Six Apart Launches Facebook Blogging Application

Posted by Nick O'Neill on April 16th, 2008 12:18 AM

Earlier today I had the opportunity to speak with David Recordon of Six Apart. He has been working on a Facebook application for the past few months that is pretty interesting and extremely simple. The application enables bloggers quickly post their blog posts from within Facebook and send notifications of that post to Facebook, Twitter and Pownce. I’ve been wondering for a long time why nobody had created an effective blogging software for Facebook.

While there is currently no WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor, it creates a simple interface for posting to your Typepad, Wordpres, Blogger or Movable Type blog. As David Recordon told me on the phone earlier today, the goal is to “bridge the gap between social networking and blogging.” The application makes it easier for bloggers to pull in their content from their own sites.

The application is extremely simple but David expressed the desire to add on features if the users express a need for more. You can find more by reading about it on his post on his blog. Six Apart decided not to add any viral components to this application because they wanted to focus on utility. While this will most likely have a negative impact on the growth of the application it will most definitely have a positive impact on the user’s experience.

If you want to blog within Facebook go check out the Blog It application.

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4 Responses to “Six Apart Launches Facebook Blogging Application”

David Recordon Says:
April 15th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Thanks Nick! We’re definitely interested in how we can help bring utility to Facebook with blogging. Rather than focusing on how we can make Blog It viral today, we want to help all bloggers make their posts viral by telling the people they know.
David Recordon Says:
April 16th, 2008 at 12:23 am
Thanks Nick! We’re definitely interested in how we can help bring utility to Facebook with blogging. Rather than focusing on how we can make Blog It viral today, we want to help all bloggers make their posts viral by telling the people they know.
Justin Thorp Says:
April 17th, 2008 at 9:31 am
Sweet finally a useful facebook application.
Justin Thorp Says:
April 17th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Sweet finally a useful facebook application.