Writing a blog post on the iPad:
- Open the WordPress app
- Touch/click “Add Image”
- Touch/clock “Upload Image”, find image in the finder. The image has been magically synchronized between my iPhone and iPad, courtesy of iCloud
- Write the entry
- Touch/click publish
Writing a blog post on the Linux desktop:
- On the iPhone, make sure Dropbox has uploaded all the photos considered for the post
- On the Linux desktop, navigate to the Dropbox/Camera Uploads folder
- Wait for Dropbox to finish downloading, find photos that were just downloaded, copy them to the Desktop
- Right click on each image, choose from the list of image editing applications available (Shotwell, GIMP, ‘Image Editor’, ‘Image Viewer’, etc.), open the image, resize to an acceptable size for upload
- Export image as JPG file
- Open web browser, navigate to the site’s admin page
- Click New Post
- Click Insert Image, drag each photo from desktop onto the web browser, wait for upload
- Write the entry
- Click Publish Now
One of these approaches has less “user friction” than the other. Why is it that I occasionally lean toward the process that takes more steps? A desire to set myself apart to show that I’m different. I have a driving urge to prove I’m different.
You already know that. I already know that. At age 52, I probably don’t need to demonstrate this as often as I did as a kid.
This is not the way to demonstrate this. The end result for the reader and/or viewer is the same; they have no way of knowing which method I used to compose this blog entry.
Thank you for attending my therapy session.
