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Focused: A Multi-platform Focused Editor

You know that in a way I’m a fan of WriteRoom and use it on a daily basis for improving my blogging habits. Anyway, I do understand why others may not like it ($24.95) or may not be able to use it (Mac only), so I have written about some possible alternatives: Ommwriter: a Mac writing tool or ☞ JDarkRoom.

Today I’ve learnt about yet another multi-platform focused editor: ☞ Focused. It is an Adobe AIR application so it will run on all platforms. And based on the following video below I’d say it supports all the features you’d expect from these focused editors:

Using InstaPaper to Improve Blogging Habits

It has been a while since I’ve looked at iPhone apps that allow access to web pages in offline mode and that’s only because I’ve been quite happy with the combination of ReadIt Later and Yummy (you can read more about how I use them in this post Yummy and Read It Later).

Anyway, in my attempt to improve my blogging habits I thought I should set up a different flow that would allow to stay focused. So, right now I am using a combination of Google Reader (if you are not a regular reader of this blog you might want to check my posts on Google Reader linked in the resources section) and InstaPaper for tracking the topics I’d like to further investigate. think and write about. There are only a couple of days since I’ve started to use this setup, but so far it looks to work pretty well.

Unfortunately due to this error in the AppStore I payed for InstaPaper twice and now I’m wondering if there is a way to donate one of the versions to somebody else (or in the worst case to get a reimbursement). Any ideas?

If you like the idea of a nice editor for writing, you can take a look at Ommwriter: a Mac writer tool, which is a new possible alternative for WriteRoom. And there is always ☞ JDarkRoom alternative.

Ommwriter: A Mac Writing Tool

Ommwriter seems to be an alternative to ☞ WriteRoom (some seem to ☞ dislike it or it might be just a way to get blog traffic)

Ommwriter is a simple text processor that firmly believes in making writing a pleasure once again, reinvindicating the close relationship between writer and paper. The more intimate the relation, the smoother the flow of inspiration.

Update: Considering I am working on my blogging habits, I already tried out Ommwriter editor. It has a couple of nice features (the ambient music is my favorite), but still missing quite a few things that I seem to like in WriteRoom (fonts, page size, page color, etc.)

Update 2: I just remembered there is also a multi-platform alternative: ☞ JDarkRoom.