I broke down and got a cell phone with a camera about a year ago. My phone doesn't connect to the internet (every other gadget I own seems to) so that renders the camera slightly useless. I basically can take pictures of my friends and have those pictures flash when they call. Not that exciting (and now that I think about it, not that nerdy). But a couple of months ago I figured out the best use of my camera phone EVER: a photo "to-read" list.
Here is how this works. I tend to end up wandering around bookstores a lot, mostly just trying to piddle away some time while I wait for someone. I pass a lot of books that look interesting and I used to always forget their names so that when it came to picking out a new book I would have to sort of rack my brain for the titles of books I had seen. My camera phone (plus goodreads.com) has totally solved this problem. Now, I just wonder around the bookstore and snap a photo of every book that looks interesting. Then I go home, go through my pictures, and put the various books onto my "to-read" list.
I know this is kind of a lame use of technology, but each time I do this, I get a little excited 'cause seriously, it's one of the few ways technology makes my life just a little bit easier. Someday I may get a more hi-tech phone, but in the meantime, I'm cool with just using the camera to keep my "to-read" list up-to-date. And take photos of my friends of course.
