times posting a photo but never recieved any messaging that it failed as it certainly didn't work for some unknown reason. Also, when my below post was delivered successfully, the text message I received stated that my post would be posted shortly but gave no indication of what shortly meant; it wasn't 5 minutes!

For many of us, our mobile devices are an extension of our arms. We feel incomplete without it. So, for us mobile addicts and would-be addicts, being able to blog about some great tidbit from a conference, while on-the-go, simply for the geeky fun of it, or just because we can, is a super handy capability to have at our finger tips — so to speak. The klunkiness of the experience needs to be improved upon lest users should get worn down by its shortcomings. Maybe, common system errors and known issues should be made available; I didn't see any.

I haven't ventured to the audio blogging feature but I am sure I will fall victim at some point. It apparently allows you to call Blogger from your phone and leave a message that is posted to your blog as an MP3 audio file.

BTW...I am still trying to get my blog post cum pic actually posted! Give it a try yourself and let me know what you think! Happy mo-blogging!