When writing Markdown blogs, images or GIFs are often needed. Uploading to an image hosting service is usually the best approach.
Previous Approach
- Open browser and go to image hosting website
- Multiple steps: [Object Storage → Content Management → Upload File → Copy Link]
- Paste the link into the Markdown blog file
This workflow is tedious and repetitive: the steps are the same each time; only the asset changes. I’d been looking for a way to automate and streamline this part of my writing process. By chance I joined the “Tools” group, met many friends, and discovered lots of great utilities — including iPic.
After Using iPic
Here’s what uploading looks like with iPic:
Now when writing, I can just drag images into iPic, or send screenshots directly from iPic to the target image host. After a successful upload, the link is automatically copied to the system clipboard — then I simply paste it into the Markdown file.
iPic really is a great tool that streamlines the entire “upload to image host” flow. Thumbs up to Jason (the creator of iPic).
Official iPic page: click here
What about Windows?
Recommended: MPic
