[pct-l] Recording/blogging gear

[Drew Smith]

I've used both PostHoler and TrailJournals.com as blogging platforms and
can't say I am all that happy with either one.  Wordpress sounds like a
better interface, but much harder to find an audience.
Like Jay, I liked DayOne for the actual writing - it allows you to include
GPS coordinates and pictures and has a MUCH nicer interface than PH or TJ.
If you want to use an actual camera for pics and videos and it does not
have built-in WiFi, I suggest getting an EyeFi memory card.  It allows you
to transfer pics to your phone so that you can incorporate them into
whatever platform you are writing on. Most cameras are EyeFi compatible,
they have a list on their website. EyeFi transfers do suck up a fair amount
of power, so plan accordingly with your backup battery.

On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 5:39 PM Katy Shaw <katyshaw at gmail.com> wrote:

> I use WordPress for my blog.  I prefer to compose my blog directly on my
> phone and the WordPress app is pretty good - but the WordPress app does
> require an Internet connection.  I found some other apps that enable you to
> write your WordPress blog offline and sync to WordPress later on when you
> have a connection.
>
> I hiked the Wonderland Trail this last fall and used BlogTouchPro.  It
> worked fine  - I was able to write posts offline and sync them to WordPress
> when I had a connection later.  But I found that the act of composing a
> blog (no matter what app I used) really used up my phone's battery. I
> haven't quite figured out the best solution for that yet.
>
> -katy
>
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 4:04 PM, Jay Bruins <jbruins at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > My suggestion: do a dry run. Put your device in airplane mode for a
> > weekend. (You are doing a gear shakedown, right?) Write in your blog
> entry,
> > pick out your photos, and save them. Do the same thing Sunday even if
> > you’re already home. Come Monday morning, try to upload them. If it
> doesn’t
> > go smoothly, try some new software: you’ll be doing this for 5 months
> > straight.
> >
> >
> > I tried to use Word Press in 2015. The iOS app lost it’s mind if you
> tried
> > to prepare an entry offline. Image attachment sometimes worked (and never
> > offline.) The only positive thing I can say: it’s free. (I’m surprised to
> > hear differently. Perhaps my tolerance for bad software design is lower
> > than others.)
> >
> > Before I gave up the blog, I was in the habit of writing the entry in
> > Notes with manually entered meta data at the top (e.g. location, date,
> etc)
> > then forcibly copying this all into the app in town. Then there was the
> > lovely task of going through my camera roll to find the right images to
> > upload. This made stops in town much slower.
> >
> > After spending so much time writing down my thoughts, to have to spend
> > almost as much time wrestling with the software when all I wanted to do
> was
> > stuff my face with a burger, hit the grocery store, and leave town, it
> just
> > wasn’t worth it and I stopped blogging.
> >
> > I hope you’re more successful,
> > Armstrong
> >
> > PS Not useful for blogging, but I did have more success with Day One for
> a
> > personal journal of sorts.
> > PPS vlogging likely requires way more time (editing) than using Word
> > Press. You may just be more tolerant of pain than I am.
> >
> > > On Jan 23, 2017, at 3:42 PM, Kelly Baraga <kellyhikes2 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > Sabrina
> > >
> > > I wasn’t too crazy about blogging and all that, but my family and
> > friends really wanted to hear about my travels so I caved. I wasn’t all
> too
> > savvy on blogging but was turned onto a free site wordpress.com <
> > http://wordpress.com/> which was super easy to use with my iPhone 5 . i
> > loved the fact that 90% of my picture taking was from my phone and it was
> > super easy to upload my photos from my phone onto the blog. I did
> > everything from my phone, no laptop or tablet.  I did set up my account
> > before hitting the trail and practiced a few entries before my kickoff
> > date, April 10, 2015. This way I was familiar before I ventured out and
> was
> > quite happy with the the ability to get my story out. A friend of mine
> > prompted me to blog, if not for me, for my grandkids. Yes, I am probably
> a
> > bit older than you, or not, but looking back on it, I am so glad I did. I
> > love to read my blog from time to time and it truly transports me back to
> > the trail. There are many templates out there, I just found this one to
> be
> > the easiest for a first-timer like myself. Happy Trails.
> > >
> > > GG
> > > kellyhikesforgod.wordpress.com <http://kellyhikesforgod.wordpress.com/
> >
> > (if you want to check it out)
> > >
> > >
> > >> On Jan 23, 2017, at 3:30 PM, Sabrina Harrison <
> troopharrison at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Hey everybody. I am planning on blogging and vlogging while on trail.
> I
> > would appreciate recommendations from those who have done the same on
> what
> > devices worked well. I will have an anker 13K mah and an iPhone.
> > >> Thank you,
> > >> Sabrina
> > >>
> > >> Sent from my iPhone
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