Sleepy

Sleepy, originally uploaded by davidjay13.

I'm just taking off on a late night flight to Chicago...I was going to come in tomorrow but then I lose the whole day traveling and I have to go find a TV to have at the Showitfast booth...I haven't had a TV in a long time but I suppose if I buy one I'll bring it home.



Anyway...I just took two Tylenol PM's and those things really knock ya out... ;) ...off to bed...



Oh yea...if you check www.showitfast.com you can get the free update to showit web with the new embed feature which allows you to embed super easy and even works on MySpace!



...and if you prefer to read my blog in French you can now do that by clicking on the "French Translation" button on the right.

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Night night.

I am still at the wedding!

I haven't tried this before but I'm actually posting this Showit Web show before I can even put the on-site slideshow up! I rocked it out while they were eating and they had a bit of a longer dinner so here's the show!

...and I'm using a brand new embed feature that is so awesome b/c you can resize and do some other super cool stuff without having to upload a new show! We'll put it up for download next week!

...ok...back to shooting!

PHewww...

Ok so I'm on my way down to Palm Springs for my wedding this weekend and Brett is driving so I brought my Verizon internet card so I could book a room on the way...but there were no rooms. We couldn't believe it!

I think the 2nd stop of the Swiss Watch Tour must be here in Palm Springs this week b/c there are seriously no rooms.

So when times get desperate I have to actually pick up the phone and make phone calls. So I called this nice place right next to club where the wedding is and while I was on the phone with the lady telling me they were booked full somebody cancelled their reservation so we got it! Sweet!

We're staying at the Rancho Las Palmas resort which I've heard is pretty nice.

Ok...we're just arriving. Ciao. (BTW - this place isn't that nice) lol

....so we got checked in and I remembered Samuel showing me the bed jump website so I decided to do one of my own! Pretty fun!

Mashups

I like this song from Avril...this isn't a real video of it but since the band didn't make a video the fans make them themselves and they are called Mashups. In the WOM world it's further evidence that our brands are being created by our supporters and as long as we allow them to they will create content and marketing for us without us doing anything. It's a great example of "hands-free" marketing.

Exercise Changes Everything

Look at the food I'm buying...this is rediculous.

Mayan Riviera Slideshow

We had a great time shooting Vanessa and Jordan's wedding and all the good shots you see are probably from Kevin Swan who was so fun to shoot with!

Press the play button to watch the show!

Also, I've been have a lot of fun on my trips taking pictures of all the unique textures in these places and then mixing those textures with the photos! I love how they're coming out and the picture above is a cool example of what you can do!

So I packaged up all the texture files and made a video showing you how to use them.

Click here to Getit!

The training video is free and the textures come out to about a dollar a piece right now b/c they're on sale.

Have your DEFAULT be YES!

It's great to be home! Although I do have to leave again in the morning for a wedding in Palm Springs. A few of you emailed about wanting to come along and sorry I haven't gotten back to you. I haven't had much internet access and so it's been tough to correspond with anyone.

When we got on the plane yesterday I realized their was a mistake with our seats so I asked to move to an open seat in a different section and the flight attendant said "no" ... so I informed her that I was a 1k member and she still said sorry I can't move you. That's when I got on my high horse and told her that she was being unreasonable and that the rules she was spouting off were flat out silly and I wanted to talk to somebody else. :) ...Can you imagine how silly I sounded!

She sent back her superviser who moved both me and Brett as soon as she could but I asked Brett if I had been rude to the lady and he said, "The way you acted was very unDJ-like" which was Brett's brilliant way of flattering and scolding me all at the same time. So when the flight attendant came back through I apologized to her for how I had acted.

Lots of lessons were learned:
1. Always check your seats at Check-in.
2. If your default response is "no - I can't help you" don't expect to have many friends.
3. When you lose your patience, even if you're right, apologize.
4. When correcting someone - do it like Brett did.

Azulik

I can't belive how long it's been since I've had internet! Wow! I tried to post a bit from my phone but I know it's just not as good so here's a fun video of the place I'm staying! I love it! I want to come back here with a bunch of friends just to hangout for a week! My room has three beds and so does Kevin and Brett's. Two inside and one outside! Checkout the video to see the outdoor hottub too! :)



This afternoon an iguana climbed right up on the patio and I took this picture of him with my phone! I was so close I could almost touch him but I was afraid he would bite me.

...and here's a video!

Paradise

Paradise, originally uploaded by davidjay13.

I am now in paradise!



This place is amazing! You will not believe it! I will take a video tonight and upload it for you!



This is one of the top 5 places I've ever experienced!



Right now i'm laying on a swinging bed on my balcony overlooking the gorgeous teal water!

Thinking

Thinking, originally uploaded by davidjay13.

I just read an old proverb that says, "Develop your business first before building your house." This is certainly what I've been doing...but i'm becoming less and less content just building my business but I've also found myself really resisting starting the "house building" and adding another dimension to my life.

One of the reason's I've been getting up early is to spend time praying about this and trying to get some direction about where to go next. I know a lot of you have been praying for me too and thank you for that.

I'm excited for the wedding today and as soon as I can get online I'll get some pictures up for all of you.

:)

Back of camera

Back of camera, originally uploaded by davidjay13.

Hey everyone...I thought you'd enjoy this picture...I took a picture with my phone of the back of my camera from this welcome party we're having before the wedding tomorrow. Lol...I'll have better pictures up as soon as I have internet...can you believe I haven't had internet this whole time other than on my phone.

It's been gorgeous down here and we met a cool videographer who told us about an insane secret getaway where you stay in palapas (sp?) right on the ocean so we're gonna blast there for a couple of days after the wedding.

I miss you guys...i'm so used to being able to stay in the conversations with everyone and keep up on the blogs.

Ok...back to shooting...

Breakfast

Breakfast, originally uploaded by davidjay13.

The food here is great!

Sunset

Sunset, originally uploaded by davidjay13.

It's 6:30 in the morning and i'm up reading thinking and praying. One of my Easter resolutions was to get up at 6am every day and I've done it ever since!



It's really weird because I don't feel jet lag anymore or even feel what time it is for that matter because it's actually 3am for me and when I was in Europe the time was way off and I dunno why but it doesn't bother me.



It's gorgeous here. Warm and windy and there are these huge pools that go throughout the whole hotel. I brought my underwater housing so I'll take some fun pictures.



More later...

Denver

Denver, originally uploaded by davidjay13.

Me and Brett had a short layover in denver and I really like Denver. People here in Colorado are really nice...they remind me of the people in Switzerland.



We are headed to Cancun where we'll meet up with Kevin Swan if he's able to get out of Texas. There have been bad storms and lots of delayed and cancelled flights.



I'm really excited for this wedding. It's a couple from NY who I've never met but they seem wonderful and are going to have an amazing wedding!



Everyone is staying at the barcelo resort which is an all inclusive resort down there and I've never stayed at a place like that.



I also changed my plans a little bit to come home for a day inbetween this wedding and my wedding in palm springs so I can repack and get everything I need for Chicago as well.



Rock on!

DJ

Maximum Impact Reunion!!!

I'm leaving in a few hours for almost 3 weeks! YIKES! ...and very rarely do I extend my trips but this is worth it! Sarah Barlow just sent me the info and I'm so excited!

CLICK HERE AND GET YOUR TICKETS FAST!

Last year a group of us went to a Maximum Impact conference in Chicago and this year the conference is only two days after PartnerCon so I have to stay! Anybody else who's in the area should come!

It's only gonna be $59 to hear all these amazing speakers! The conference is simulcasted to 100's of locations and over 80,000 people will view this world wide. All of us will be going to the Chicago one so post here if you're interested!

More info here!

See you in Chicago!

Inspiration is Scalable!

So it's been pretty cool over the past couple of weeks to see how my friend Deyl's Ironman performance has inspired so many people!

I've been getting emails and phone calls from people I've never even met before telling me how now they're gonna start training and it all goes back to Deyl simply doing something he loved and sharing his joy with others.

I got a call from my Showit Web partner Todd in AZ saying he was starting to train and my buddy Brett is starting to train and my new friend Sarah sent me this note on MySpace and it is just incredible to see how far this goes!


This morning I got up and went to the gym and had my best run yet. I've finally worked out some of the kinks with the Nike+ stuff and am getting the hang of how it works. My previous runs have messed up my average time because I forgot to turn it off when I'd finish and then it would keep counting the time when I was getting a drink of water instead of running.

Here is some of my info from the Nike + site...

I like the run graph because it shows your pace and as you can see I would run faster at times. I've been listening to this podcast from Robert Kiyosaki and it's so good. I've been learning so much and getting healthy at the same time and I think I run faster when he talks about cool stuff. I dunno.


and the final feature I like about Nike + is the ability to talk trash to the people you're racing against. Right now it's just me and Brett in this race and he's already claiming his knee hurts...what a baby. Seriously. It's only been two days. Anyway, I got one of these things for deyl as well but he told me that he ran 16 miles yesterday so I'm not gonna give it to him.


So how many of you are training! I want to know and if you have the Nike+ stuff let me know too and we'll make a new challenge with everyone! I want to talk trash to all of you. I'm much better at that then actually working out!

:) Happy Trails,
DJ

Where are YOU!

This is so cool. I just got this from the GNYC blog and put this on my blog and it's so fun to see where all my friends are logging on from!

Which dot is you!

If you click on it it'll open up and you can see all the visitors! Sometimes it doesn't load the first time so click again. The dark areas of the map are the parts of the world where people are sleeping.

I am Fast

I try to be humble about things like this but I have to admit that I am just fast and I always have been. :)

Listen to this MP3 from when I was 6 years old. I was fast back then too.

So all of you know that I've been training for this "sprint triathalon" thing and it's so boring. I really think running is like the most boring thing ever and so I'm trying to find ways to make it fun. So my buddy Todd reminded me of the Nike + system that tracks how far you run and then you can race against your friends. So I went out and got one and they are pretty cool.

I also got some personalized shoes so that when I run past everyone they can read on the back that "I AM FAST" - I am already beating my buddy Brett at a race we set up and after the first day he's on the injured reserve list already...what a baby so if any of you have Nike + things then we can setup races together...

Knowledge Network and Compassion

We all go through so many milestones in our lives and a huge milestone that most of us have gone through is starting our own businesses. The excitement, anxiety, sadness, joy, possibly even pain and fear that this process has brought us has the ability to change us and what a blessing and sometimes a burden it is to share these emotions with one another.

As OSP continues to grow (we just passed the 4000 members mark) Let's be sure to take time to remind one another of our roots and encourage each other to always think of OSP as a place where we come to help others.

OSP was built as a way to help people get the information that they needed and it eventually became a community of friends who share their lives with each other. Of course there will be times when we disagree and then we fight and bicker with one another and what's nice is to watch as those little quarrels pass and people forgive each other and we continue growing together.

This post isn't about anything specific...simply a reminder of how wonderful this place is. We talk a lot about the first two things that go into what Tim Sanders defines as a "Lovecat" which are sharing our knowledge and sharing our network so let's be sure to spend some time focusing on the third which is sharing compassion with everyone around us.

Support, encouragement, love, and compassion are things that everyone can give no matter if you've been in the industry for 10 years or 10 days.

I love you all and thank you for making this industry a better place!

Yours,
DJ

Always inspired!

I'm always inspired when I go to Scott Robert's blog. I've seen very few photographers who can capture emotion the way he does and as we all know EMOTIONS are EVERYTHING!


Check him out!

He does some stellar post processing too which you can learn about at his workshops and I just saw that he's gonna be in Paris right after I'm there in July! So cool! Paris is so amazing!