Tonight we had another massive lightning storm. We got a lot of these here in Texas, and I was workin it with my camera this evening. I stayed out capturing these photos until the lightning was within about a mile or two of me. The sound was deafening! I literally had to put ear plugs in because it was painful. My wife thought I was crazy too. ;-)

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	eliekhoury Amazing photography by John P. RT @johnpoz: Lightning Storm Over Frisco, Texas http://onemansblog.com/l4p
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	johnpoz Fisheye HD Video (from my Canon 5D II) of the storm added to my Lightning Photos from last night: http://onemansblog.com/l4p
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	aj_wood RT @davecurlee GUH-RATE photos John! Must print & have U sign RT @johnpoz Lightning Storm Over Frisco, Texas: http://onemansblog.com/l4p
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I had the honor and privilege of moderating a power packed panel at WordCamp Dallas comprised of Matt Mullenweg, Mark Ghosh, Liz Strauss and Aaron Brazell on the topic “The Business of Blogging”.

The panelists discussed how businesses of any size might better incorporate blogging and other forms of new media into their marketing and product development plans.
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Next in the lineup of WordCamp Dallas speakers is Chris Smith, Lead GravityStream Strategist at Netconcepts, who lectured on Search Engine Optimization for Bloggers.

Chris has five patents pending for his work on local search and presentation technologies, and his specialization centers around natural search optimization.

Incidentally, there are two more WordCamp Videos still to come, so for my regular readers who are not into blogging… it’s almost over and we’ll get back to our regularly scheduled silliness soon!
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Jonathan Bailey, of Plagiarism Today, gave a fantastic lecture at WordCamp Dallas 2008 in Frisco, TX entitled “How to Prevent, Detect and Stop Content Theft” which was a fantastic discussion about things you can to protect your content.

Oh, and you can also hear Jonathan over on the WordPress Podcast, which he co-hosts along with Charles Stricklin.

By the way, for my non-blogging readers, I’m almost done with the WordCamp videos… so we’ll be getting back to the regular silliness very soon. Please stand by!
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At WordCamp Dallas 2008, held in Frisco, Texas this year, Aaron Brazell gave a lecture on WordPress Frequently Asked Questions. If you are a WordPress blogger, you do not want to miss this lecture!

Once again, special thanks to Mayor Mike Simpson and the entire City Council for allowing the event to be held in the Council Chambers. And also to Tom Kraemer, the City’s AV Manager who worked tirelessly all weekend to record and catalog all of the WordCamp videos.

And don’t forget to spread the link love to our generous sponsors without whom this event simply wouldn’t have been possible:

• Layered Technologies
• Find My Host
• 3Tera
• Automattic
• B5Media

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Liz Strauss is a recognized authority on the topic of building online communities, so it was only fitting that she give a lecture called, “C’mon, Let’s Talk! Building Influence and Interaction with Blogging” at WordCamp Dallas this year.

Her site Successful and Outstanding Bloggers is a must read, so make sure you drive by and learn a thing or 100!

Incidentally, in case I didn’t mention it enough recently. Many thanks to Tom Kraemer, the City of Frisco’s AV Manager who worked tirelessly all weekend to record all of these WordCamp videos.
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I’m pleased to be able to present the Queen of WordPress, Lorelle VanFossen! This presentation is from WordCamp 2008 and Lorelle gives her WordPress Power Tips!

If you haven’t read Lorelle on WordPress and you’re a blogger… well you’re missing out. And you should also check out her Camera on the Road site to keep up with wherever in the heck she is right at this moment!
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Day 2 of WordCamp Dallas started out with a live taping of The WordPress Podcast, featuring hosts Charles Stricklin and Jonathan Bailey with guests Mark Jaquith, Mark Ghosh and WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg.

In case I forgot to mention it lately, we want to thank our generous sponsors without whom this event simply wouldn’t have been possible (please spread the link love):

• Layered Technologies
• Find My Host
• 3Tera
• Automattic
• B5Media

And also to Tom Kraemer, the City of Frisco’s AV Manager who worked tirelessly all weekend to record all of the WordCamp videos.
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This was my lecture given at the WordCamp Dallas 2008 event held at City Hall in Frisco, TX. A fully documented and hyperlinked version of this video is also available, entitled 45 Ways to Power Up Your Blog.

Many people seem to find it more useful since the references can be more fully explored, however some people have told me that the lecture helps to bring things together for them.

Enjoy…

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I was very pleased to work with Charles Stricklin this year on organizing the WordCamp Dallas 2008 event held at City Hall in Frisco, TX.

A very special Thank You goes out to Mayor Mike Simpson and the entire City Council for allowing the event to be held in the Council Chambers. And also to Tom Kraemer, the City’s AV Manager who worked tirelessly all weekend to record and catalog all of the WordCamp videos which I’ll be posting over the coming days.

We also need to thank our generous sponsors without whom this event simply wouldn’t have been possible (please spread the link love):

• Layered Technologies
• Find My Host
• 3Tera
• Automattic
• B5Media

The first speaker at WordCamp this year was Matt Mullenweg, and he gave a lecture on “WordPress 2.5 and Beyond”.
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Today I’ll be attending WordCamp Dallas, which Charles Stricklin and I jointly organized. We’ve got a whole line up of fantastic speakers including Matt Mullenweg, Jonathan Bailey, Cali Lewis and Neal Campbell, Liz Strauss, Lorelle VanFossen, Chris Smith, Aaron Brazell, Jacob Santos, and Mark Ghosh.

If you’re one of the WordCamp attendees and you happen to be sitting in the lecture hall reading along as I stand here on stage, well… deja vu! Otherwise, for my normal readers here comes a list of 45 Ways to Power Up Your Blog!

Incidentally, the actual video of this lecture is available here. It seems to now have some historical significance because of the introduction of Woopra in the last three minutes.
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A little while back the editors at Frisco Style magazine asked me to share my Top Digital Photo Tips, and the attached scan shows the article that ran in the magazine.

This article was written for absolutely newbies, so if you don’t have a lot of photography experience, this one is for you! These are the 7 most important tips to drastically improve the quality of your images. For ease of use, the following is the text from the article.
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