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September 28th, 2008

Windows Live Writer Beta - Build 14

I’m finally glad to report that Windows Live Writer is finally back in full-effect on my computer and I can’t tell you just how happy that makes me. It’s amazing how much I’ve come to appreciate this piece of free software from Microsoft.
It isn’t so much a question of dependent, as I was able […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

July 7th, 2008

New Technical Preview Available for Windows Live Writer

One of the tools that has become invaluable to me in publishing posts to my variety of blogs is the Windows Live Writer software that works so brilliantly with WordPress.
There’s a new Technical Preview release available for the software that includes the following features:

Uploading videos to Soapbox
new ways to crop images, including tilting and new […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

February 26th, 2007

Word 2007 Blogging

If you weren’t aware already, one of the features in the new Word 2007 interface is the ability to publish a document to a variety of blog engines directly from within Word.
The engines that are supported currently are:

Windows Live Spaces
Blogger
SharePoint blog
Community Server
TypePad
WordPress
and other’s not listed automatically within the interface

If you’d like more information about my […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

October 24th, 2006

ALT+TAB Buggy in IE7

Has anyone else noticed that IE7 doesn’t let you switch through your active program windows easily using the ALT+TAB function? Is it just me?
While I’m blogging I switch between windows very frequently getting information, quotes and links for my posts. Is this just a quirk with IE7 and WordPress?
Anyone else experiencing this challenge?
Tags: alt+tab, […]

By Jason Bean -- 11 comments

August 14th, 2006

Microsoft Blogging App Available

Microsoft now has a stand alone blogging application available for download. Windows Live Writer is now available and performs the same tasks as other 3rd party blogging application like Qumana, Blogdesk, etc. Contrary to what you may think, you don’t have to use it with Windows Live Spaces, but it obviously works there. It does […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments