Cool Tools for Blogging

I’ve been blogging for quite a while now. My  amateur radio blog, for example, has been online for nearly four years now. In addition to my ham radio blog, I also  blog on automotive testing at AutoTestNews.Com.

But even though I’ve been at it so long, there  are always new things to learn. For example, I’ve recently discovered to cool, new tools: Performancing for Firefox and Zookoda.

Performancing for Firefox is a Firefox plug-in that lets you edit entries using your Firefox browser.  I’m using it right now to edit this entry, in fact. Now, using a single window, I can edit entries for all my blogs.

Zookoda is a web service that lets you set up e-mail lists for your blog readers who don’t want to bother with RSS feds. What Zookoda does is subscribe to your RSS feed , format the data and e-mail it to subscribers.

Once you register on the site,  it guides you through the setup. You can tell Zookoda how often to send e-mails and when to send the e-mails. Zookoda will even create a bit of JavaScript that, when added to your blog, displays a subscription form. I think this is a great way for you to keep in touch with your readers.

You can subscribe to this blog right now by simply entering your e-mail address into the form at right. Thanks!