The most exciting internet trend of the past few years is the return of the blog. People are posting again. It's great.
I'm using "blog" a bit more loosely than in the past. The great revival has taken many shapes—email newsletters, for example, remind me a lot of the early days of blogging. But I've also noticed, in our , more people seem to be starting websites, and publishing their thoughts on websites they own.
I've certainly gone back to using my personal blog more often since —I have an active comments section for the first time in over a decade, and I love it. The problem, as a creator, is that writing, editing, and submitting articles in the web version of WordPress is kind of a drag. I generally prefer using local applications that are actually on my computer whenever possible, which is why I was thrilled to find .
This is a beautiful Mac application that makes managing a blog a lot easier. It's faster than loading up WordPress, for one thing, and it integrates nicely with my operating system. Open the application and you'll be asked to add your blog URLs—you can add as many as you like.
Do so, and you'll see all of your posts and pages in one place. I've been testing MarsEdit on my WordPress site, but it also works with , Tumblr, TypePad and Movable Type, along with any service blog that supports a standard MetaWeblog or AtomPub interface. In addition to providing a clean interface to draft posts, adding images is great—the app integrates with both Apple Pho.
