Composing your blog posts in a browser has a number of disadvantages. First is that web browsers can swallow up all of your (RAM) memory and either crash on you or require that you periodically restart it, if you interrupt your writing with visits to certain web pages for reference, or like most people, compulsively gawking at Facebook, YouTube or any other web distraction that your addicted to. Even if your computer is upgraded to the point that memory is never an issue, there’s still the various distractions around the admin panel and worst of all, the reliance on good Wi-Fi (i.e. working internet connectivity). So, if you’ve been wondering, “Gee, there’s gotta be a better way to do this”, I got the answer for you.

For Windows:

http://en.support.wordpress.com/xml-rpc/windows-live-writer/

http://www.qando.net/?p=11218

For Mac:

http://www.red-sweater.com/marsedit/