My awesome wife told me I could get an iPhone 4 about a month ago. Due to character flaws that are beyond my control, that was the last meaningful discussion that I can recall we had.
In all seriousness, this thing is incredible! I wonder how I survived without it all those years. Weather, news, games, email, texts, and skype are just a few of the things with which I can waste spend my time. And I have to fight my obsessive nature and force myself to put it down and actually make eye-contact with my family.
One of my self-imposed rules is not to spend too much time playing around with apps that don’t in some way enhance my life. This simple rule has helped me delete quite a number of time-wasters.
One app that almost bit the dust was Instagram (IG). Boy am I glad I stuck with it! It is a facebook-type app where you can share your iPhone pictures and learn from other users how to take better shots. I’ve found that most of the IG users are very kind and open about the settings and filters they use. And if I do say so myself, I’ve seen an improvement in the pictures I take.
Rather than go into boring detail about the app, I’ll just share some of my favorite pics:
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All the above pictures were taken and edited on my iPhone and shared on IG.
One of the things that I most appreciate about IG is a no pornography rule. And it’s world-wide, so I’ve become “friends” with several people from Japan, Spain, Korea, the UK, and even as far away as Cleveland, OH!
As of this time, IG is only available to iPhone users, but I look for it to grow into a full-fledged community.
By the way: I recently found Webstagram – Instagram Web Viewer online which is linked to the users of IG.
