kishorebhargava

Much has been said about the iPad being a content consumption device. By and large it surely is. However, every now and then you come across some apps which make you feel that this device is equally great for content creation. The iPad2 launch had the introduction of GarageBand, which let’s you even create music on the iPad. Content creation is not limited to text, documents or other such boring stuff, but music, movies, artwork, your imagination is the only limit. I even came across some websites which are totally managed using an iPad.

In general, I am a lazy blogger, I’d like to write more and share more, but often the ideas get stuck in my head and never get written out. Every now then I do get the urge to write and sometimes when I am happy with what I have, I post it to my blog. One of the issues I face is being able to write anywhere and anytime and with minimum fuss. For this of course my laptop is the best resource, but sometimes one just needs a little scribble pad.

On a not so recent trip while returning from Mumbai to Delhi, the airlines I was on pissed me off so much that I needed to vent and what better way than to blog. What I had to say would certainly not fit in 140 characters. With the lack of space on our lovely low-cost carriers there is no room to open up a laptop, however, an iPad is certainly usable. So I promptly whipped out my iPad and started writing my saga. My fellow passenger was watching intently and kept egging me on as well. When we finally came to the point of take-off I switched off and waited patiently for the time I could continue my tirade. To my horror, even though I had set the file for local save, when I went back into the app, the text had all vanished. By then so had my anger and the desire to write faded away. The app I was using was WordPress. Turned out to be a bug which got corrected later, but my vent never saw the light of day.

Over the past few weeks, I came across this truly wonderful website which deals with tablet computing. At the moment, most of the articles/posts are related to the iPad and iPad2. But there are sections for RIM and Android, waiting to get off the ground. As more tablets start appearing, I am sure content for them will also start populating the site. Last week there was a post on a blogging app. Not only that, Shane who manages the site was generously giving away three copies of it. His terms were simple, come and read the post, comment and stand a chance to win the app. I am happy to state that with the two comments I made, I actually won! I received my copy of Blogsy yesterday and am raring to have a go at it.

While I will do a more detailed review of the app, for now I am just curious to explore the features it has and what it is capable of doing. Who knows this may be the push I need to get me to blog, with all excuses being taken away.

The photo was essentially a test of Blogsy to see what it does with images. In fact, truth be told, this entire post was just the first time I used Blogsy and I can tell you I already love it.

Now to go and explore Blogsy in more detail, and hopefully blog more often.

Cheers…Kishore
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