Quick update.
WordPress released a “bugs fixed” version of the iPhone app on August 4. Despite previously expressed trepidation, I decided to bite the bullet and upgrade to WordPress 2.6. WordPress and iPhone app are still fully functional after upgrade to 2.6.
This is my first post written via my iPhone. More accurately, it’s my first post ‘started’ on the iPhone. I still don’t have enough patience or facility with the iPhone keyboard to create a text intensive post that way.
When Steve Jobs featured a Typepad interface App during the Apps store segment of the iPhone 3G introduction I knew that a WordPress app would be imminent. And so it was that, on July 22, Automattic Inc. released WordPress for iPhone. True to the WordPress mission the application is Free and Open-Source; meaning that anyone can contribute to the development of this app.
Having a lot of eyeballs vetting the App is probably a good idea because there are some problems. I am currently running WordPress 2.51 and, although WordPress is encouraging everyone to upgrade to WordPress 2.6, I think I’ll wait a little while. (more…)
Before my children were born there were lots of preparations to be made. We stocked up on parenting books, baby clothes, baby furniture, quilts, toys, mobiles, diapers, and all the other supplies and equipment of parenthood. It was a big deal! The preparation and anticipation were all consuming.
Lest you jump to any hasty conclusions, I’m not about to equate having children with acquiring a new iPhone. There are, however, some interesting parallels.
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