207: Smartphone and Tablet Apps for Bloggers - a podcast by Darren Rowse: Blogger, Speaker, Author and Online Entrepreneur

Blogger Apps for Smartphone and Tablet
Today, I want to take you on a tour of my iPhone and iPad, and talk about the apps I use most in my blogging and online business activities.One of the biggest changes that has happened in my blogging since I began back in 2002 is the technology I use. In the early days it was all done purely through my old desktop PC (and by old I mean really old) and via dial-up internet.

Things were so simple. I started on Blogger and everything that went on my blog was written directly into it. Adding images or video to my posts were not even something I considered as my internet speed was too slow and my computer not really powerful enough to do anything with them.But since that time a lot has changed. For me, it started with an upgrade of computers (I bought myself a little white apple iBook with my first earnings) and upgrading to ADSL internet.

I also remember around that time I got my first phone (a Nokia if my memory serves me correctly) that allowed me to go online and look at websites. It had a built-in browser, and while the user experience was horrible I remember looking at my blog for the first time on it and even managing to find a way to log in to the back end of my blog which enabled me to edit a spelling mistake.I thought that ability was so cool, even though it took ten or so minutes to login, find the mistake on that tiny screen, make the change (using the keypad) and save the change.

Of course 2007 came around and changed everything when the iPhone was released, and I began to realize that life was about to change for bloggers. Higher resolution screens, touch screens instead of buttons, and these ‘app’ things that while at the time were pretty basic I could see would have amazing potential.I’m not sure how many iPhones I’ve had since 2007, but apart from one 12 month period when I tried an Android I’ve stuck to Apple products.

I have also had a number of iPads in that time (although I never actually bought any of them - I managed to win them all in affiliate promotions). My first iPads were used more for entertainment - reading Kindle books, watching movies, playing games - but in the last 6 months I have started using an iPad Pro (10.5 inch) which I won and am starting to realize that that device can actually replace my notebooks for some circumstances.So today I want to talk about the smartphone and tablet apps that I use most regularly.

Of course as an Apple user they’ll be iOS specific, although quite a few of them can also be found on Android.It’s also worth noting that increasingly I’m using apps that allow me to sync up with my Apple computers. Cloud computing is of course one of the other big changes that has happened, and I LOVE that I can work on my desktop and then keep working on another device.Links and Resources on Smartphone and Tablet Apps for Bloggers

Group Discussion About AppsGroup Discussion About Note Taking Apps

Productivity and PlanningWunderlist
Apple NotesEvernote
OnenoteBear
Awesome NoteSimple Note
MindNodeFantastical 2

AnalyticsGoogle Analytics for iOS
Google Analytics for AndroidAdSense for iOS
AdSense for AndroidContent

CoScheduleUsing CoSchedule as a Blogging Tool
Adobe SparkSnapseed for iOS
Snapseed for androidLightroom
Google Drive for iOSGoogle Drive for Android

CommunicationsSlack
Gmail for iOSGmail for Android

OtherChrome
PodcastsOther Apps Mentioned by Our Community

BufferTrello
LaterTailwind
Google KeepPocket
WordswagTyporama
DropboxAsanaFull TranscriptExpand to view full transcript
Compress to smaller transcript viewHi there. Welcome to episode 207 of the ProBlogger Podcast. My name is Darren Rowse. I’m the blogger and the podcaster behind problogger...

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