I'm just going to test how Windows Live Writer (WLW) handles pictures. The last picture was neatly thumb-nailed for me. It wasn't a big picture. I'm now going to place a largish shot from Radhastami just to see how it handles it.

Well, all I can say is, "Wow!".

That is very cool. Not only does it create the thumbnail but it also automatically resizes the picture for me and adds the neat little background shadow. All in one go. Another benefit is that I can create draft news items and save them for later editing which is handy.

The main reason I stopped blogging regularly was the amount of time it takes to process pictures and then upload them to the site. That and creating and editing documents all takes up time. My hope is this little tool will save me enough time for me to work on the creative side not the nuts and bolts side of things.

The real test will be when I get to Mumbai and have to use my mobile broadband connection. We'll soon test the "broad" aspect of the mobile connection. If this works well for me in India then I might be encouraging all of those who we are planning to create and edit news items for our blogs to add this little tool to their bloggers webkit.

# Posted by Aniruddha at 12/10/08; 9:40:13 PM to the News dept.
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Another test

Testing, testing, 123...

Yesterday Kurma Prabhu suggested I start blogging again. I've been meaning to test out Windows Live Writer with our Manila and Frontier server so today I decided to give it a try.

It worked perfectly, right out of the box. I'm off to India on Wednesday to participate in the GBC strategic planning meetings which kick off on the 19th or thereabouts. I'll try to send in some reports of happenings in India.

Kurma's encouragement will be tested by how often I can keep up my regular posting, with pictures and meaningful commentary. My hope is that this installation of Windows Live Writer will make it so easy that I can post regularly and frequently, with pics.

# Posted by Aniruddha at 12/10/08; 2:20:07 PM to the News dept.
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Test

Testing, testing, 123...

Yesterday Kurma Prabhu suggested I start blogging again. I've been meaning to test out Windows Live Writer with our Manila and Frontier server so today I decided to give it a try.

It worked perfectly, right out of the box. I'm off to India on Wednesday to participate in the GBC strategic planning meetings which kick off on the 19th or thereabouts. I'll try to send in some reports of happenings in India.

Kurma's encouragement will be tested by how often I can keep up my regular posting, with pictures and meaningful commentary. My hope is that this installation of Windows Live Writer will make it so easy that I can post regularly and frequently, with pics.

# Posted by Aniruddha at 12/10/08; 2:20:07 PM to the News dept.
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Test