Yesterday, Josh brought our Community Server installation up-to-date, including adding Live Writer support.  I've never actually used Live Writer before, but I figured I'd give it a shot if Josh was high enough on it to spend a Sunday afternoon tinkering with CS so he could use it.

Though I've never used a client application to post to my blog (I always just used the web tools with CS), I'm impressed by Live Writer.  I looks like it has quite a few bells and whistles I'll never use, but it does the simple stuff right -- it lets me compose my thoughts offline and upload them when I'm ready.  And, things look good enough that I don't feel like I have to switch to HTML view and clean them up so it'll flow right.   I had a couple of blog posts I'd been meaning to get written -- I had the code together and knew what i wanted to say, I just had to find time to write them out and post them.  I set up Live Writer while I was in the office today, and now as I ride the train, I can write these posts, and sync them up when I get connected.

It Just Works.

Who knows, maybe I'll start to post more often if it's this easy?