Loathe though I am to admit it, there is little chance I can continue to deny Microsoft are actually capable of producing some good, free, software.

Wow.

Yes. I had to sit down after that as well.

The good bit of software is Windows Live Writer – it is designed to be used with MSN Spaces (Microsoft’s version of blogging software, late and playing catch up seems pretty routine for MS).

Despite it’s Microsoft pedigree, this is actually a good bit of beta software. This post is being written with it, so it certainly connects to rival blog software easily enough.

Without raving about it too much, it makes posting to the blog somewhat like a MS Office experience – easy and feels “familiar.” It comes with plug ins for flickr and tagging protocols. It allows you insert Windows Live maps, pictures and the like. So far, I cant fault it. Hopefully this will change with time…

Well worth the cost of downloading this bit of software. 🙂