Joi Ito’s Web: Ivan’s adventures in weblog space Whenever I see the name Ivan, a little voice in my head starts singing the refrain from “When Ivan Meets G. I. Joe” by the Clash from the album Sandinista!. Joi Ito has written a brilliant little story that succinctly explains what goes on under the covers… Read More »
In the last couple months, and especially the last few weeks, new news aggregators have been coming out of the woodwork like stolen credit card numbers out of Data Processors International. While there were plenty of browser-based (Radio, Amphetadesk, etc.) and three-pane desktop app (NetNewsWire, Straw, NewsDesk, NewsCrawler, Syndirella, spaces, etc.) aggregators, now we have… Read More »
So I’m not the only person who decided it would be cool to build a tool for blogging by phone. These guys are offering it as a commercial service, though. I hope they succeed with it. My offer still stands to anyone who would like their own PhoneBlogger install. However, if you are just looking… Read More »
Apparently, not very. At least, not yet. And certainly not how I have it currently configured. The two previous posts (1, 2) were not made by me. PB uses an XML-RPC API call to post to a weblog. That API call requires a valid password for a user on the blog. PB captures the password… Read More »
This post was created with PhoneBlogger. Click to listen to the recorded message.
This post was created with PhoneBlogger. Click to listen to the recorded message.
As is almost always the case, it took longer than I expected, but I now have PhoneBlogger working with both Movable Type and Blogger blogs. Next on the list is Radio. My work here is done. I am going to sleep.
I had to change the Movable Type pattern used to generate the filenames for individual archive files due to a current PhoneBlogger limitation. PhoneBlogger currently uses boilerplate text for the title and entry text. The link to the audio file is the only unique text. Since the previous filename generator pattern I was using put… Read More »
If you’re interested in trying out PhoneBlogger, there are a couple options. I give you a guest account on my test blog I give you instructions for setting up your own PhoneBlogger installation I help you set up your own PhoneBlogger installation If you just want to try out PhoneBlogger, but aren’t sure you’re ready… Read More »
Well, enough fooling around with development and alpha code. I now have a version of PhoneBlogger that is in good enough shape to demonstrate. Click on the “recorded message” link in my post before this one to hear it in action. PhoneBlogger is an automated voice application. After asking you for info about which pre-configured… Read More »