podcasts & apps I love

In my attempt to update this blog more often, the first in what I hope will be a weekly thing – talking about various iPhone apps & podcasts that I listen to.

Well, I’ve already mentioned the Hipstamatic app for the iPhone and it’s definitely worth another mention. “Digital photography never looked so analog.”  Indeed.  Funny how there’s comfort in the old – though I suppose “retro” has always been considered artsy.  You can find me all over the Hipstamatic Facebook page,  sharing my photos alongside the Norwegians and Americans and Chinese, etc.  (I think it’s awesome that Americans are hugely outnumbered, it seems, when it comes to usage – or at least the showing off of – hipstamatic creations.)  I still have a bent for black and white.  I’ve always had a thing for dark, noirish things – this is no exception.  They’ve recently released SwankoLab which is also cool and let’s you Hipstamatic-ify all your photos NOT taken with Hipsta (or those that were), but I’m still having too much fun with Hipstamatic to remember to try Swanko much.  (I have an ever-growing gallery of all my Hipstamatic creations here and yes, there’s a ton of photos of my son.  He’s cuter than the average kid.  It can’t be helped.

The podcast for this week is “Just Vocabulary.” You might not be able to tell from my blog posts (because I write too fast, most likely) but I love words.  I’m a 50 cent word girl.  Learning new words makes me feel smart, as does listening to this podcast.