App Happy

Since upgrading from a Blackberry to an iPhone this summer I've been in my own little heaven! It goes without saying that it has changed my life... but I'm saying it any way. It has changed my life!

Before my iPhone I carried a cell phone, a still camera, and a Flip video camera. For the every day snap a quick picture, or a quick video for my blog, Facebook, or Twitter, my iPhone is all I need.

With my Blackberry I couldn't access a lot of cool apps, now I'm just as appy as can be (pun intended). Runkeeper keeps track of the miles I walk, using a GPS. It also calculates the calories burned and tracks my personal records.

The myplate component of the Livestrong app allows me to log the calories from breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, as well as calories burned from exercising.

I'm not a big game player, but Words with Friends is one of my all time favorite apps! I currently have games going with my roommate from college, and a friend from Jr. high/high School who I haven't seen since high school.

My absolute favorite right now is the AllRecipes app. I have literally thousands of recipes in the palm of my hand, and that really excites me! I can search for recipes, add them to my favorites, or even tap to create a grocery list of the ingredients.

I have SEVERAL other apps, and I'm always looking for more cool apps to improve, enhance, or make my life much easier. Do you have favorite apps, and how do they make your life easier, simpler, better?

Into The Future

When I was a kid, pre-cell phone era, our phone looked like this...

 

Not only was it not pretty, it was not cordless. We had THE longest phone cord that stretched through three rooms. That was the only way we could get away from prying ears. On a few occasions, after being dropped several dozen times, my mother would take it back to AT&T. She'd return with the ANOTHER black phone, just like the previous one. Yes, there were prettier phones... but we never had one.

 

During a time when Star Wars, and Star Trek gave us hope of future technology, we used to fantasize about the day we'd see the person we're talking to on the phone. That day is here and yesterday, my mom and I Face Time with each other.

 

This summer I became a member of #teamiPhone, and recently both of my parents have as well. I don't know which I'm most tickled about... them getting iPhones, or wanting to Face Time.

 

Technology has afforded us a number of opportunities, and access to information that 20 years ago did not exist. I'm looking forward to what the next 10 years has to offer.

 

I still can't believe my parents have iPhones, are are Face Timing!