That is SO cool…
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“What’s cool?” you ask. Well, lots of things are. Steph’s post from yesteday…um, WOW! That is some serious coolness. I can’t wait to get playing with all that amazing stuff. I did one layout the other day, but I can’t wait to do more with it. Stephanie (the other one) is so serioulsly talented and I can’t wait to use more of her gorgeous work!
There are also so other really cool things I have seen around the web. I really think you should pick up your jaw from the gorgeousness yesterday and be ready to see these cool things…
1. Reader (and good friend) Erika sent me a link to this site. If you are ever in the mood for color, Idee Labs is the place to be inspired! You can choose a color and it will pull images from Flickr that have that color in it. How about some yellow?
Now I can add some green…
And any true girl needs some pink…
What a great way to bring more color into you life! LOVE it!
2. Eye-Fi Wireless Camera SD from the Photojojo Site. Coolness doesn’t even begin to describe this!
Here is the desciption fro the website: Never scrounge around for a USB cable again! Eye-fi is a magical orange SD memory card that will not only store 2GB worth of pictures, it’ll upload them to your computer (All Eye-Fis), and to Flickr, Facebook, Picasa (or 14 others) (Eye-Fi Explore and Eye-Fi Share), even geo-tag them so you can see exactly where in the world you took the photo (Eye-Fi Explore) wirelessly, invisibly, automatically!
This little guy looks like a normal 2GB memory card and works with nearly any camera that takes SD memory. There are no antennas, no protrusions, no subscription fees, and no cables.
3. I found this cool frame on Kate Hadfield’s blog which she found via this blog. You can buy it HERE.
4. Scrapbook Pictures is having a sale for the next few days…I meant to mention this a few days ago but forgot and then was reminded on Amy Martin’s blog! I have done all of my printing with them and never once been disappointed. Their color is spot on and their shipping is FAST (often same or next day) and cheap (always just $2 regardless of the number of prints).
5. This really cool necklace. I LOVE it!
6. Something Blue Studios sells these cool little FLAIR FOR YOUR FRIDGE. I had great plans of making some of these for Chrsitmas, but never got around to it. But they are available all year, so why not do it now?
7. If you are looking for a fun AND meaningful Valentine’s project, check out this MAP OF YOUR HEART craft from Playful Learning. I can’t wait to do this with my kidlets.
8. THIS deal of the day tracker tracks sites (specializing in electronic gadgets, etc) that have special one-day only deals. What a great way to snag a good deal!
9. There is a really cool challenge going on at Hodge Podge Art this week. It is all about scrapping pictureless layouts. I love the idea of people breaking free of the “rules’ of scrapping. Just because we don’t have a picture doesn’t mean we don’t have a memory. I hosted a similar challenge last year at the Digi Dare site — this time using stock photos to help tell a story. You should get scrapping this week — without photos!
10. Well, I didn’t really have a tenth cool thing to show you. But since going from one to nine is like singing “Happy Birthday” and skipping the last line, I figured I should come up with a number ten. For those of you on Facebook (a place I spend much more time than I should) there is a great little survey of “25 random things.” The point is write 25 random things about yourself. I have LOVED reading everyones. I will spare you a repeat of mine, and instead, came up with a “25 random things about THE DAILY DIGI.”
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1. I first thought of this site back in February of 2008. I revisited the idea in May but didn’t act on it due to various outside circumstances (some personal and some in the digi world)
2. In November I revisted the idea again but didn’t know how to make it work — have a site that paid for itself without being overrun with advertising. While sitting at a staff retreat on November 10 I got the idea of THE DIGI FILES. It would accomplish two purposes — paying for the site and being able to introduce new designers to scrappers without being tied to any one store.
3. I only wanted to promote designers and sites that I truly believed it, not just ones who were willing to pay for advertising spots. I wanted the site to be a place that people could trust for advice on who to buy from.
4. In December I decided that YES I would go for it (having no idea what I was getting into)
5. I contacted a number of people asking about designing the site/doing the tech stuff. I either go no reply or replies weeks later. Kathy Moore of the Blog Shoppe responded right away and remained with me every step of the way until the site was up and running. I would HIGHLY recommend her.
6. Steph joining the site was by “coincidence” but we both think it was much more than that.
7. Steph and I actaully got to meet face to face about a year ago. It was the day before I gave birth to Katelynn. That now makes me chuckle, because I remember the first time I ever met a digi friend in real life…I met Kellie (joelsgirl) just one day before I gave birth to Levi.
8. Up until about a week and a half before the site opened, I didn’t know when the opening day would be. I can be fickle but decided that I needed a deadline to get it done. January 1 seemed as good as any, and besides, I liked the tagline, “A new year and a new way to do digi.” That wouldn’t have sounded as good on a date like January 20.
9. I think i have the coolest job in the world (running this site and taking care of my four little beauties)
10. Within a week and a half of the site up and running, we had to move to a new server. We upped our bandwidth tenfold, and still ended up going down on January 31. We will have to move to a new server again. You crazy readers 
11. As of the writing of this we have had 14, 656 unique visitors to this site with a total of 2,877,793 total hits and 155,665 page views. Glad to know you like it 
12. We have some GREAT designers lined up for months two and three. I CANNOT wait. You won’t be disappointed!
13. I am working on some templates for newsletter subscribers. I miss creating templates SO MUCH…need someone to give them to!
14. Steph makes a FANTASTIC partner in this…she is good at everything I am not (or don’t want to be good at). We both have lots of experience in the digi world but in really different areas.
15. Did you know that for a long time Steph was the “help” behind help AT shabbyprincess DOT com?
16. I have BIG dreams for this site and what it can do for the community. But I have to take one day, one week, and one month at a time. I am a dreamer that is learning to be a doer.
17. I read every single comment that comes through the site. I respond to those that I think need/want a response.
18. I get giddy when someone learns something new from the site. It makes the long hours and ridiculous number of cups of coffee worth it. (Okay, you caught me. The coffee is always worth it )
19. The hardest part of the doing the site was leaving Scrapbook Graphics (I LOVED being a part of that site) and leaving my last few creative teams. Of all my teams, I miss the Digi Dares and Shabby Princess the most.
20. Every day when I work on posts I am struck with the thought, “the internet is SO SO SOOOOOO cool!”
21. I used to think I was a good scrapper. Now I think I am average.
22. My husband reads my posts (almost) every day. I love that about him. He even knows who people are. He is quite current with all the news in the digi world
23. I didn’t know how to take screen shots before opening this site. Now I know it’s really easy.
24. I have decided that I HATE Internet Explorer — especially 6 (It can’t view .png files which means anything with a transparent background has to be uploaded as a .gif file.) Sadly, 46.7 % of you are still using IE. I love you but that makes me sad. On the same note, only 11.9 % are on Macs. Do I need to do a post on that too? (kidding, people. Feel free to use whatever operating system and browser you want. Just don’t say I didn’t warn you
25. I LOVE LOVE LOVE what this site is trying to do and although I know there are things we can improve on and there is so much more that can be done, I ALSO know that there is a big heart (two hearts) behind the site and what it wants to accomplish. I am excited for the future to reveal itself…to me and to you!
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I’m adding #26 – TDD is special because it’s coming out of your heart. I love how real you are, how you talk about being a mom and the really important things about life and how cool God is in how he works in and through our lives. I’m so excited for what you’ve done!
I love the top 25! It is awesome what you have done here!
Janet, thank you for taking on this gargantuan task. What you have created is wonderful, beautiful and helpful. I don’t know how you do it! The sheer amount of cool, relevant information you provide is amazing. Thank you for having the vision to think of this and the gumption to see it through!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE what this site is trying to do–me too!
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We have had 14, 656 unique visitors to this site with a total of 2,877,793 total hits and 155,665 page views–amazing!
Only 11.9 % are on Macs–always in the minority
Thanks for a great site!
P.S. Thanks for the stuff from yesterday! I was so busy using it that I didn’t long on again!
Thanks to you, your family, and your team for all the hard work! This is probably my favorite site – I can get ideas, tips, see wonderful photos and layouts, and learn how to take better pictures. I love that you’re not tied to one particular store so you can advertise for all the fantastic designers out there. Thanks also for all the templates, I own most of yours and use them constantly!
I {heart} this site too!! thanks for your hard work!!!
*I LOVE your templates and own pretty much all of them!!! thanks again for the freebie yesterday:)
I was just laid off last week and now seem to have all the time in the world! I haven’t reached the end of the internet yet! I absolutely ? this site and look forward to it every morning. I can’t wait to see what you come up with next!
I also want to say thank you for your dedication to make this site a reality. I can’t start my day without logging on and seeing what you have in store for us today! You and your staff are truely amazing!! Because of you, we have selected an off-site storage provider, downloaded a free font manager… and now my husband is going to be excited to learn more about the wireless SD cards!!! For a guy who rolls his eyes at my scrapping passion… he is also a faithful reader of yours. Thank you!
What great stuff!!! Thanks so much for sharing!!
That frame is AWESOME! I love that necklace, too! Great finds!
Just mentioning here that some readers might be like me-we are a mac/pc family so which one I am using to read your site is dependent on which computer is available!
I agree with the others, your site it’s incredibly useful, but it’s fun, neat and professional at the same time. I read it every day and find always something even I didn’t know I needed (today it’s the magnets). And I absolutely love the styling so simple and classy and so readable.
You won me in no time!
Ciao, Ari
Love it!
Ok- #21 is wrong. You are more than average! I enjoy looking at your layouts because you can just feel the love that you have for your family. Your journaling is always so meaningful. They are very lucky to have you as their memory keeper.
#22- my husband does the same thing!
After reading the first few of the top 25 I would like to say, I am so glad you followed through with this idea. I know how hard it can be to take an idea and make it a reality. There are so many things to work through, that it often seems overwhelming. I admire you and all the others that take a chance and make it happen. This site is GREAT! I have read every word of every post so far and I look forward to doing so each day. I just wanted to say thank you and let you know that your hard work has not gone unrecognized!
#24- you’ve shown me the light, and ever since that post, I’ve been a firefox fanatic- so thank you!
I too look forward to spending a few minutes every morning with my coffee and this site- keep up the awesome work!
That was such a great post! You are both always so insightful. I wanted to let you know that I bought The Digi Files #1 the morning it was released and fell in love. I have been “patiently” waiting for TDF #2 ever since that morning. Today is a good day because I only have ten more days to go. I know I’m a dork, I can’t help it- I’m hooked! Have a great day!
Isn’t the internet the coolest thing in the world? I think that daily- wow what a cool fun and interesting place we have here- so many amazing ideas everywhere! I spend about 15 minutes a day just clicking on stumbleupon and seeing what I get~ And I hear you on the scrapper part- I feel the same, but I’m also at a point now where I make pages for me and that make me happy. I like that
This site *is* amazing and I am thrilled to be a “member”!
Would you PLEASE teach us how to do screen shots?
I adore your site. I cant tell you how much I have learnt. Had just changed to Firefox when you posted your article and immediatley changed colurs and set up goodies. Thank you so much for all your time and effort
Janet–I just LOVE your site…everything you teach us, the amazing finds–and your top 25…and I’m giddy about your templates (I miss them too!)
Thank you for inspiring!
We like you Janet, we really like you!
Congratulations on a job well done and thanks for the wonderful posts!
So not good-I can spend hours at the Flicker site-how incredibly fun is that! Here’s a 10th for future reference maybe:http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5098093
The nailed first time around with the “Christmas Story” buttons, and than Snoopy and Star Wars and …
It’s addicting.
Love this blog-so glad I found this site.
Thanks for such a wonderful site Janet! I really enjoy my stop here every day. I’m still so happy that you posted my layout from the DigiFiles! Keep up the good work.
I ditto what everyone has said here. This is my FAVORITE new find of 2009!!! I have learned SO much and have recommended this site to tons of people. BTW, I never post comments on blogs either but here I am posting here. Keep up the fabulous work!
I’m glad you took the steps to make your dream come true–and am doubly glad that it’s really paying off for readers like me. I never know what I’ll find when I check in but I know it’ll be entertaining and newsworthy. Keep it up, Janet!
Thank you so much for featuring my Capture Life necklace!! You’re too sweet.
What a fabulous site I’m adding you to my favorites today :O)
LOVE that doodle frame off to go check it out!
Canela
You’ve done a fabulous job with this site Janet. I stop by everyday because I know I will learn something new or just be inspired. I’m off to check out that Idee colorlab link now …
such a wonderful posting. thanks for sharing those 25 points and go ahead. you are doing so great!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE what this site is already doing! It is the first page I look at every morning, even before my own mail. Janet, you are awesome and this DailyDigi is one more way that you share yourself with all of us, your adoring readers. Thank you so much for making this site a reality.
Thanks for making this site a reality! I love it and usually read it last of my feeds to savor what it says. I love the breadth of topics and your presentation! Great site and keep up the good work! I hope it’s worth your heart and soul!
-EBP-
I love this site! I look forward to reading it each day, and wish I didn’t have to wait until after work… I have off the computer by 7 to get ready for work. lol
The format is fantastic!
Thanks for the blog today. I am officially a firefox user now thanks to your suggestions. I can’t believe I didn’t know about it or switch until today.
Janet you are a huge inspiration to me. I’ve known you for one month and love you already. I love what you are doing here and it is refreshing to go somewhere the motives are pure. Thank you, Thank you, and I look forward to many days of The Daily Digi.
Thanks so much for your fantastic site. Like everyone says, it is so refreshing to read about things digital and about other wonderful “life” stuff! I look forward to checking in here every day and BTW, thanks for the Valentine Surprise!!
hi janet! i don’t even know how i stumbled upon this site, but i’m so glad i did when i did! it’s been a daily fix for me since and i’m so excited to be on the receiving end of the things you share here! thank you so much for all that you put into this blog!
I just have to add my two cents – I, too, love the site! I can’t even remember how I found my way here, but I’m so glad I did. Thanks for all your hard work to make this such a great resource. And when you said “I am a dreamer that is learning to be a doer”? I totally get what you mean and I love the way you phrased it. Right on. Here’s to making things happen!
Wow, these are awesome things – and your site is awesome too.
I really appreciate the service – I too have been trying to cut back on some of my online time, and this site makes it easier without feeling I’m missing out.
About Scrapbook Pictures – I agree, I’ve been very happy with them. From now on (and I’d better get on the ball and put my order in!) I am going to request that they NOT color correct my pages at all – the last batch I had came out slightly wonky from it. But they were extremely helpful and accommodating about replacing the ones I wasn’t satisfied with. Love them!
I enjoyed reading how you took on this huge endeavor. I love the simplicity (and clean look!) of the site. Such helpful info…I am a Mozy user now thanks to you (even though I have a 500gb external hard drive) your nudge was the help I needed to know it was THAT important to do….and don’t think I don’t wish I could go back in time a few months and get me a sweet MacBook instead of this Gateway!
P.S. re: 24 – wow! less than half using IE? That’s amazing, way better percentage than most places I’ve seen (usually it’s more like 75-80% using IE). Your post on Firefox much really have made a difference! Also, your readers must just be brilliant.
LOVE THIS SITE!!!! I just started digital scrapbooking and your site has so much information I could never logoff. Thanks for all your hard work. you should be very proud of your site. I ordered the digi files…great. Will you have an place to ask tech questions in the near future? And, if so when? I would like to know how the keep my external drive from restoring files. I use a laptop for extra storage space for my Digi files…LOL. I not the most tech savvy…
And… Would you PLEASE teach us how to do screen shots?
Thank You Janet, I just went and bought the Capture Life Necklace
How cool is that and I got lucky as it first showed sold out then when I clicked back to see how to email for info/waiting list it said there was 1 avaliable, YEAHHH!
You are doing a great job! Im definitely a daily stalker, Big Hugs, Thank You!