Damn You, Flock!
Keeping up with a blog is tough. If you don’t write almost every day, people start to lose interest. That’s particularly true for a blog that hasn’t even really started yet.
So, you can imagine how upsetting it was when my second post on this blog was lost in the ether by Flock, that fancy browser based on Firefox. One of the nice features of Flock, in theory, is the integated blogging interface, allowing one to create a blog post any time by clicking a button on the toolbar. Sounds great.
Somehow, Flock managed to post only the title of my post, losing the body entirely. It just didn’t make it. And, of course, Flock closes the window after you post, making it impossible to retrieve. But, wait, Flock is apparently able to save posts locally. Well, somehow the folder Flock created to do just that is empty.
The short of it is, instead of reading what was surely brilliant insights into the nature of the universe, you are reading this. And how is a rant about beta software a valuable use of your time? Well, it’s a warning to stay away from the Flock beta if you are in it for the blogging tools….