The Steve Rubel Stream

On the Mac I have become a fan of a little app called WriteRoom. It's a very basic writing app that also has an iPhone counterpart. Last night the developer pushed an update that, among other things adds search and syncing to the cloud at WriteRoom.ws.

I tried it this morning and it worked just great. You can start a document on the iPhone, sync it to the cloud, and then continue it in your browser elsewhere. The screen shot above shows my recent Adage column on my office PC. Since it's web based, WriteRoom.ws works on Macs and PCs and, just like the Mac desktop app, it's refreshingly very basic. The web app is powered by the Google App Engine, so you log in with your Google account. It also includes version tracking and features a very retro interface!

I would like to see it have a bit more tweaks on the web side (I don't care for writing in green, but white would be nice). The site also works awesome in a distraction free mode with any browser that operates in full screen mode - like IE, Firefox or Chrome. I wonder if John Gruber thinks this could give Simplenote a run.