January 3, 2011 - Reader

After I completed my graduate degree from the University of Michigan I took a job working for one of the car companies near Detroit. I spent most of my weekends at the bookstore and I would read two or three novels during the week either curled up in bed or at a café.

I moved back to the east coast where I was married and started a family. My reading habits changed. I had less time to spend hours reading books. I found myself reading fewer books but more magazines. I read these mostly while sipping on a latte at a local café.

When the Web and blogging exploded my reading habits changed again. I found that I read fewer magazines and started reading most of my content on the web. But I missed the experience of reading while sipping on a hot cup of joe.

My iPad has changed my read that habits again. While my kids are taking martial arts classes, I’ll slip away to the café next door and grad a small latte. I’ll sit and catch up on the news for the day or read a few chapters from one of several books I downloaded from Amazon.com.

January 1, 2011 - Heaven

I’m participating in a 365 group photography project with the PHOTO-FUSION meetup. This is not my first 365 photography project. I attempted a 365 project last year using just my iPhone 4. However, that effort fizzled as I lost the motivation. I think I have a better chance of completing the new project. Watching what others are doing may motivate and inspire me to get out and shoot even during the winter — the part of the year I like the least.

I love my IPad and iPhone. The iPhone has a 5MP camera that takes excellent photos in good lighting. There are hundreds of photos app in the app store for minor edits or filtering effects.

The iPad has become part of my portable photo editing workflow. Sometimes after taking some shots around town, I’ll stop in at a coffee shop. While sipping a latte I use the iPad camera connection kit to download images to my iPad and delete the losers or make adjustments with one of the many installed photography apps.