Bloglovin

Let me take a moment to tell you about Bloglovin.  Not too long ago, I was fiddling around with my iPad after reading an old issue of Artful Blogging, looking for a few blogging apps to help get me back on track (mission was a success, obviously).

What is so awesome about this app is that ALL the blogs I subscribe to are RIGHT THERE.  They are easy to search for, easy to subscribe to, and easy to keep up with (yay for my daily email that lets me know who has posted something new).  The best part (for me, anyhow) is that it's portable.  When I'm in front of my laptop (which stays almost exclusively at home on my desk), there are SO many distractions.  On the iPad, I can take it anywhere and have time to enjoy and catch up.  It's like having my very own magazine rack full of news I WANT to read.

And that my friends, is pretty awesome.

Life Without Irfanview

I have had PC's in various shapes, sizes, and varieties for the last 25 years.  I got my first computer back in the late 80's that not only rocked DOS 5.1, but had a tower that weighed more than your average 5th grader.  And I went from there.  Every platform I have ever worked on has been PC based.  First DOS, then some incarnation of Windows.  I know their OS inside and out, and even when they malfunction, I am comfortable with them because I speak the language.

About a year ago, at about the same time I started taking my writing incredibly serious again, my Vaio started acting its age (old and slow...not to mention temperamental), so I made the decision to switch over to Apple.  I don't regret the decision at all, but there are some days that I miss the simplicity of things familiar.

For example:  back in the mid to late 90's, my dad introduced me to Irfanview...and I never looked back.  If it had to do with photos, it went through Irfanview.  Every computer I owned, Irfanview was the first piece of software I downloaded.  I LOVE that program, and for PC users, I can't recommend it enough.

Unfortunately...it's not available for Mac's.

Bugger.

While I am not a professional photographer by any means, I am no slouch either.  I know my way around a camera enough to capture images to my liking, and around PC based editing software.  That said, I am a rank amateur with all this Mac stuff, and am trying to have more fun (rather than my usual frustration) with it.

If anyone has any suggestions...I'm all ears.

Thank you for bearing with me while I attempt to figure out what in the bloody blue blazes it is that I'm doing.  I have so many beautiful images I want to share with you...I just get annoyed when I can't do them justice.