Back in January, I started blogging more frequently due to a course I was taking.  As part of that, I started using Windows Live Writer to write all my blog posts.  I use the DasBlog engine to power my blog, and it supports one of the many blogging APIs that Windows Live Writer uses (I believe it’s MetaWeblog).  So, I hooked it up to my blog, and everything just worked!

My favorite feature is the ability to create and save drafts and then publish them on demand.  I have inspiration at the strangest times, and often in large batches, so I end up with a couple ideas of things to blog in a day, and no ideas the next day.  So, I just create a bunch of drafts, get them ready to publish and then publish them over a longer period of time (like say… a day :P).  For example, I wrote this post 5 minutes after the previous post, but I thought it might overload my readers to post it immediately :).  So, I save a draft and post it a bit later (when I don’t have anything to blog about :D).

If you have a blog, and it supports one of the blogging APIs, and you’re running on Windows, you really should try Windows Live Writer!