Sofware for OS X - Recommendations?

For the past however many years I've been using web interfaces for blogging. I was on blogger back before they were bought by google, and then I made the switch to Typepad. However, I'd like to be able to continue posting while we're in Africa, and I won't be able to do that if I'm dependent on a web connection every time I want to write an update. I guess what I'm looking for is something like Outlook or Thunderbird, but for blogging instead of email.

I've been looking at various blog editors, and right now I've narrowed it down to Ecto and MarsEdit. It's a difficult decision because they both suck in unique ways. Neither app behaves the way it ought to, and they've each got different annoying quirks. Anyway, if anyone out there has any recommendations on a decent Typepad-compatible editor for Mac OS X, I'm all ears.

Also, I need a quick and easy way to take images from my monstrosity of a digital camera (6 MP) and easily convert them to web-friendly size. Ideally I'd like to find a macro where I could just right click on the file in Finder and select "Format for Web" or whatever and have my photo automagically resized to 450px by 300px at a resolution of around 72.

While I'm at it, if there's any other Mac software you can't live without please let me know what it is. I might not be able to live without it either, in which case my life may very well be in your hands. Don't let me down.

Posted by flow Frazao on January 5, 2006 at 12:25 AM in TTSU Maintenance, Web/Tech, Weblogs | Permalink