Twitter ate my LJ; giving LJ2ME a try

[ben_zine]

Just like many other people, it seems that I've let twitter devour my blogging habit (if ever I really had one, that is, which is debatable). There have actually been a few times recently when I decided to not broach a particular topic because I couldn't think of a reasonable way to fit the thought into 140 characters... and frankly that's just

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Note: http://www.livejournal.com/mobile/friends.bml will soon be decomissioned in favour of http://m.livejournal.com/read/friends

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Also, instead of using a task-specific client, consider instead http://www.livejournal.com/manage/emailpost.bml?mode=help

considered and rejected, I'm afraid

[ben_zine]

I actually looked into that, and I really, really like the idea, but I can't use it because I refuse to post via unencryted email, and I know no easy way of integrating GPG with the S60 Messaging client. I can do so via mutt+gpg+PuTTYs60, but at that point why bother uselessly hopping through extra hoops?

After testing several options last night, I think I'll end up using a combination of LJ2ME for composing short bits in transit and posting asynchronously when I reach a destination with WiFi (usually home or the office), and writing long(er)-form content in EasyEdit and pasting it into the standard post interface via Opera Mobile.

I'm still looking for a good way to read threaded LJ comments on my phone's tiny screen. Got any suggestions for that purpose?

Re: considered and rejected, I'm afraid

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I get to threaded comments in MicroB from http://www.livejournal.com/mobile/friends.bml which takes me to http://ben-zine.livejournal.com/11010.html?format=light so that I never see the poster's style/theme.

[nighthawk21]

welcome back ben

Thanks!

[ben_zine]

Thanks! If nothing else, all that time away has really hammered home what an excellent system and what a great community LiveJournal is and has.