Photography

Thanks to my friend Maria Cristina for the lovely photographs she took for me. Takes a lot for me to like a photo where I'm the focus. A sign of true talent. So you should really check out her blog. Right now.

xo Maria

App-tacular

I love this app. I was always the kid who loved playing Pictionary (I could draw better than the rest of my family) and now that love has transferred to a different medium--my iPhone. It has, in my opinion, taken the best advantage of touch-screen technology than any other app.

But I was thinking the other day about how this app (or something like Scrabble on Facebook) can be used to keep in touch with distant cousins or with friends across the country. It's fun, there's no obligation to respond right away and it avoids that awful online chit chat.

Love technology that actually brings people together.

J

Good News

If you're looking for good news then I have to tell you ... you and I are in the same boat. I was never much for reading the paper front to back unless maybe its the weekend (I like my news condensed Metro-style most days), but now I find myself not wanting to know any what papers print in their front sections. All of it, okay most of it, is just bad news. Not the way I want to start my morning.

Or, for that matter, my paper.

Having dipped my toes into the field of journalism thanks to the wonderful (no sarcasm) Creative Communications program I'm finishing up this term, I understand the old mantra, If it bleds it leads. There's usually a sense of urgency in those stories e.g. people need to know this NOW and that's why it's in the front section. But my thoughts are that the papers need to filter out the news (I thought that was the point of papers) to the stuff we really need to know.

And first thing in the morning, I don't need to know everything that's wrong with the day.