Moblogging with a Nokia 7610 via Atom

25/12/2004 19:29 | Categories: Blogging | 0 Comments 

I managed to get my hands on a loaned Nokia 7610 terminal, since I decided to join the beta-testing program of the Lifeblog tool, which will be provided for free by Nokia. The goog thing about Lifeblog is that it makes very very easy to take pictures with the camera and post them to your blog, all via Atom. Nokia also provided the beta-testers with a 3-month free account in TypePad, SixApart's blogging service based on MovableType. At the moment my plans are as follows: I have to help test this cute little tool (there's nothing like having your company pay your bills ) but my bigger plans include developing an Atom layer for our beloved pLog, the tool that powers this site and many more out there (last version was downloaded over 8000 times!) For those of you interested, Atom is an XML-based protocol that uses the REST paradigm to build web-enabled applications. Sort of web service, but instead of only relying on POST requests, it uses all the request modes as provided by the HTTP specification: POST, GET, PUT and DELETE. There is lots more information in the Atom wiki and webpage so please take a look!
The target is to have everything ready before I leave to Spain in 2 weeks (it's about f*cking time I had holidays!) so that I can use Lifeblog from there to photoblog my holidays for all of you Atom is not a very easy API to implement but I'll do my best... I can't miss this chance now that I have a testing terminal, which I will only be enjoying until the end of August (as I said, it's just a loan )
My TypePad blog is http://oscar.typepad.com so during the first few days I'll be posting things there. I'm quite excited about moblogging, it might be the solution for people like me who still would like to share their thoughts (or pictures ) with the rest of the world but do not have so much time to write! Stay tuned