I bought a Canon S95 camera last year for my trip to Central America. After watching and reading a few reviews, I was convinced to splurge a bit on this high-end point and click camera. I liked it because I didn’t have to haul a big SLR around while backpacking, but it also has high performance abilities and lots of options to take more control over what you shoot. The price was a little steep, at the time it was $400 (now it’s more like $300), but it was, and still is, worth every penny.

Taking a lot of pictures, I wanted to find a great way to showcase the best shots, rather then just dumping them into Flickr, which I was doing for a little while. I had been using Tumblr for my travel blog and I liked it’s simplicity and flexibility. So since July I’ve been photoblogging my best photographs on Tumblr and it is going great.

My photos are now being enjoyed by lots of people around the world, made possible by Tumblr. Similar to Twitter, Tumblr has a unique discovery engine which makes good content go viral. So everyday I post new photos and check to see which photos are getting “liked” and “reblogged,” and who’s subscribing to me. I’ve also hooked up FotoMoto to Tumblr so if anyone wants to make prints or share my photos, they can easily do so, and I get a percentage.

That’s pretty much my photoblogging strategy. I’m really just doing it for fun, because I love to take photos. Do you have a photoblog? What do you use? Curious minds want to know.

I’m house sitting in San Diego for October and this month I plan to get back into running. In September, after winning in Las Vegas, I bought a pair of Nike Free Run 2 shoes and have had happy feet ever since. So I was feeling the urge to get out and run. The Nike Free Runs have a built in space under the insole for a sensor that Nike and Apple partnered to make, but it only works on iPhones and iPods, and well… I’m a pc/Driod kinda guy. So I started my search for something comparable in the Android Market that would help me track my running progress and keep my interest in running.

I remember seeing a friend post a status update on Facebook about a run that he completed so I looked into the app he used called iMapMyRun. I downloaded the application and I’ve now used it twice. I don’t think I’ll run without it again.

iMapMyRun

iMapMyRun uses your GPS to track details such as your speed, distance, elevation, and route. At the end of your run it delivers this information along with calories burned, then gives you the opportunity to share your run info or keep it private.

A host of other features are also available that you can access once you login with your computer, including the ability to sync with your Nike + sensor or other GPS device. Other features include:

• Log you workout type: run, walk, cycle, canoe, swim, etc.
• Calorie budget and food log
• Training plans
• Connect with friends
• Challenges: Join public challenges to help you set goals, motivate yourself, and/or challenge friends.
• View public routes to get new ideas where to run.

So that is that. Download this sweet mobile app, get your butt in some running shoes and jog your way to better health. If you dislike running as much as me…did I mention that I really don’t like to run? Well then…check out my public running playlist I made on Spotify. It keeps me moving, maybe it will for you too. Another great workout I wrote about a while ago called the BellyOff by Mens Health is also paying dividends and I highly recommend it, especially if you don’t belong to a gym.