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Show HN: Blogo - A blog editor Mac app for WordPress bloggers

34 points by amurepinho 12y ago

gverri 12y ago
Looking good. It reminds me of Windows Live Writer. Are you beta? How can I try it?
- ncw96 12y ago
  Fill out the signup form at the bottom to try the beta.
  - amurepinho 12y ago
    thanks for helping :)
- amurepinho 12y ago
  Hey, good to hear from you. Yes, we've just released our public beta and you can download it on our website if you join the beta program. About Windows Live Writer, we do have a lot of beta users that migrate from Windows to Mac and are helping us building a very good product. WLW still have a lot of users but Microsoft decided to shut it down. :/
  - gverri 12y ago
    Can we expect a Windows version?
    - amurepinho 12y ago
      Hi gverri. We believe in creating a tool for all bloggers, despite their OS. :) Sounds good?
dang 12y ago
Hey you guys: you're tripping HN's voting ring detector like mad, and all the new accounts you're creating are just getting themselves and the rest of you penalized. Please don't do that! (And no sockpuppet comments either.) Best of luck with the project! Edit: oh, I'm afraid this post doesn't qualify to be a Show HN because the product isn't ready to be tried out. As the new guidelines say (https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html), landing pages and beta signups definitely don't count. But you're welcome to do a Show HN later when the product is ready to be played with. If I'm reading this wrong, let us know (hn@ycombinator.com) and we'll put "Show HN" back in the title.
- amurepinho 12y ago
  Can I just change the link to be a direct download one?
  - dang 12y ago
    Yes, absolutely, if the software is ready to be tried out. And we'll put "Show HN" back in the title in that case, too.
personlurking 12y ago
First thing I saw "só testando mesmo" in the screen cap. Well, parece legal (looks cool), I'd like to test it out but, unfortunately, I've got the only mac (the original MBA) that doesn't allow upgrading to 10.8/9. Nice work, though
- amurepinho 12y ago
  Hey, thanks! We tried to support 10.8 but there's a lot of features that wasn't supported by the OS, like native notifications, iCloud etc. :/
cheez 12y ago
My blogging suffered severely when Blogo stopped working with the latest OSX a couple of years ago. Why did you guys stop working on it?
- amurepinho 12y ago
  It was a different team and different time. The main reason is that Apple decided not to support Ruby/Cocoa anymore and at that time, the team wasn't ready to rebuild it. Now, I can guarantee we'll do everything possible to recover your trust. It would be awesome to have you onboard again.
  - cheez 12y ago
    No worries, things happen. I knew it was due to Apple and rewriting an app is hard.
kmfrk 12y ago
Would be interesting, if it could plug(o) into Draft (http://draftin.com http://draftin.com). Great concept, though; it's not just an editor, but a publishing tool (CMS).
- amurepinho 12y ago
  Hi there. We have plans to integrate with many platforms and partners. At this moment we will focus on WordPress to validate and iterate faster.
grimborg 12y ago
It never stops loading and it crashes on me when I try to type anything. I have a self-signed certificate, maybe that is the cause? I'm running the latest version of Wordpress.
- rprotector 12y ago
  @grimborg can you please email us at support@getblogo.com (or submit a ticket via our website) with this issue? We can help you better at our support channel. Thanks!
semerda 12y ago
Installed it. Very nice and clean layout. Well done folks! Now for the feature requests :-) - disqus vs wp spam prone comments integration? - mobile version? I usually begin all my blog posts while walking. Currently use Notes on the iPhone and love how when I get back to my MBP its there synced. Just these 2 would be enough for me to switch to using this as my tool of choice for blogging.
- amurepinho 12y ago
  Amazing feedback semerda! # Disqus vs wp spam prone comments integration? Absolutely. This is an important feature we NEED to deliver. # Writing posts while walking Yeah, we are finishing a "secret integration" for this exactly situation in the next few weeks.... :)
  - semerda 12y ago
    No worries, anytime! Happy to help with Beta testing. I write for 2 blogs.
    - amurepinho 12y ago
      Fantastic! Just saw your post about Yerba Mate. I'll be in SF in September and I'll bring 1 pack of brazilian yerba mate for you. I drink everyday and it's delicious. You'll love it.
      - semerda 12y ago
        Sounds good :-)
robertomb 12y ago
Glad to see how fast Blogo is growing. Rough team, as Amure is well known for any brazilian involved in startups. Cons that Linux/Android would be lovely welcome.
ggorenstein1 12y ago
OMG! Blogging just got so much easier. I was dreaming about a tool that would allow me to startup a few different posts and came back to edit and publish them later.

34 points by amurepinho 12y ago

gverri 12y ago

Looking good. It reminds me of Windows Live Writer. Are you beta? How can I try it?

ncw96 12y ago
Fill out the signup form at the bottom to try the beta.
- amurepinho 12y ago
  thanks for helping :)
amurepinho 12y ago
Hey, good to hear from you. Yes, we've just released our public beta and you can download it on our website if you join the beta program. About Windows Live Writer, we do have a lot of beta users that migrate from Windows to Mac and are helping us building a very good product. WLW still have a lot of users but Microsoft decided to shut it down. :/
- gverri 12y ago
  Can we expect a Windows version?
  - amurepinho 12y ago
    Hi gverri. We believe in creating a tool for all bloggers, despite their OS. :) Sounds good?

dang 12y ago

Hey you guys: you're tripping HN's voting ring detector like mad, and all the new accounts you're creating are just getting themselves and the rest of you penalized. Please don't do that! (And no sockpuppet comments either.) Best of luck with the project! Edit: oh, I'm afraid this post doesn't qualify to be a Show HN because the product isn't ready to be tried out. As the new guidelines say (https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html), landing pages and beta signups definitely don't count. But you're welcome to do a Show HN later when the product is ready to be played with. If I'm reading this wrong, let us know (hn@ycombinator.com) and we'll put "Show HN" back in the title.

amurepinho 12y ago
Can I just change the link to be a direct download one?
- dang 12y ago
  Yes, absolutely, if the software is ready to be tried out. And we'll put "Show HN" back in the title in that case, too.

personlurking 12y ago

First thing I saw "só testando mesmo" in the screen cap. Well, parece legal (looks cool), I'd like to test it out but, unfortunately, I've got the only mac (the original MBA) that doesn't allow upgrading to 10.8/9. Nice work, though

amurepinho 12y ago
Hey, thanks! We tried to support 10.8 but there's a lot of features that wasn't supported by the OS, like native notifications, iCloud etc. :/

cheez 12y ago

My blogging suffered severely when Blogo stopped working with the latest OSX a couple of years ago. Why did you guys stop working on it?

amurepinho 12y ago
It was a different team and different time. The main reason is that Apple decided not to support Ruby/Cocoa anymore and at that time, the team wasn't ready to rebuild it. Now, I can guarantee we'll do everything possible to recover your trust. It would be awesome to have you onboard again.
- cheez 12y ago
  No worries, things happen. I knew it was due to Apple and rewriting an app is hard.

kmfrk 12y ago

Would be interesting, if it could plug(o) into Draft (http://draftin.com http://draftin.com). Great concept, though; it's not just an editor, but a publishing tool (CMS).

amurepinho 12y ago
Hi there. We have plans to integrate with many platforms and partners. At this moment we will focus on WordPress to validate and iterate faster.

grimborg 12y ago

It never stops loading and it crashes on me when I try to type anything. I have a self-signed certificate, maybe that is the cause? I'm running the latest version of Wordpress.

rprotector 12y ago
@grimborg can you please email us at support@getblogo.com (or submit a ticket via our website) with this issue? We can help you better at our support channel. Thanks!

semerda 12y ago

Installed it. Very nice and clean layout. Well done folks! Now for the feature requests :-) - disqus vs wp spam prone comments integration? - mobile version? I usually begin all my blog posts while walking. Currently use Notes on the iPhone and love how when I get back to my MBP its there synced. Just these 2 would be enough for me to switch to using this as my tool of choice for blogging.

amurepinho 12y ago
Amazing feedback semerda! # Disqus vs wp spam prone comments integration? Absolutely. This is an important feature we NEED to deliver. # Writing posts while walking Yeah, we are finishing a "secret integration" for this exactly situation in the next few weeks.... :)
- semerda 12y ago
  No worries, anytime! Happy to help with Beta testing. I write for 2 blogs.
  - amurepinho 12y ago
    Fantastic! Just saw your post about Yerba Mate. I'll be in SF in September and I'll bring 1 pack of brazilian yerba mate for you. I drink everyday and it's delicious. You'll love it.
    - semerda 12y ago
      Sounds good :-)

robertomb 12y ago

Glad to see how fast Blogo is growing. Rough team, as Amure is well known for any brazilian involved in startups. Cons that Linux/Android would be lovely welcome.

ggorenstein1 12y ago

OMG! Blogging just got so much easier. I was dreaming about a tool that would allow me to startup a few different posts and came back to edit and publish them later.