I’ve spoken about the benefits of using an idea file for those in the business of generating content on numerous occasions now, mostly at Lifehack. Whether you run out of ideas because you’re overworked and in need of some relaxation time, or you just cut it too close to the deadline to waste time thinking up a topic, the idea file is an essential tool in the writer’s kit.

‘ve spent the last few days trying out ScribeFire. ScribeFire is a Firefox extension that serves as a blogging client; you don’t need to navigate to your blog’s backend or open an external client to write and publish posts quickly any more. I decided to give it a go after entering a competition there (I suppose that means the competition is doing its job!).