Bloggging on an iPad

Hello!! YAY a new post (finally sorry). Oh my gosh where did all that time go. But onto the post....

Don't you think that iPads are just such a lovely thing to have
i know that they aren't necessary but they are so much fun and I've discovered them to be such a great blogging tool.
i've even found that you can blog solely from an iPad - even with your DSLR camera photos
i tried it out last week when I was away - it worked!! But I didn't really actually blog much anyway.
(I just noticed how low on charge my iPad is on the photos, probably cause I can never be bothered to charge it unless it is dead)

So I'm going to share a few tools + apps that might be helpful.....

Blogsy (App Store, $6.49)

Well this app is necessary and so perfect
It's the most perfect blogging app because it suits all platforms
I love it because you can decide what size you want your photos to be and add photos from instagram, Facebook and many other places (as you can see from photo above)!!!

Its very easy to write up your post - but they have yet to fix a few bugs or upgrade to iOS 7 but other than that, it's a great easy app to use.

SD card reader for iPad (Apple Online, $45)

If you have a browse through the apple website you will find they have created so many handy accessories and adapters for iPads.
My favourite has to be an SD card reader. Once I was down $45. I had this handy thing
Now I can load any photos from my camera to my iPad without having to email through my laptop.

Sketchbook Pro (App Store, $6.49)

This is not a neccesarity for blogging as such ($6.49 - also a free version) but great if you hand draw your blog illustrations and don't have a drawing tablet.
I love doing all my banner designs and handwriting on this app because writing with a trackpad is almost impossible.

Touch Screen Stylus (Ebay, $10 or Ten One Design, $79)

This is something that you can invest lots of money into, or almost nothing at all but is very handy
They are great to use with apps like sketchbook pro when doing detailed drawings.
You can get cheap plastic styluses on ebay and trade me
But other companies like Ten One Design create styluses that have wrist-guard, bluetooth and all sorts of fancy stuff on them to make it feel like drawing with a pen.
I use a sort of cheap one (around $20) that my Dad found at his work.


Other Apps (Your Input + Ideas)
If you use anything else, please comment it so I can add a list in the post for the use of others. x

- iFont Maker (personal fonts special to your blog)
- Moleskine (Planning and journalling)
- iResize (you have to shrink your camera photos because they are so big)

Hope you might have found a new app to use.
x Harri