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blog from anywhereOf course, this isn't something new if you have checked out Kristal Kraft's blogs before.  She has a camera phone photo blog.  I thought this was really cool.  I tried finding a post explaining this since she is the "unofficial tech support" and found nothing.  I checked Tool Boy's Blog for information since he knows all of the gadgets, but nothing.  I thought, how can you email a post to your blog?   I am new to all of this blogging stuff and my idle time is spent reading the master bloggers like Kristal Kraft, Teresa Boardman and Jeff Turner.    There are plenty others, but I just don't have enough hours in a day to read them all.  (You are probably wondering, why in the heck do you need a camera phone blog in the first place?)  Well it helps with your blogging addiction... a quick fix when you start to shake.  And also, when you're bored hanging out somewhere your wife drags you and want to be productive or atleast creative, you can tap out a quick post. 

I dug around and found out that you couldn't do email post directly with Wordpress.com but there is a work around in Flickr.  In your Flickr account (create one if you don't have one yet) Under account settings is the "email" tab.  There, Flickr will allow you to create a photo upload email address AND a blog email address.  Flickr Account pageIt will walk you through the steps to marry your blog and flickr accounts.  I created a new blog just for photos like Kristal.  So, now when I am sitting around doing nothing, I can do two things, snap off some photos and send them to my Flickr account or blog about it on my Wordpress Blog.  Either way the photo is stored on your Flickr account.  If you decide to blog about one of your pictures later, there is a "Blog This" button above each picture in Flickr.  You will be able to post directly from Flickr. 

Here again to help me with my mobile craving.  I found out that Wordpress.com has a mobile version and yes you can post from your internet capable phone.  You just have to goto http://m.wordpress.com  Flickr offers the samething... just go to http://m.flickr.com  Both fit on your screen nicely and are very functional.

Hope this helps you get your blogging fix...I am sure it will mine.

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Bob

AKA gotbob

Deborah Burns ~ Seattle Real Estate Agent
Realty Executives -BRIO - Seattle, WA
Oh great!  Another reason I need to spend some time figuring out Flickr!  :  )
May 27, 2007 08:22 PM
Sandra Williams
Rancon Real Estate - Temecula, CA
Thanks for the advice. I was trying to figure out how Krystal was able to do the photo blog. Great tip. 
May 27, 2007 08:23 PM
Bob Carney
Taylor-Made Deep Creek Vacations & Sales - Mc Henry, MD
Licensed MD/PA Real Estate Agent

Deborah,  :)

Sandra, You're welcome.  I am glad I was able to help.

May 27, 2007 09:48 PM
Kristal Kraft
Novella Real Estate - Denver, CO
Selling Metro Denver Real Estate - 303-589-2022

Bob ~ When you use my  name my feed reader will hunt you down and find you!  :) 

Glad you figured out how to make a Flickr badge...it's cool yes?

kk

p.s. so much tech support, so little time. 

May 28, 2007 05:17 PM
Frank Rubi
Frank Rubi Real Estate, LLC - Metairie, LA
FrankRubiRealEstate.com
Good point.
May 28, 2007 11:37 PM
Bob Carney
Taylor-Made Deep Creek Vacations & Sales - Mc Henry, MD
Licensed MD/PA Real Estate Agent

KK. I knew I should of misspelled your name or used your picture in place of your name...darn google alerts and readers.  :)  Was is Kristal Kraft that set of the alarms or "Unofficial Tech Support"???  ;)

Yes, this is way cool. 

Thanks for stopping by...

May 29, 2007 12:48 AM
Mesa, Arizona Real Estate Mesa Arizona Realtor
Homes Arizona Real Estate LLC - Mesa, AZ
AzLadyInRed
Another cool tip from our wonderful AR contributors. Bookmarked and rated!
May 29, 2007 01:14 PM
Bob Carney
Taylor-Made Deep Creek Vacations & Sales - Mc Henry, MD
Licensed MD/PA Real Estate Agent
Thank you Teri.  You're too kind!
May 29, 2007 02:36 PM
Dale Baker
Baker Energy Audits and Commercial Properties Inspections - Claremont, NH
New Hampshire Relocation Real Estate Information

Howdy Bob

You do post some very good info and advice.

Thank you.

Have a good one

Aug 28, 2007 09:18 AM
Bob Carney
Taylor-Made Deep Creek Vacations & Sales - Mc Henry, MD
Licensed MD/PA Real Estate Agent
Thanks for Stopping by Dale...glad you liked it.
Aug 28, 2007 01:04 PM
Tina Maraj
RE/MAX One - Fullerton, CA
Celebrating 30 Years of Real Estate Sales
How do you place the links on under your photo? Do you use the link section?
Jan 27, 2008 09:00 AM
Bob Carney
Taylor-Made Deep Creek Vacations & Sales - Mc Henry, MD
Licensed MD/PA Real Estate Agent
Do you mean in my AR sidebar?  That is done in your profile settings.  Even though you can only put 200 characters in there, you can put in endless HTML.
Jan 27, 2008 09:54 AM
Benjamin Clark
Homebuyer Representation, Inc. - Salt Lake City, UT
Buyer's Agent - Certified Negotiation Expert
I'll have to work on this.Flick doesn't get rights when you upload photos do they?
Jan 31, 2008 03:30 PM
Bob Carney
Taylor-Made Deep Creek Vacations & Sales - Mc Henry, MD
Licensed MD/PA Real Estate Agent
No you own the copyrights.  You have the ability to change them to a Creative Commons licenses. too.  
Feb 01, 2008 08:38 AM
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