LAX Workout

LAX Workout, originally uploaded by davidjay13.

I think I just crutched 1/2 mile through LAX. I had a short layover
here and they came to the plane with a wheelchair for me and that was
very nice but I'm not fond of being carted around in a wheelchair so I
had the guy drop me at the red carpet club and then when I had to
board again I just crutched it...but wow I'm outta breath and maybe
even sweating a little. Lol...that was a long way but I made it!!!

I'm off to London this week for a U2 show! I'm so excited!

Also, next Monday I'd love to meetup with some of you. We've already
got a few photographers planning to meetup so stay tuned for a time
and place!

Rock on!
DJ

Designer Insight Group!

We just finished up our first Designer Insight Group and we held the two day confernce in SB at the Freedom House. We invited a bunch of the top web designers in the world to get specialized training by the Showit Crew and we're stoked to see more and more web designers switching over to use Showit to build their websites.

One of the evenings we took everyone out to the Canary Hotel in SB and went up on the rooftop deck to hangout before a delicious dinner down in their Coast Restaurant.

I can't wait for the next one!

Rock on!
DJ

Showit Designer Conference

Showit Designer Conference, originally uploaded by davidjay13.

This week we're having a two day conference at the Freedom House for a
few of the web designers now using Showit to develop websites! Yea!
Smart folks!

As is tradition everyone is staying at the house slumber party style!
I love it!

With over 10,000 users we have access to a mighty large pool of
potential clients for web designers and so these designers who are
getting training by our crew will be able to get access to that!

These conferences are invite only so contact us if you're a designer
using Showit and we'll let you know what it is we're looking for.

:)
DJ

Sweet Shoes! Heutchy

Checkout my buddy's shoe company! He's sick!

Click here. It's called Heutchy and you may remember him from this image.

Josh Newton wins $1500 from Showit.

Yesterday I posted a contest on facebook that I was gonna be crusing around SB for the next couple of days on Christianne's little scooter b/c I can't drive a car. I just strap my crutches on there and it's great! I love it!

...and the first person to snap a picture of me on the scooter and post it on Facebook would win a free Showit PRO account and a few hours later Josh Newton came cruising around the corner on his Ducati with his friend Brendan James on a Harly so we snapped this picture and Josh is now $1500 richer thanks to Showit!

Look for more contests like this as I travel to London this next week and Costa Rica, Austria and Germany in the next couple of months.

More FREE Showit updates!

One of the greatest things about using Showit is that we are always making it better and adding more free features and better stuff! As opposed to template websites where you get what you get and you're stuck with it for the next year or two. Everytime we release something new you get it instantly and you don't have to pay anything extra!

So just the other day we launched an update to introduce a few new features and squash some minor bugs. If you haven't already... open up Showit and you should be prompted to install this latest update.

One of the new features added gives you the ability to control the latest galleries with any text or image you want to. Now you can advance the images in a gallery... advance the thumbnails... play... or pause... with whatever layer best fits your site. In the Link tab for any layer... check the Action radio button... match up the target with your thumb gallery and display area... choose the action for when the user clicks... and you're done!

In addition to that, we've also added some new options for the galleries. You can choose to hide the current thumb gallery controls if you're going to take advantage of the new options mentioned above. And you now have the ability to use a highlight color that will highlight the selected thumbnail and also highlight any thumbnail you mouse over.

Another feature added that will definitely speed up organizing your site is the ability to quickly add blank style groups and pages right from the pages panel. Make sure to right click on a style group in the pages panel and you'll see the new options in the displayed menu.

And here are some of the other things you'll be happy to know we've fixed:

• Scrolling bug for organizing lists of images in a gallery
• Background bug with style groups
• Scroll bar issues on smaller monitors
• Background editing on inherited backgrounds
• "Copy URL" uses HTML instead if deep linking for improved SEO results

We hope you enjoy this update and let us know if you run into any issues.

Thanks again!

Showit promotion code

Hey Everyone! Here's a Showit promotion code for all you OSPers!

Just type in "OSP" when you're signing up and you can get the first year for $32/month which is an $80 savings.

Rock on!
DJ

The Death of Blogs

As you can see I've been "blogging" a lot more but just not in the same old way that I used to. I've felt for the past year that the traditional type of blog was dying despite so many people just now hopping on the band wagon. Jasmine likes to fight me on this :) ... and she has by far the most successful blog in our industry so it's easy for people to say "it's working for her so I'm gonna do it" when I think it's better said "it WORKED for her" back when blogs were the best tool for the job.

So I'll clarify a bit .... As always keeping in touch and creating conversations with a large group of people is SUPER important! Yes! Keep doing that!

BUT...

Do it effectively and as technology changes use the technology that is best for what you're trying to create! Blogs, as a conversation starter are not the best tool anymore. I believe that Facebook and Twitter easily trump blogs so whatever you do don't waste your money on some "custom" blog. If you want to customize it a bit with a flash header and cool graphics you can do that for free with Showit but get going on Twitter and Facebook b/c that is a much better place to get conversations going!

Join me on Facebook and Twitter!

CLICK HERE TO COMMENT.

Rock on,
dj

Showit 2.0 Live Webinar Schedule

We've had a chance to look through all the questions from the Showit v2.0 webinar last week. We really had such great participation and feedback! We're super thankful to have the best users who are passionate about Showit and want to be involved in making it better.

We have scheduled a few topic specific tutorials that we hope you will register for and find helpful. The schedule is below with a registration link. Unfortunately we won't be doing any tutorials on where you can get an ushanka...that one you'll have to figure out on your own.

Showit 2.0 Widgets Overview
Date: Wednesday - July 22, 2009
Time: 2:30 to 3:00 pm PDT
Join us for an overview on how to implement and configure the standard widgets included in Showit 2.0.

Click Here To Register

Showit 2.0 Building a Website from Scratch
Date: Friday - July 24, 2009
Time: 9:30 to 10:00 am PDT
Join us for an overview on how easy it can be to launch your website from scratch with Showit 2.0. We will cover the basics of getting your site launched with a custom look.

Click Here To Register

Showit 2.0 New Gallery Features
Date: Tuesday - July 28, 2009
Time: 9:30 to 10:00 am PDT
Join us for an overview on using and configuring the new gallery features in Showit 2.0 to maximize loading time and viewing options.

Click Here To Register

Showit 2.0 Updated Share Feature
Date: Thursday - July 30, 2009
Time: 9:30 to 10:00 am PDT
It's now easier than ever to share the content from your website with your blog, Facebook, and Twitter pages with Showit Share.

Click Here To Register

Fotografos De Corazon

Hey Everyone!

I was invited to be part of the Luminarias Speaker Series which is put on by a wonderful group in LA/OC called the Fotografos de Corazon and since it's a spanish speaking group I'll be doing the entire presentation in spanish. It will last about 25 seconds. lol...just kidding. It will be in English and it's an all day gig so check it out.

I'm only doing a handful of speaking gigs this year and half of them are outside the U.S. so get to this one if you're around. It's cheap. They are only charging $45! It's next Sunday.

Adios,
dj

Barnaby Aldrick

Checkout Barnaby Aldrick! I like this guy! He just made a fun video for his blog and a super nice post about Becker, Jess and a bunch of other stellar photographers. Very cool.

I'm probably gonna head out to London next month for the U2 show and possibly a small workshop/conference and I hope to meet him.

Showit FREE - LIVE webinar

I'm sure that you all have heard by now but we launched Showit 2.o last weekend and Showit now has a completely FREE version! The launch has been an incredible success and I'll be hosting a LIVE webinar at 5:30pm tonight to answer any questions you might have.

Click here to register and to get more details! It's free!

Rock on!
DJ

Fear

Fear, originally uploaded by davidjay13.

I just tried to cook something that didn't come ready to go...can you
seethe fear in my eyes!

Get this video and this book for FREE!

For a limited time you can Click here to go to my website and get this audiobook for free! Do it! Why not!

You can also get a FREE video I just made about how to use this model of FREE as a wedding photographer! by clicking here and joining my Facebook page! ...joining my page is also FREE ;)

I LOVE FREE!

FREE IS MY FRIEND. :)

UNITE

A bunch of us have been meeting on Wednesday just to get together and pray and encourage one another and it's been a really great time and we've seen God do amazing things!

Last year at WPPI a group of Christians all got together to hangout and it was so awesome! He's put it on our hearts to keep doing this so if you want to get messages and hear about when things like this are happening along with some encouraging words put your name and email below.

Name:


Email:


State (2 digit - ie. CA):

Get FREE :)

Chris Anderson is the editor for Wired Magazine and a brilliant dude. He wrote a book called the The Long Tail that totally nailed what was happening with digital distribution and instantly became one of my favorite books. I've listened to it six times!

So when I heard he was coming out with a new book called FREE I was intrigued and watched some videos he had put out about his thoughts on it and was once again "enlightened" if you will, about where things are headed.

A week ago he put up this blog post up and said he was going to send out 50 prerelease copies to people with a megaphone but we had to prove it so he asked for info like our Facebook pages, blog stats, twitter accounts, etc etc... and so I sent him all that stuff - and I was one of the chosen 50!

I've just started devouring the book because we will be making an announcement TOMORROW which is highly related to this subject. :) .... so get ready...

FREE is here and it's changing things!

Wow wow wow!!!!

Wow wow wow!!!!, originally uploaded by davidjay13.

It's not everyday you get a package from the editor of Wired
magazine!!! I seriously can't believe this!

I already know what's inside!!!! This is crazy cool! Only 50 people in
the world got this!

Showit Sites discount code

*** All discount codes have expired so Showit is now $39 across the board.***

Click here to get started

Hey Everyone! Showit Sites I wanted to put out a Showit Sites discount code for all the faithful OSPers! ... and for the record all upgrades come FREE for current subscribers. Yea!

Just type in "***" when you're signing up and you can get the first year for $32/month.

Rock on!
DJ

Showit Sites Promotion Code

*** All discount codes have expired so Showit is now $39 across the board.***

Hey Everyone! Showit Sites I wanted to put out a Showit Sites discount code for all the faithful OSPers! ... and for the record all upgrades come FREE for current subscribers. Yea!

Just type in "***" when you're signing up and you can get the first year for $32/month.

Rock on!
DJ

Pay Now or Pay Later

My friend Deyl always says "You're either gonna pay now or pay later" and usually it's cheaper to pay now because if you wait until you really need something you're always gonna pay more for it than if you buy it before you absolutely must have it. This is true for acquiring just about anything including skills and knowledge.

Most photographers choose to pay later. They start their businesses and they do all the things they want to do because those things (studios, gear, letterhead, samples, etc...) make them feel important and they differ the things they need. Most go out of business completely and 80% of wedding photographers only shoot 2 or 3 weddings a year.

So decide for yourself. Do you want to pay now and get things on track for success or are you going to take the quick and cheap route to failure?

I'd love to hear your thoughts...

*** Click here to comment ****

:)