Pulled from the Collection

I need to make an additional entry today to do a little further testing.  I found a cool plug in for Writer called Flickr4Writer.  It allows easy inclusion of a Flickr image into a post.  As a trial, I'll post a photo taken from Hyack Square in downtown New Westminster.  Eighth Street runs up the hill.

The term Web 2.0 apps is a rather well-worn concept by now but it may be unfamiliar to readers of this post.  Briefly, a Web 2.0 site contains user generated information that can be re-used across different sites.  Using Flickr and Blogger together is an example.  Being able to drop a YouTube video here would be too.

The thing I like about this shiny Windows Live Writer is that it sort of covers up all the 'mechanics' under a common interface.  One might not need to know what's going on 'under the hood', so to speak.  I cannot help but see this as a future trend . . . (by Microsoft?)