…set up a blog
Ok, Lifeblog is not about blogging. It’s definitely not about turning my whole life into a public event.
Instead, it’s about lifelogging: it’s about creating and keeping a multimedia log of my life.
But from this personal log I can share all the stuff that I have. Therefore, if I want to blog, I can do so. And even better:
when combining PC application and mobile application into one neat system, I get the best of both worlds: I can share instantaneously from my mobile Lifeblog. And I can review and share more consciously from my PC Lifeblog.
Cut the crap, how do I set up a blog? Ok, ok, here it comes: a very much biased listing of blog services that work with Lifeblog 2.x.
* TypePad (http://www.typepad.com)
TypePad by Six Apart is the default blogging service for Lifeblog and it is also the easiest to set up with Lifeblog. As the main advantage of TypePad I see:
- Lifeblog comes with predefined settings and help environments for TypePad. That means, TypePad is the blogging service that is the easiest to set up in Lifeblog
Against that I would name as the main disadvantage of TypePad:
- It costs money – starting at a basic level which currently costs $ 4.95 per month / $ 49.50 per year
For TypePad, the Lifeblog help describes how to set up a blog, but in order to be repetitive, here are the steps:
- Get a TypePad account:
- In mobile Lifeblog, “Options” -> “Settings” -> “Blog” will take you to your blogging accounts and from there “Options” -> “Sign up online” will take you via the Lifeblog web page to the TypePad site from where you can sign up.
- PC Lifeblog, click on “Tools” -> “Blog Account Manager” -> “Add New” and you will find a link to the Typepad page.
- Select your favourite web browser, type in http://www.typepad.com/ and take it from there
- Enter your TypePad credentials into Lifeblog
- In mobile Lifeblog, open “Options” -> “Settings” -> “Blog” and create a new blog account via “Options” -> “New account”
Chose anAccount name
of your liking and enter theUsername
andPassword
which you selected when signing up for TypePad. TheServer address
you should leave exactly as is (http://www.typepad.com/t/atom/weblog/); no need to fiddle around with it! As anInternet access point
, chose the one that you like :-). Also, whether you set “Optimise images
” to “Yes” or “No” is a matter of taste; chose “yes” if you want to save time and money when uploading and if you want to enjoy a bit more reliable setup; chose “no” if you have a good data plan or enough money 😉 or if you fancy high resolution images. - In PC Lifeblog, same steps as before apply: click on “Tools” -> “Blog Account Manager” -> “Add New”. In the dialog, just add the
User name
andPassword
that you used when registering for TypePad. Again, leave the Blog server address exactly as it is! Obviously, the Lifeblog do not think that money is an issue anymore in today’s Internet data plan world; hence, there is no way to adjust whether you want to downsize images when blogging
- In mobile Lifeblog, open “Options” -> “Settings” -> “Blog” and create a new blog account via “Options” -> “New account”
- Select one or several items in Lifeblog and start blogging
* Vox (http://www.vox.com/)
According to its web page, Vox is free and fun. And just like TypePad, it’s run by Six Apart. And even better, it supports upload from Lifeblog. I love Six Apart for having done that! 🙂 That brings me to the main advantage of Vox:
- It’s free!
The (really) tiny disadvantage is
- The server address has to be entered into Lifeblog manually.
Not surprisingly, the steps for taking Vox into use are quite similar to setting up TypePad:
- Get a Vox account:
- Select your favourite web browser, type in http://www.vox.com/ and start registering
- Enter your Vox credentials into Lifeblog
- In mobile Lifeblog, open “Options” -> “Settings” -> “Blog” and create a new blog account via “Options” -> “New account”
Chose anAccount name
of your liking. AsUsername
, you should enter the email address that you have registered for Vox. AsPassword
use the password that you have chosen for your Vox account.
Now comes the biggest difference: You have to change theServer address
tohttp://www.vox.com/atom/
)! Again,Internet access point
selection and “Optimise images
” are up to your personal preferences - In PC Lifeblog, again the same basic procedure applies: click on “Tools” -> “Blog Account Manager” -> “Add New”. In the dialog, change the
Blog server address
tohttp://www.vox.com/atom/
. Then, insert the email address under which you have registered for Vox into the fieldUser name
and your Vox password into thePassword
field.
- In mobile Lifeblog, open “Options” -> “Settings” -> “Blog” and create a new blog account via “Options” -> “New account”
- Select one or several items in Lifeblog and start blogging
* Flickr (http://www.flickr.com)
Is there anyone who doesn’t know Flickr? If you are one of those, where have you been hiding during the last two years? Just for you, Flickr is THE photo-sharing slash photo-blogging web service. It became the ice-breaker 2.0 in the frozen sea of internet monetization, when it was sold to Yahoo in March 2005 for what is now to be considered an insanely small amount of money.
But back to the topic, what advantages does Flickr offer to you as a Lifeblog user?
- Even though it comes in two different flavours, the basic account is free. The pro account adds $24.95 to your list of yearly expenses.
- It enables you to share your images as part of the currently largest image-sharing community.
The main drawback, you’ll ask?
- The main drawback from a Lifeblog user’s perspective is Flickr’s clear focus on images. No other Lifeblog data types can be shared through Flickr.
And the procedure to take Flickr into use with Lifeblog is:
- Get a Flickr account (in case you are the last one on earth who doesn’t have one)
- Log into Flickr with your Flickr credentials and go to http://www.flickr.com/tools/lifeblog
- Create a Flickr account in Lifeblog
- In mobile Lifeblog, open “Options” -> “Settings” -> “Blog” and create a new blog account via “Options” -> “New account”
ChoseAccount name
of your liking. As well,Internet access point
selection and “Optimise images
” are up to your personal preferences. The rest of the settings, you should take directly from http://www.flickr.com/tools/lifeblog. Pay special attention to theServer address
(which you have to set tohttp://www.flickr.com/services/atom/
) and thePassword
. The Password is different from your usual Flickr password! - In PC Lifeblog, again click on “Tools” -> “Blog Account Manager” -> “Add New”. In the dialog, change the
Blog server address
tohttp://www.flickr.com/services/atom/
as indicated on http://www.flickr.com/tools/lifeblog. Also, the rest of the details you should take from http://www.flickr.com/tools/lifeblog. Remember: log into Flickr before going to http://www.flickr.com/tools/lifeblog! Let me also mention that it is a good idea to type the FlickrPassword
into the Lifeblog settings manually.
- In mobile Lifeblog, open “Options” -> “Settings” -> “Blog” and create a new blog account via “Options” -> “New account”
* Movable Type
Using a preconfigured and hosted solution is too lame for? But you lack the time to write your own solution from scratch?
If you have a server that fulfills the requirements listed here, another solution from Six Apart might be for you: Movable Type. Even though Movable Type is a commercial solution, the Personal Edition is free.
Unfortunately, Movable Type is not shipped with Lifeblog support. Therefore, some additional
assembly is required besides the basic installation. Luckily, all the information, bolts and screws are available from Robert Price’s blog. If you do exactly as you are told there, it should work quite nicely. At least, it did for me. 🙂
Good luck! And: if you know more blogging services that support Lifeblog uploading, please let me know.
There was a comment left by Hugo in Ivan Kuznetsov’s blog that you can also get WordPress to work with Lifeblog (check it out: http://www.ivankuznetsov.com/2007/01/n93i_and_vox.html#comments).
Since I have not tried it yet, I did not include it here. As soon as I (successfully) have, I will add it.
But nevertheless, feel free to find it out for yourself. 🙂
lifeb
January 10, 2007 at 10:45 pm
I sucesfully conect my lifeblog with http://lifelogger.com/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifeblog say:
“Users can also post this data to a LifeLogger, TypePad, LiveJournal, Jutut, or other Atom-powered blogs.”
zata
February 3, 2007 at 1:48 am
Hello
I feel great using Nokia phones, taking pictures, and sending them with Nokia PC Suite and Google Picasa into my blogs.
Google Blogger is free so as is Picasa 2.0 which is neat application for
keeping photos in order.
What I would want to do is add .mpg into my blog in fly. I guess this will be supported sooner than later in blogger.
Lifetime Oy – The Leading Finnish Internet Brand since 1899.
Best Regards,
Blogtheristo
BlogTheRisto
March 8, 2007 at 2:28 pm
Great information, just what I was looking for.
Thanks
Brian.
Brian
April 7, 2007 at 7:04 pm
Thanks for the information – was wondering how to setup the Flickr stuff.
Neil Merton
May 20, 2007 at 10:38 am
Hi guys.
I got a script working which allows to post to a wordpress blog directily from a lifeblog capable phone.
More infos at http://www.suppengabel.net/blog/index.php/2006/12/21/nokia-lifeblog-und-wordpress/
Christian
May 31, 2007 at 6:25 pm
Here’s how to set up Lifeblog with Nokia’s newest toy, Twango:
http://www.phoneboy.com/node/1613
and some others:
http://cognections.typepad.com/lifeblog/2006/11/robert_price_on.html#comment-26111757
(robot)
August 7, 2007 at 9:56 am
There’s a table of Atom server addresses here, feel free to add any new ones you find!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_Lifeblog#Blog_settings
Hugo
October 12, 2007 at 8:44 am
Hello, very nice site, keep up good job!
Admin good, very good.
Stasigr
October 29, 2007 at 6:02 pm
very interesting, but I don’t agree with you
Idetrorce
Idetrorce
December 15, 2007 at 2:45 pm
Anyone know settings to use for google’s blooger, or should I just move to one of the ones above ?
I recently got an N82 and… having played with Lifeblog before, it’s now a workable solution 🙂
Chris
January 3, 2008 at 1:39 am
Almost unrelated:
Would anyone happen to still have the default Lifeblog + PC Suite sync settings on their _phone_?
Menu: Tools: Sync: Lifeblog
Menu: Tools: Sync: PC Suite
Because I’ve changed mine, and it messed up a bit, any help much appreciated 🙂
Janet
February 2, 2008 at 2:07 am
Cool!
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