Windows Live Writer
I’ve been using Windows Live Writer to manage my posts. It’s great.
Lightweight enough for me to launch at will, and plays well with Wordpress (and many other CMS/blogs, apparently). It’s so much faster than having to log in to the usual web interface, especially when just updating a draft (which can be saved locally or on the web).
Also, the editor is sweet. It’s able to mimic what the post will look like, so you don’t have to keep hitting Preview. It’s also a lot more robust, providing easier hyperlinking, adding images (which can do minor image edditing too), text formatting etc.
You can also set post metadata such as categories (syncs up with what you have on the server), tags, date right from here. and when you’re all done just hit Publish. Like I’m going to do now.
