Who wouldn't want to blog for a living? Low pay, even lower esteem among your publishing peers, and the scorn of anonymous readers who aren't shy about telling you and the rest of the world what an idiot you are.
Yes, blogging is a career of the future, right up there with correctional officer and bankruptcy attorney.
Cynical? Moi? Actually, I've been blogging now for almost four years and I love it. Maybe somebody not named Arianna Huffington or Perez Hilton is making beaucoup dolares from a blog, but I haven't met that person. Still, money isn't everything... is it?
The fact is, blogs allow most everyone to express themselves to the masses, or whichever segment of the masses they're able to reach via search engines. There's an immediacy to blogs that no other publishing medium can match. And while most posts originate on a PC, there's no reason bloggers should feel bound to their computers.
To put mobile blogging to the test, I tried out the WordPress app for the iPhone and iPad, and Blogger's SMS and e-mail posting features. (The WordPress app is also available for Android devices and other mobile phones and tablets.) There used to be a free "Lite" version of the $2.99 BlogPress app for posting to Blogger, but that version appears to be no more.
Blogger's SMS-post feature requires that you first create a new blog and then merge the new blog with an existing one. I never got the SMS component to work reliably, but e-mailing posts to Blogger worked well enough for me.
Posting without a hitch via the WordPress mobile app
After you install and open the WordPress app for the iPhone or iPad, you're offered a choice of starting a new blog at WordPress.com, posting to an existing blog hosted at WordPress.com, or posting to a self-hosted WordPress blog.
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