I'm going to attempt to write a post with iJot and then post it to my Scripting2 blog, Kellie's Journal. This is the first time that I've done this so we'll have to see how it goes. I don't want to post too much so that I won't be upset if it gets trashed.
Here is a second paragraph. Let's try posting this now.
7/31/2010; 12:00:00 AM. .
I checked out Marc's iJot page today. It's so cool that I can edit OPML outlines anywhere I have a web browser. I especially like the possibility of editing my Scripting2 blog without using the OPML editor application. This might be a watershed for the widespread use of OPML as an outlining standard. How totally cool is that.
7/28/2010; 11:57:21 PM. .
I was amazed to read about a tiny full featured computer from Colibri, the Tegra T20. It is the size of a SODIMM memory module. I remember just a couple of years ago when the AT-Tiny format boards weren't this capable. It boggles the mind. Before long they'll be putting the computer in the cables and there won't be any board per se.
7/28/2010; 8:10:09 PM. .
My alarm went off at five. I listened to the music until five thirty when I got up. I did an abbreviated version of my morning routine after which I got off to work relatively early. I had lunch with Bob at Moe's and went to a meeting in the other building. I left early for a doctor appointment and then I brought home Thai. It was a rather ordinary day but it was mine.
7/28/2010; 12:38:45 AM. .
I had to back off from the Universal image. It wouldn't work right as an OPML editor locally. I have a number of OPML outlines that I need to edit on occasion so I couldn't live with the local OPML editor function not working. The preliminary results of my testing is that the other image is working like I expect it to.
7/26/2010; 11:27:53 PM. .
Now that I've got a working version of Scripting2 installed I am going to take some time to explore it's use as a blogging platform.
I had a couple of false starts due to a misunderstanding on my part. I didn't realize that I needed to do a fresh install of the OPML editor when I moved to my new iMac. Then once I installed the software, I didn't remember to drop the Universal version of the executable in the OPML editor folder.
I tried using the graphics capabilities as described by Dave in an email and in the instantOutline tool. It finally worked the way he described once I installed the software a second time. I am also trying to adapt the Narrate Your Work style of working.
7/26/2010; 10:46:48 PM. .
This is a new paragraph in the post. It is physically below the image. I am expanding the paragraph to see how it is wrapped around the image. I think this is a cool way to put graphics on a page. I think the image placement is due to the default style sheet. I'll have a look at it and see.
7/26/2010; 9:43:08 PM. .
There should be some embedded graphics in this post.
7/25/2010; 9:15:29 PM. .
There should be some embedded graphics in this post.
7/25/2010; 9:15:29 PM. .
This is to see if I got the homeTemplate right this time.
7/24/2010; 1:45:01 PM. .
I'm working on the homeTemplate. I think that I have to actually make a new post before the template will be used. Consequently, I'm going to make this post short. There are liable to be several like this in a row.
7/24/2010; 1:38:47 PM. .
I have been writing at a site called 750words.com for several months now (138 days to be specific). Buster Benson, the author of the site, explains the premise as an offshoot of a practice advocated by Julia Cameron in her book The Artist's Way. The exercise described in the book is to sit down, first thing in the morning, and write three pages, long hand. Buster goes on to explain that the average person writes 250 words on a page so 750 words corresponds to three long hand pages. You create an account on the site and then it allows you to write while it tells you how many words you have written in real time. When you have written 750 words, a pop up congratulates you for meeting your minimum.
The words that you write here are private. They are to help you get the cob webs out of the corners of your mind and prepare for the day. If you choose to share them, you can but that is not the point of the site. It is not a blog site. It is an exercise in process. Buster has added some interesting features to the site. He keeps track of how many words that you write each minute that you write. He runs your text through analysis software that tells you about trends in your writing, topics that you are writing about, your general state of mind. He also gives you badges for achievements like consistently writing without any distractions which are defined as three or more minutes without writing anything. There are also badges for consecutive days writing at least the minimum 750 words each day, for instance 5 days in a row earns a penguin badge while 10 days in a row earns a flamingo badge. While the badges are not fundamentally part of the writing exercise, they are fun little extras.
I am not sure what good it is doing me but I definitely enjoy writing and I am noticing that the quality of my writing seems to be going up. I can't imagine not writing my morning pages every day at this point. I am trying to get back to blogging. I haven't been very regular at blogging in the past but I hope that my morning pages will help me find the self discipline to blog regularly. Only time will tell.
7/21/2010; 11:25:17 PM. .
This time, I didn't delete the contents of the workspace.
7/21/2010; 1:20:47 AM. .
I deleted the contents of the workspace again. I edited an old post and saved it.
7/21/2010; 1:19:46 AM. .
I am trying to update the blogroll. Let's see what happens.
7/21/2010; 1:07:07 AM. .
My name is Kellie Miller and I am a long time fan of Scripting News and the OPML editor. I'm looking forward to trying this software out and helping to ferret out any bugs and mis-features.
7/20/2010; 11:59:28 AM. .
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