Happy iPad Day

I'm at the Apple Store right now, typing this on an iPad. And all I can say is that Newsweek definitely gets it right!

Warmth and spring color

It was a beautiful day in St. Louis on this Thursday before Easter, with a high around 88! Late this afternoon, the dogs and I walked over to a nearby park where I took the following photos of some spring color (using the Hipstamatic camera app on the iPhone):

Hipstamatic

I'm having fun with the Hipstamatic app on the iPhone. The digital images that you take with this app are automatically altered based on the lens, type of flash and brand of film that you select. As the makers of the app say on their web site: Digital Photography Never Looked So Analog.

Here are the first couple of Hipstamatic "prints" I've generated:




And I'm sure I'll be sharing more Hipstamatic prints in the near future. Feel free to keep an eye on this Flickr set for my latest and greatest Hipstamatic prints.

Pond photos

Here are three photos that I took this week, each looking into one of the ponds on our corporate campus.

Sara

An update about my dog Sara on the St. Louis Senior Dog Project blog:
http://ping.fm/84R8o

The best camera

In the spirit of The Best Camera Is The One That's With You, I was watching TV in my living room on Saturday afternoon when all three of my dogs approached me, wanting to play. They looked so cute. I had my iPhone with me, and thus came this photo!

I've been having a lot of fun creating photos like this one using the "Best Camera" iPhone app. The app provides "a unique set of effects that can be applied at the touch of a button. Stack those effects. Mix them. Remix them. Virtually infinite creative possibility with your photos." (More details here.)

The resulting images are low-fidelity and have a retro feel to them -- and I love them!

Here are other Best Camera photos I've created. And here is a live feed of Best Camera images being uploaded from around the globe!

Which iPad to get?

Apple announced the iPad today, and I can't stop salivating.

But which one to get? The 16 GB model, or the 32 GB or the 64 GB?

And regarding connectivity, the model with Wi-Fi only or the one with both Wi-Fi and 3G?

My take: Assuming you have (or plan to have) a large library of videos, photos or music, go as large as you can afford. You'll fill it up. But if you don't have a lot of space-hogging media, 16 GB should suffice.

And regarding 3G or not, I'd lean toward getting the 3G capability, unless your budget is tight. You aren't on a contract, meaning that you can cancel (and presumably restart) month-by-month service anytime. So if you were traveling or somewhere where you'd otherwise have to spend a chunk of change to activate Wi-Fi for a 24-hour period, buy a month's worth of 3G coverage instead.