Better Blogging

Last Updated on Wednesday, 19 November 2008 01:21 Written by lorie Friday, 26 September 2008 02:52

I’m often doing things around the house when a great idea comes to me that I would like to write about here on my blog.

I’ll be doing the laundry and have a whole blog post running through my mind — only to forget half of those great words when I go to write the post later on in the day.   Sewing is also a creative outlet for me and great ideas come to me as I’m sewing.  Unfortunately, I don’t have my laptop with me during these creative moments.  I do employ the use of a pad of paper in my pocket to jot down great ideas. But, still … I look at those notes later on and say, “what was I thinking when I wrote this?”

I’ve often thought it would be great to have a tape recorder attached to me so I could get all these good ideas recorded for later transcribing.  Well…. someone has actually gone a step further than that! And that’s Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Standard or Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Preferred.

With this program there’s no need to even type — it does it for you at a speed up to 150 words per minute. I’m a great typist but still can only type about 90 words per minute and that’s when I’m not trying to think of what to say at the same time.  Imagine your blog post being typed at the same time as you are thinking of its content.  All those great ideas captured as you are thinking of them.  It’s like a digital camera in your brain getting word images straight to your blogging platform!

Seriously, this program has me sold.  I can see some major benefits to having this program.  For instance, all that time I spend doing mundane tasks like the dishes, laundry and even walking on the treadmill or cycling on the stationery bike can be put to great use.  And, I believe my writing will be more creative and more deeply thought out — making it easier to share with everyone.  As a busy, working mom, I’m a master at multitasking — this program will make that job even easier!