Photography habit - some direction

I have been using the red-x app for a few weeks now and it is working quite well. I didn't put much effort into what tasks I would pick initially as I just wanted to see if this process would work. The idea is to motivate me to get into some new habits. So what habits did I pick and how did I get on?

Photography.
I got a nice digital SLR at the beginning of this year. It has lots of features and even beyond those technical aspects there is the art of photography to get a handle on. Tall order. I thought that practice would get me somewhere, so I added photography as one of my daily tasks in red-x. Mostly this involved taking pictures of my baby daughter, but other subjects featured too. I have been doing this for almost a full month (yes almost every day). It usually only takes a couple of minutes, but sometimes if I have more time I will spend longer. I have learned a lot about the controls in that time. I think at this stage it is time to put some direction into this, so I am creating a list of tasks that I will aim to complete as I learn more about photography.

Rule of thirds.
This is about composition which is probably one of the most important aspects of photography. A good place to start too as it is not related to the technology of the camera. Just set it to automatic mode and see what you can do.

Lots of photos of something dull.
Obviously you can pick something interesting, but it does not really matter. The point here is to try out as many of the settings in your camera as possible and see what happens. A good idea here is to try some automatic mode shots along with some semi auto shots and see what your camera 'thinks' is a good idea. Using these as a starting point you can move away along one of the axes of the image. (By axis I mean a variable that you can adjust to change your image - for example aperture).
Take all these photos in one go. A hundred or so is fine, but as many as you need to fiddle with those switches. If you have any extra equipment like lenses or flash you might want to give these a spin too, but that's up to you. The main camera body is what we are trying to get a handle on here.

I am going to start with those, but I will add some more as I come up with them. This looks like a pretty good list too.