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NetNewsWire Pro rocks my socks, so when I went looking for a desktop tool to tie into WordPress I figured MarsEdit would be it. While, MarsEdit is a cool app, it just doesn’t feel as complete and polished as NetNewsWire. What I was really looking for was a tool to write on my blog without fussing with HTML tags, but MarsEdit still made me mess with HTML formatting. Sorry, but hand coding HTML is too old school for me. Why should I have to mess around with HTML tags?

So I looked around the market to see what else I could find, and I stumbled across this little gem called Ecto. If you are a blogger and have not seen this app, I recommend you check it out right now. It makes blogging painless, you can categorize things, format posts, upload pictures, insert iTunes and Amazon links, it plain rocks.

Oh, and another thing, it’s shareware.
And I have to say that more often I lean towards shareware/indie developed software than their commercial siblings. It feels really good to “stick it to the man” in a sense and support the little guys out there. Plus, things like blogging tools are a little to cutting edge for the major companies to have caught on as of yet.

Check out Ecto, combine that with DreamHost and WordPress and you’ve got yourself a kick ass blogging platform.