Here's something that sort of sucks...

No, peace doesn't suck. Having ham-like hands doesn't even suck as bad as it could, either. More on that later.

I've been thinking about the advantages and disadvantages of blogging strictly from my iPhone and I've come to the realization that I am going to have to learn some basic HTML commands. That shouldn't be too tough, but it is something I've been putting off since I was in college. That's 1995 or so for those keeping score at home.

Now, those familiar with blogger.com may be wondering why I'm going to have to mess with HTML at all. Using the WYSIWYG editor and compose option here, I shouldn't need any commands, right? I don't have a mouse or any way to highlight a section of text, so if I want to include a link to a Web site, for example, I have no way to highlight a block of type and assign a URL to it. Another disadvantage I see is in editing HTML code, or any type longer than the editing windows, once I get rolling. It's tough to scroll through sections of type in the editor's windows without a mouse or a keyboard with arrow keys. The only solution I have found so far is to use the touchscreen "magnifying glass" and hover near the edges of the editing window to move within that window.

I like that the magnifying glass feature zooms in on text, but I would rather have arrow keys on the iPhone's virtual keyboard to move a cursor around.

To end on a positive note, I wish the typing recognition featured on the iPhone was available in some of the software I use at work, such as InDesign, QuarkXPress or Word. I read somewhere (I'll find a link later and include it once I figure out how to do so) where someone said using the iPhone's keyboard required some faith in the auto-correction. They referred to it as "trusting the force." Geeky, but true. Once I gave in to the power of the iPhone's correction ability, I found myself typing with two thumbs, and doing so quite well. And I have short, chubby, sausage-like fingers. See the photographic proof above! That's also my first attempt at getting a photo from my iPhone to my blog, and it wasn't easy!